Why you should do what you know you ought to do

1. What is the most important thing to ever happen to you? Why, getting saved of course. What is the most important thing you can do for someone else? Why lead them to Christ and see them get saved. Put your priorities in place and share the gospel

 

2. What is the only thing that is going to truly change the world? Getting people saved of course. "If any man be in Christ he is a new creature". You and I are the only ones who can see people truly changed inside out. The gospel does it. Share it with everyone.

 

3. What is the first and last thing Jesus told us He would do and we should do? First "Make us fishers of men Matt 4:19" the last, "Preach the gospel to every person". Mk 15:16. Join the Peter club, "At thy word, I will" Lk 5:5. Why do you call me Lord and not do what I told you" Lk 6:46.

 

4. What brings more joy to you than any earthly thing? "And when he has found the lost sheep, he lays it on his shoulders REJOICING! Lk 15:5.

 

5. This is fantastic, you bring joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents" Lk 15:10.

 

6. How can you bring great joy to your friends and neighbors? "He calls together his friends and neighbors saying, rejoice with me for I have found my sheep which was lost" Lk 15:6

 

7. What brings more joy to everyone in heaven than anything else. "I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repents more than over ninety nine just persons which need no repentance!" Lk 15:7. WOW

 

8. What makes the biggest difference than anything else anyone can do. "I was lost", on my way to hell, but now "am found", on my way to heaven. Lk 15:24.

 

Dear people, "set you affections on thing above." NOTHING compares to winning souls for Christ. "Choose you this day" You will thank me all through eternity if you start winning souls to Christ. I LOVE YOU. ABC Sumner

 

"Grateful to Sumner for all the encouragement he is giving me as a young minister."

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Put yourself in the shoes of a lost person: Vital, please read.

Dear people, I am crushed, mystified, stupefied, the GOSPEL is not being preached nor told in messages and in witnessing and then we wonder why people don't get saved.

Maybe you saw the "Birthday Invitation" to heaven, beautifully done say "Tickets: Admission is free. He's already paid for everyone..."

That is not preaching the gospel. The unsaved do not have a clue what that really means. The gospel is left out!

This just came to me today from a preacher I know well and has had me preach in his conferences. He believes the Bible and does not have a liberal bone in his body. He said, "The Christmas Story is News that stays News, GOOD News - Indeed THE BEST NEWS EVER." It is the most important news that any man has ever heard."   NO, NO, NO. "CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS, WAS BURIED, ROSE AGAIN, AND WAS SEEN BY HUNDREDS. THE SCRIPTURAL DEFINITION OF THE GOSPEL is the best news ever. He went on and on and never once gave the gospel which is "the power of  God unto salvation" Rom 1:16 and then told people to accept Christ, ask him to forgive you of your sins and you will go to heaven.

The whole issue is, we have all sinned and deserve to be punished, for the wages of sin is death. The good news is Christ paid the debt in full when He died for our sins. This is what people must know and understand to be saved.

My heart aches when I hear John 3:16 quoted so glibly. What those doing it do not realize is that the unsaved person does not know what it means that "God gave his only begotten son." We must spell it out that He died for our sins. He paid the debt in full.

The five points of Calvinism, I am not sure about but the four points of the gospel  I am absolutely certain about. (1) "Christ died for our sins, paid the debt in full, (2) was buried, (3) rose again and (4) was seen by hundreds (which is hardly ever stated), 1 Cor. 15:1-6. The gospel, I think all four points, must be stated over and over until  they UNDERSTAND it Matt 13:23, believe it and receive the Lord Jesus as their Savior too John 1:12. You don't take it on "blind faith" Sumner, why are you so adamant about this?

Because it is the difference in going to heaven or going to hell.

I love you and do not want anyone to go to hell and their blood be on your hands or mine, so lets give the "full" gospel every time.

ABC C. Sumner Wemp

How to share the gospel to those at your door.

"Sumner, our church is giving out the ticket to heaven. We have a hard time keeping it stocked. Our people love using the tract"  WOW, hope yours does the same!

Sharing the gospel with those at your door.
This is extremely important. Please keep it and learn it to be an effective witness.

Give a gospel tract
Start off by giving them a good gospel tract and saying, "You will like this. It tells you how to go to heaven. May I ask you a very important question? All will say, "Yes". "Do you know for sure you are going to heaven one day? May I tell you how I came to know how to go to heaven.

Right here you need to take charge of the conversation and speak with authority, not with arrogance. Satan gets mad right about here and would love to interrupt and get you side tracked.

Giving the gospel
Please don't start out saying, "The first thing you need to know is that you are a sinner."
Most take it you are saying they are but you are not. They are offended right away. Better to say, "We are all in the same boat, we have all done wrong, we have all sinned, haven't we?" I have never had one person deny they have sinned when I present it that way and I have told this to hundreds upon hundreds of people.

If you put one drop of filth or poison in a glass of water, it pollutes the whole glass. Sin does that to you and me. It pollutes us and we are unfit to go to heaven. Also "the wages of sin is death." There is a penalty that has to be paid for our sins,

I have some really good news for you. Christ suffered and died for our sins, paid the debt in full. He did not just "die on a cross,"

those two thieves died on a cross . He did not just "die for us", those military people are dying for us. The difference is "Christ died for our sins" paid our debt in full.

He was buried, the proof  that He was dead.

Jesus rose from the dead and is alive today. No other so called "savior" ever died for our sins and rose again and is alive today.

Jesus was seen by hundreds of people, proof that He died for our sins and rose from the dead. The whole issue is did Jesus die for your sins or didn't He. God said He did. Will you believe God that Jesus paid your debt of sin too?

Just like a man says, "Yes, I take this woman to be by wife" we need to tell God, "Yes, I will receive the Lord Jesus as my Savior right now " God said, "As many as received Him to them he gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name" John 1:12.. Does that make sense?

Would you like to pray with me right now and tell God you want to receive the Lord Jesus as your Savior too? If they say yes, ask them to bow their head and pray out loud with you. You lead them in what to pray.

Pray, "Dear God- (pause and let them repeat after you) I know I have sinned too-  I am so sorry-, I believe the Lord Jesus died for my

sins- I believe He paid my debt in full and rose again- Lord Jesus I receive you as my Savior- come into my heart- give me a new birth and the power to live for you. In Jesus name.

Now tell them, God said, "He that believes on the Son, HAS everlasting life." Do you believe on the Lord Jesus as your savior?

Do you have everlasting life" Almost all will say yes right then.
More on assurance and follow up next time.

Be ye fishers of men -- you catch them & He'll clean them.

PRINT THIS OUT so you can go over it several times and know what you
are going to say.   You are loved by God and me, All Because of
Calvary, ABC Sumner

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