A Reason a Day #9

A REASON A DAY #9
(From Bishop Dag's Tell Them)

You must be a soul winner because soul winning prevents you from polishing the same coins over and over.

Luke 15:8-10 KJV
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it ? [9] And when she hath found it , she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. [10] Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

It is important to avoid the mistake of carefully counting and polishing over and over our treasured coins instead of going to look for the lost coin- which is the unbeliever.

Why is it that only a few people get involved in soul winning? When people start new churches, we do not see much soul winning. It is easier to start a church by "stealing" sheep than by winning souls, because it is easier to destroy than to build!

Before Jesus went away, He emphasized the preaching of the Gospel to the lost. It is sad to note that winning the lost has now become a side issue in the church. Although the command to go out and reach the lost was a priority, it has been relegated to the background.

Many of us are making the mistake of "polishing the same coin" repeatedly. The already established church members are the nine coins you will read about on the passage below. Ministers spend most of the time polishing these nine coins over and over again!

Luke 15:8-9 KJV
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it ? [9] And when she hath found it , she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, REJOICE WITH ME; FOR I HAVE FOUND THE PIECE WHICH I HAD LOST.

The lost coin represents lost and dying sinners. Sometimes when I minister in a church, I look at the crowd and think to myself, that these are the nine coins I'm going to polish again!

We bring in anointed teachers and spectacular prophets to polish our coins. We hold marriage seminars to polish the same coins. More polishing! We have home cell meetings and do more polishing. The polishing goes on! We have end of year get-togethers for our nice Christian brothers ans sisters. More polishing! All this while, the one coin is changing color in the corner. The unbelievers are getting more and more hardened as we concentrate on ourselves.

#BringafteryourownKind