I hope you get this, ""I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling" does that sound like a great powerful preacher? "And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing works of man's wisdom but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power"
1 Cor. 2:3,4. Learn this dear Christian and then obey God and go give the gospel to "every creature" you can and see what God will do.
I am quite weary of hearing carnal Christians trying to excuse their lack of witnessing by saying, well Sumner, that is just you. You have the gift of evangelism. Excuse me, there is no "gift of evangelism" Please read the verses about the gifts of the Spirit, such as 1 Cor. 12 and you will not find a "gift of evangelism" There is a calling to be an evangelist. I surely am not one of them. I do not take evangelistic meetings. I have flopped in evangelistic meetings. I am not an evangelist but I do the work of an evangelist and see a lot of people saved through giving the gospel like God commanded ALL Christians to do.
The key is to witness, preach the gospel, as Phillip did in Acts 8, one on one, in "a demonstration of the Spirit and power". 1 Cor. 2::2, 3. Any real soul-winner will tell you emphatically, "I did not do it. I just gave the gospel and the Holy Spirit did all the work of convicting, convincing, and converting". Believe me I have never taken one once of credit for any person being saved. The key is to be consciously filled with, controlled by the Holy Spirit and obey God to give the full gospel and see Him save them. The full gospel declared in 1 Cor 15:1-4 is 1. how Christ die for our SINS, 2. Was buried, 3. rose again, 4 (sadly is left out by most) and was seen by hundreds". That, (all four points) dear people, is in your Bible too. I know one reason I see many saved is that I VERY CLEARLY GIVE ALL FOUR POINTS OF THE GOSPEL. This is the only way we are going to change the world, one soul at a time. Remember, I love YOU, dearly, ABC Sumner Go to www.sumnerwemp.com call 1-877-872-2871 to order effective tracts, Your Ticket to Heaven
