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CALL TO SOUL

SCRIPTURE READING•-----------------

DELIVERIES:

First Baptist Adult

Fir s t Baptist First Baptist

First Baptist Oltla.l:u:i1_!la: .State

Evangelism Con

F .B . C.

Date

1/6/63 11/10/64

1/8/66 /10/69

1/24/71

• 1/26/71

6- 1- 75

Hour

P.M.

P . M.

Place

Chickasha, Oklahoma Ponca City, Oklahoma Ponca City, Okl ahom

Ponca City, Oklahoma

San Angelo, Texas

Oklahoma City, Okla .

San Ange lo , Tex .

BIBLIOGRAPHY

--EXPOSITORY ---BIOGRAPHICAL

Results and Comments:

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Scripture:

Intro.: ,O.µR) ORD AS BY JOHN ARE 0 HE WITNESSED, MADE AND MEN TO

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TO THE NEGLECT OF :~~~LI;_ l'{ l:1(( . APPROACH •

TO THE TESTAMENT F JI~f:-J,1~~J)R_.Jg ~OON ANY SERIOUS

OF ~ ~q THE DAY - ~t~~ CROWD CHURCH

.WJ-!RN A,~NqµNGpMENT OF AL'' WILL DRAW THE MASSES. ST GIVE HEED TO THE CALL TO SOUL WINNING AND MAKE , IHIS PRfMARY., TASK.

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1. -Wl~~~ . --vs.-: i1d1s.tressed ·

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?~e a multitude is wonder, . 13-dmiratio,n awe. , Not so Christ -His I saw not

J:\ymanity . but the

. . sin!

0• ~ -:-- sorrowf uu y" (2)

the -. king moved and , the gate and

my son Absalom, God I had died

· r4~tfp.tion-:__ succumbs to the cynical philoso•

phy of life "Vanity of vanities.... all is vanity."

2. pf bue --Vs. 36b ''scattered" II ''tossed

(1) . ~11EO¥ra9~8 false . . -'"f!,l-~.t.i~e mor.e children,

and , fro, th every o.f doctrine, by sleight of men, and

cunning craftiness, they lie in wait to deceive.''

kind of doctrine. Did not know which way to I( 2) Which results from spi:ri tual

- -'U;[P§~ Spiritual insight ..allow one to be easily by doctrine,

-( expTesses in _an' pursuit --II Tim. never able

come to k_no_wledge. of the . ' -:::--, • of knowledgi / ambition to

-·be-come· u-.·S.' of toil and · him Ent ere<

' with· e'ar wondered how -O'f -tti-e others· He had attainec his it-(Mac. 00)

36c Analogy that of a wi tl

no shepherd on hills Palestine~ Dangers. _ (1) Which

her nes· so from plac13."

dzl ad in · · m 1 •

-Psalm 37:5 thy way trust also in him; and to

It is of that chills our- hearts·, that that renders. that

heavens to· and o.ur earth iron .. It compassipn

-our~ testimonies, our unwept tears·; unop·ened'- Bibles, our unprayed

c1nd our unsough lost. Oh, h.t spirit to car

compassion of Jesus for people! EI-a- P . 51 )

II. IMMEDIATE ~: --Vs. 37; & John 4:35 11

not yet · fo t.!_r ·months, and then · unto Lift up

look on they are white already to. harvest.

3 ....

--vs.. 37. (1) the multitudes to be won

37a · · ·. · · asked 29 adults on the '14-( street in a county seat town in Miss.ouri how a

person is only 7 could answer. , is created by a lack of compassion

.In last church year it took r esident members to win If only half of

had real compassion for the lost and only half these members had able to 1 person all year long, rather tha , would been baptized!

( 3) can be solved by pr.ayer --Vs.. 38

a Since prayer will thrust you b. Since prayer result in others going

Hour

In 4 months (April) the fields would be ripe . for. harvest · To wait beyond this time to harvest would be to lose mos.t of the crop. But the harvest

1 of souls is already A large number of men were imprisoned in a coa

mine of an Great crowds. gathered to help clear the way. An old grey-headed man came running up, and seizing a shovel, began to work with the strength of 10 men. one offered to relieve him, ·"Get out of the way!" he cried, "I have 2 boys down there."

is emphasized by the numbers already dying without Chri·st

8:20 harves.t is. past, the -summer is ended, and are not saved. ·"

• many of the almost -300 died in -:,A..y during were prepared?

3 (2) is seen in of our lives

--James 4:14b what is your It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then

Time . is running out not only for the lost but also for us. who witness to the lost .•

. by imminence of Christ's return _

--Matt. 24:42 "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour 0your Lord doth

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3. B ul 16:22b-23a -man also died, and was

and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments. Jr

(1) is the hopeles.sness of his condition 16:26 "And all this, between us and

you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, would come

thence.'' (2) Which the eternality of hell

worm dieth not, and the fire is no.t 11

--Matt. 25:46a these shall go away into ever­lasting punis.hment.

(3) is the severity of -punishment 16:24 J'And he cried and said, ''Father

have mercy and send that he may dip of his in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in the flame. -"

25:41 1'Then shall he ·say unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, cursed, into everlasting for the devil and

. his angels."

III. REOUIRE§ EMPQWfiB1N9a. 38; & 10:1

1. Hum Effort at ·foot of_ Mt. of Transfig

Afflicted boy's father told Christ, to thy disciples that they should cast and they

1 ( 1) is powers. 6: 12a ''For we not against

blood .• " (2) Which is changed, when empqwered

- Vs. 1 The same men who were powerless at the Mt. of Transfiguration now can heal all manner of sickness -- Why? -- An empowering of Chris!.!)

(3) Which us mindful of our dependence Christ

4:7 "But have this treasure in earthen vessels., that the of the power may b of and not of us. ·'r

fox 50years a missionary Syria, discouraged because he could win men to Christ. He resolved to spend 1 week by himself and God's Word. He soon that

he had giyen,_ work winning others.. Thought Jericho __ how

God did much with ·so little. He wrote name·s, of 11 and lifted them God, God to do the use him if he were needed. Soon 1 man came to him. In 3 weeks were

2 • --V&. 37b ' 'The tru1y

Only a supernatural empowering can prepare us fo.r an overwhelming tas.k.

(1) magnitude of the to be won --Matt. 7: 13b ·"Wide the gate·, and broad is. the

way, that leadeth to de.struction, and many there be which go in thereat.''

(2) The magnitude of time to be spent ..... 11 said Lord, how long? And he

answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate."

(3) The magnitude of the effort to be expended 14:23b out into the highways and hedges,

and compel them to in, that my house may be filled,. "!

prayer, personal

The disciples in 10: 1 were being sent o-ut to perform miraculous deeds thllS needed a miraculous empowering.

(1) Which occurs at the moment of ---"Believe on Lord Jes.us Christ and thou shalt

be Which is work of the Holy Spirit

.. 3:6b ' 'That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.''

(3) Which is beyond human explanation Tim. 3: 16a without great is the mystery of

m some today, 0 teach me, Lord, just to say; Friends of mine are lost in And cannot find the-ir way.

there are who seem care, And few there are pray; Melt heart and fill life, Give me one soul

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