Win the Lost At any Cost

101 Pages·2003·0.15 MB·English

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Parchment House
Chapter One
I See The Harvest
That SEEING they may SEE...
Mark 4:12
I
realize that many Christians, and even pastors, do
not notice the harvest of souls around them. I see the
multitude of people all around and wonder if these people
know Christ!
Sometimes, when driving to church, I see crowds of
people streaming down the road. I often ask myself, “How
many of these people know Christ as their Saviour? How
many will really die in Christ? How many of them go to
church on Sunday morning?”
Recently, my wife and I drove through the streets of
Johannesburg (in South Africa), which is a very beautiful
city. We saw many nice buildings.
At one point during the ride, we had a good view of the
entire city beautifully lit with thousands of lights. As I
looked down, I suddenly thought to myself that there are so
many people in the world. South Africa is full of souls.
Adam and Eve have done a good job in filling the earth!
I did not only see the nice buildings, but I saw the vastness
of the harvest, which lay virtually untouched. Dear friend,
there are millions of people around you. I don’t know if you
notice that there are so many precious souls who have just a
short time to live before tasting eternity. How many people
will die in Christ? How many will live again?
I am a pastor and not an evangelist, but even as a pastor,
my burden is for souls. The burden for souls is not just for
evangelists! The Lord Jesus testified of Himself;
I am the good shepherd [pastor]...
John 10:11
A good shepherd means a good pastor. Jesus was the best
pastor that ever lived and yet He said:
For the Son of man is come to SEEK and to SAVE
THAT WHICH WAS LOST.
Luke 19:10
A good pastor is one who seeks and saves the lost. Some
people think that a good pastor just thinks about caring for
already existing sheep. Do you remember this scripture?
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world
to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
1 Timothy 1:15
God gave the five-fold ministry to the body of Christ to
ensure that the work of Christ continues. We have apostles,
prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. What is the duty
of these different ministries? The ultimate goal for every
minister is to win the lost to Christ.
When you go into the hospital, you will find secretaries,
cleaners and even messengers. All of these people working
in the hospital, have the ultimate goal of providing health
service for the community. Every secretary employed by
the hospital should know that the letters she types contribute
towards this goal. So it is with pastors, prophets and teachers.
Our ultimate goal is to reap the harvest. When we forget
the main reason for which the church exists, we begin to go
into error.
Sometimes when you talk to pastors, you cannot help but
realize that soul winning is one of the last things on their
minds. How do I know that many ministers do not care about
souls anymore? By listening to what they preach and
watching how church services are conducted. Many ministers
hold services without making an altar call for the lost. This
goes to show that the salvation of the lost is not a burden on
their hearts, for “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaks”. When I see a large crowd, what occurs to me is
the souls that can be saved. After an impressive power
display, what about the souls who are lost? I can see the
harvest. I can see the whitened and ripened harvest fields
virtually untouched.
Elections Expose the Harvest Fields
In 1996, presidential and parliamentary elections were
held in Ghana. Out of the various political parties contesting,
there were two main contenders. After voting ended that
Saturday, the results from all over the nation began trickling
in.
I was awake praying in my study at about 3 a.m. the next
morning when I decided to turn on the television. The TV
station had organised a panel of analysts to discuss the
election results as they came in.
That dawn, I saw the whitened harvest of souls even more
vividly. For the few minutes that I watched, election results
came in from three major cities. In all these three major
cities, the opposition party had won by very large margins.
The figures showed several thousand votes in favour of the
opposition party. I thought, “Wow! The opposition seems
to be winning!”
I switched off my television and concentrated on preparing
for my Sunday services. By mid-morning, election results
from remote towns and undeveloped districts began to roll
in. This time the story was different. The ruling party was
having a landslide victory. They won so many votes from