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One-to-One Witnessing For, April 7
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
John 3:16
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Why are not all who claim to love God seeking to enlighten their
neighbors and their associates, that they may not longer neglect this great
salvation? Christ gave Himself to a shameful, agonizing death, showing
His great travail of soul to save the perishing. Oh, Christ is able, Christ is
willing, Christ is longing, to save all who will come unto Him!
Talk to souls in peril and get them to behold Jesus upon the cross, dying
to make it possible for Him to pardon. Talk to the sinner with your own
heart overflowing with the tender, pitying love of Christ. Let there be deep
earnestness; but not a harsh, loud note should be heard from the one who is
trying to win the soul to look and live.
First have your own soul consecrated to God. As you look upon our
Intercessor in heaven, let your heart be broken. Then, softened and sub-
dued, you can address repenting sinners as one who realizes the power of
redeeming love. Pray with these souls, by faith bringing them to the foot
of the cross; carry their minds up with your mind, and fix the eye of faith
where you look, upon Jesus the Sin Bearer. Get them to look away from
their poor, sinful selves to the Saviour, and the victory is won. They behold
for themselves the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. They
see the Way, the Truth, the Life. The Sun of Righteousness sheds its bright
beams into the heart. The strong tide of redeeming love pours into the
parched and thirsty soul, and the sinner is saved to Jesus Christ.
Christ crucified—talk it, pray it, sing it, and it will break and win hearts.
This is the power and wisdom of God to gather souls for Christ. Formal, set
phrases, the presentation of merely argumentative subjects, is productive
of little good. The melting love of God in the hearts of the workers will be
recognized by those for whom they labor. Souls are thirsting for the waters
of life. Do not be empty cisterns. If you reveal the love of Christ to them,
you may lead the hungering, thirsting ones to Jesus, and He will give them
the bread of life and the water of salvation.
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