Bymonline.org | August 2020
SOULWINNING
Out Where The Sinners Are
T. L Osborn
A group of Christian women were
holding their regular prayer meeting. The
evangelist at their church - an ardent
soulwinner - was their guest speaker. He had
heard some of them talking about an immoral
woman who lived nearby. The evangelist
asked: “And what are you doing to get that
sinful woman saved?” The leader spoke up:
“We're faithfully praying for her salvation
every time we meet”. “Fine!”, the evangelist
remarked. “But she'll go to hell while you
pray. Haven't you gone to her? Haven't you
spoken to her about her soul? Haven't you
taken the Gospel to her house?”
The “Errand - Boy” Philosophy
We have made an errand-boy out of God.
We forget that He is the General Manager! We
busy ourselves telling God to do all the nice
things which we ought to do - to visit the poor
and needy, to pass by and comfort the feeble,
bless and provide for the poor, to encourage
the ones in prison, to sustain the weak, to
speak to sinners. We want the Lord to do all of
those things while we pray. Haven't we
developed a convenient religion?
Let me ask you this question: Can you
tell me one thing which Jesus Christ can do in
your town or community without a body to
operate through? When God visited man to
show Himself, He came in a body - in human
flesh. Jesus Christ was God in the body in the
flesh. They killed Him. He rose again. Then
God sent the Holy Spirit to take up His abode
in our bodies as His Temple (1 Cor 6:19). Now
you and I are His Body. You are the church.
The church is the Body of Christ. You are
Christ's Body today in your community.
Christ ministers through His Body today the
same as Christ ministered through a human
body years ago. Today His Body is the Church
- and the Church is ME - my body, and YOU -
your body. We are His Temple. I am the
Church; I am Christ's Body. You are the
church; You are Christ's body. “For we are
members of His Body, of His flesh, and of His
bones” (Eph 5:30). Christ can do nothing,
except through the Church - His Body. That's
ME! Not my congregation or my
denomination. The Church, Christ's Body is
ME! It's YOU - if you are a real Christian.
When you stand before God, you must give an
account of the deeds you have done (or failed
to do) PERSONALLY; you will not be judged in
the light of what your church did as a spiritual
body. God will not call your assembly AS A
UNIT for judgment; He will not judge what
your congregation has done (or failed to do) as
a part of the “corporate” Body of Christ. You
will not be able to say, “Lord, my pastor will
speak for me; I am a faithful member of the
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