Be sure they understand how to be saved

Do you understand?
Do you want to be a very effective and successful soul winner? Here is a critical and essential key to success. In Matt 13, five times God uses the word "understand."  The seed that fell by the wayside"  are they that hear the word, but "understand it not" and the wicked one "catches away that which was sown in his heart".Vs 19.

The good ground
"But he that received seed into the good  ground is he that heareth the word and UNDERSTANDS IT which ALSO BEARS FRUIT" vs 23. Over the years, I have heard preachers and evangelist say, "take it by faith, don't try to understand it." NO, God says the one who will be saved and "bring forth fruit" are they who "understand it" What must they understand? That "Christ died for our sins", "for all have sinned"

Rom 3:23 and "the wages is sin is 'death'  PLEASE LISTEN. That is why Jesus died, He died for our sins, He had none of his own. "God laid on Him the iniquity of us all," Isa. 53 and He paid the penalty in full, He died for all of our sins, not just some. All of our good needs and ritual won't pay for one sin for the payment is  "death", separation from God.

Understand this
God saves and forgives us because of what Christ did not for us and not what we do for Christ.  We must trust God that Jesus died for our sins, paid our debt in full, was buried, rose again and was seen by hundreds of people.  No one saw Allah, or Buddha and anyone else die for our sins and rise from the dead.  We must believe these truths and  personally receive the Lord Jesus as OUR SAVIOR "to be born again", John 1:12.

No short cuts
Don't try to take any shortcuts or leave out any of these four powerful truths. Christ died for our sins, was buried, rose again and was seen by hundreds. That is the full gospel. Now tell it over an over until they do "understand" and you will see folks saved and bringing forth fruit to prove they are saved. ABC Sumner

"You have encouraged me greatly to be a better witness, and I'm very thankful."

"You uplift my spirit daily, keep sending me the words of God"

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Use marriage to help people get saved

There are some great parallels between what you do to get saved and in what you do to get married.

Do what married people did

A man sees a married couple and says, "That man lives with a woman, has children,  supports a wife, I am going to start living with a woman, have children, support a wife  so I can be married.. NO, you don't do that to become married, you become married and then do all of that because you are married.

Do what saved people do
A man sees a Christian and says, "He joined a church, got baptized, gives to the church, and is a Christian so I am going to join the church, get baptized and give to the church so I can be saved. NO.

You must understand God loves you, sent His Son, the Lord Jesus to suffer and die for your sins, paid you debt in full, was buried, rose again and was seen by hundreds of people so you could be saved and then do those things because you are saved, not to get saved.

What would you say
If you went up to the gates of heaven and they asked, "Why should we let you in, what would you say?" I have asked this hundreds upon hundreds of times and most answered, " I do the best I can, I try to be a Christian, I don't do anything really bad" and think they are saved for what they do. NO, you must believe what the Lord Jesus did, paid your way to heaven, trust that and receive the Lord Jesus as your Savior, just as a man says, "Yes, I will take this woman to be my wife" and get married so he can live with a woman and have children as God intended man to do.

Do it right now
If you really understand Christ died for your sins, paid your way in full and rose again, Tell God right now, I believe on the Lord Jesus as my Savior too and want to receive Him as my Savior so I can go to heaven. Write and tell me about it. God loves you and so do I, All Because of Calvary, Sumner

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