Job Description: Soul Winner
The Gospel has progressed from Jerusalem to Judea to Samaria. God has already chosen His evangelist, Paul, who would be the catalyst for taking the Gospel to the entire world. That won't fully begin until ch.13. But God had to convince the Jews that this Gospel was for the entire world. Jesus told them that in the Great Commission, but that was ten years prior, and they are still hesitant to move out of Jerusalem. Enter ch.10. Here God shows Peter that the Gospel is for everyone by leading Peter to witness to Cornelius, a centurion in the Roman army. Ch.10-11 are transitional chapters for the final act in the book of Acts.
The one passage I want to focus on is vss.3-8. Reread those verses. Now, why did God send an angel to tell Cornelius to find Peter? Why didn't the angel just share the Gospel with Cornelius? Because it's not the job of angels to share the Gospel. It's my job and your job. God has chosen us to be the instruments of telling people the Good News of Jesus Christ. God has placed the Gospel in man's hands to share with a dying world. It's our responsibility. Old Vance Havner said it well, "The Gospel is not something we come to church to hear; it's something we go from church to tell!" Oh dear church; we better understand this. People matter to God, so they certainly better matter to us. Might we pray with Tovey, "Give me a passion for souls dear Lord. A passion to save the lost; O that Your love were, by all, adored and welcomed at any cost, Amen."
And remember, you'll never meet a person that Jesus doesn't want to save. Let's get out there and win souls for Jesus. God bless!
"...he that wins souls is wise." --Proverbs 11:30
The one passage I want to focus on is vss.3-8. Reread those verses. Now, why did God send an angel to tell Cornelius to find Peter? Why didn't the angel just share the Gospel with Cornelius? Because it's not the job of angels to share the Gospel. It's my job and your job. God has chosen us to be the instruments of telling people the Good News of Jesus Christ. God has placed the Gospel in man's hands to share with a dying world. It's our responsibility. Old Vance Havner said it well, "The Gospel is not something we come to church to hear; it's something we go from church to tell!" Oh dear church; we better understand this. People matter to God, so they certainly better matter to us. Might we pray with Tovey, "Give me a passion for souls dear Lord. A passion to save the lost; O that Your love were, by all, adored and welcomed at any cost, Amen."
And remember, you'll never meet a person that Jesus doesn't want to save. Let's get out there and win souls for Jesus. God bless!
"...he that wins souls is wise." --Proverbs 11:30
posted by Royce Hendry at
5:18 AM
1 Comments:
Thanks for your devotional message, and the quotation from Herbert Tovey's gospel song. As I note in my Wordwise Hymns blog today, "A Passion for What?" the dictionary defines the word passion as "an extreme and compelling emotion."
We do seem to have "passions" about so many things today. But a passion to see folks come to Christ and grow in Him, that is sadly more rare. Thanks for the reminder.
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