Sermon Tone Analysis

Grow The Kingdom

Last week we looked at personal growth and how we should be producing spiritual fruit on an individual level.

We learned what kind fruit we should and should not bear as Christians.

Works of the flesh

adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Fruit of the Spirit

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control.

This week I want to look at another type of fruit that we should be producing and that is the fruit of souls.

Lets look at where we ended last week:

How fruitful are you at winning the lost?

Do you tell others about your savior, or your relationship with Him?

Do you invite the unchurched to church?

Most Christians fail at winning the lost because they only invite other saved folks to church.

If this couple comes to our church we could have revival.

Or, if that couple comes to our church they will help us grow, etc.....

Winning the lost isn’t as pleasant, because the lost are dirty and messed up and they’re to hard to deal with.

If that couple comes to our church they will help us grow, etc.....

We’ve all been called to grow the Kingdom

Where do we stand on the Great Commission?

We can’t make disciples if we never win the lost.

We will never win the lost setting in our fancy sanctuary’s.

We have to Go into all the world.

When is the last time you went out of your way to evangelize someone?

We need to quit inviting members of other churches hoping that they will join our church and we need to start winning the folks that swore they’d never darken the threshold of the church doors.

What are we winning the lost for?

What Kind of Fruit are your bearing?

Matthew

We’ve all been called to grow the Kingdom

Where do we stand on the Great Commission?

We can’t make disciples if we never win the lost.

We will never win the lost setting in our fancy sanctuary’s.

We have to Go into all the world.

When is the last time you went out of your way to evangelize someone?

We need to quit inviting members of other churches hoping that they will join our church and we need to start winning the folks that swore they’d never darken the threshold of the church doors.

Vision Casting

This year will be a year of growth

Personally and Corporately

Spiritaully

Physically

Numerically

We will focus our efforts on the communities that most have written off as hopeless

We will feed the hungry

We will cloth the naked

We will visit the sick and those in prison.

Busing people to church.

Help those without transportation get to to necessary appointments and grocery stores.

Train less fortunate families how to be good stewards of there resources and to be self dependent.

Sounds like a lot…maybe even too much but what if we could achieve all this plus some

The key is that We can’t do all this alone.

It takes Teamwork

Evangelism

Psalm 133

We need to get connected to the Vine

Fishers of Men

Matthew4:

Sometimes a fish will get off the line or break the line just before reaching the boat.

Just keep fishing

If you want God to use you to win souls would you come to these altars today?

Illustration of Nelsons letter

Best Days are Ahead

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