SF483 - SOUL WINNING WITH ANDREW (John 1 40-42)

SF483

SOUL WINNING WITH ANDREW

John 1:40-42

INTRODUCTION

Andrew’s name appears only 3 times in the Bible.

Each time he is bring someone to Christ.

Simon Peter, the little boy with the loaves and fishes, and the Greeks who would “see Jesus.”

He is a great model for us....

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1A.       NOTICE HIS PRIORITIES

“The first thing...”

1B.       He went soul winning first!

We should make witness our first priority in our Christian life.

Men will spend eternity in heaven without ever hearing a choir sing or a preacher preach, but no one will ever go to heaven without hearing to gospel.

2B.       He went soul winning frequently

Every time we see him he is bringing someone to Jesus.

Can that be said of you?

2A.       NOTICE HIS PROCEDURE

“...was to find...”

Implied is that he had to make an effort to find him.

1B.       Planned

MOM - EE etc...

2B.       Personal

Andrew went to those he knew first

3B.       Perpetual

Not just on Monday nights!

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3A.       NOTICE HIS PROFESSION

“...tell him...”

Acts 1:8

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

1B.       Who You Have Found

The Messiah!

2B.       What You Have Found

Forgiveness

Ephesians 1:7

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace

Cleansing

Revelation 22:14

"Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.

Isaiah 1:18

"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

New Life

Romans 6:4

We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

Acts 5:20

"Go, stand in the temple courts," he said, "and tell the people the full message of this new life."

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4A.       NOTICE HIS PURPOSE

“And he brought him to Jesus.”

That’s Soul Winning!

1B.       The Order is Crucial

1.         The commitment

2.         The contact

3.         The confession

4.         The closure

2B.       The Offer is Christ!

We are not offering the church or company or companionship - We are offering Christ!

3B.       The Outcome is Conversion!

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

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APPLICATION

Witnessing is presenting the gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results to God!

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