THE CALL TO A SOUL-WINNING LIFESTYLE

Luke 19:10; 1Peter2:21; John 4:34; 13:17; 1Corinthians 11:1 "For the son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." Christ here reveals the purpose and pursuit of His life. God gave His son to be our model and expects us to pattern our lives after His. Christ's lifestyle should be the pursuit of everyone who professes faith in God. He calls the redeemed to live, walk and win souls into the kingdom the way Christ did. The call to "folllow his steps" in soul-winning is the commission for a true believer and member of the Church of the living God. Christ's desire, passion, interest and goal are the things that should matter to us. soul-winning was consuming passion and and conmmmitment. He lived "to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work." The way He lived is the way we must live. soul-winning is the will of and ought to be our consuming passion and daily pursuit. We must commit and addict ourselves to accomplish it like Christ who declared: "I must work the work of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work." The declartion was borne out of neccssity laid upon Him to continue to win souls in all seasons, opposed or supported.. With Christ-like commitment, we need to personalize the words "I must", acknowledge and fulfil God's purpose of soul-winning in the places we live, work and school. "If ye know these things,happy are ye if ye do them." professing believers who neglect and abandon the task that is uppermost in the heart of Christ lose the right to command obedience of others. Obedience to great commission makes us earn the right to command followership. Like Christ, we must make soul-winning our our lifestyle and become a model for other believers.