SOUL WINNING: The

Bridge of Relationships

Romans 5:11message nine

Thesis• The God who

created you and acted to redeem you wants to have a relationship with you.

the gospel = God-spell = God’s spiel

Point 1• It is only as we bring

men and women to Christ that they become subjects of his kingdom.

Col. 1:13 [God] hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

DEFINITION• Atonement (at-one-

ment) means a reconciling so complete it restores us to divine favor.

1 Tim. 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Point 2• The story of the Bible

is “relationship by redemption.”

Definition• Soulwinning is

“horizontal love.”

Prov.11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

An Experiential Exegesis of Your Relationship

Problems1. Relationships are

fragile

An Experiential Exegesis of Your Relationship

Problems1. Relationships are

fragile2. No good relationship

happens accidentally

An Experiential Exegesis of Your Relationship

Problems1. Relationships are

fragile2. No good relationship

happens accidentally

3. No one teaches us how to build redemptive relationships

Point 3• No matter what else is

right, if your relationships are going wrong life is a mess, and if you are a believer who is not bearing fruit, you are not happy.

Point 4

• Relationships are the context in which you

fulfill God’s mission.

Point 5

• If you are a believer by being born again, you should be concerned about establishing, cultivating and nourishing relationships with other people that will get them the gospel and bring them to God.

Six Principles for Building Redemptive

Relationships1. Be proactive

...take the initiative

Point 6

• Since you dare to care, you dare to share and establish a redemptive relationship.

Point 7

• God puts some people in our lives specifically so we can tell them what God has done for us.

Six Principles for Building Redemptive

Relationships1. Be proactive2. Refuse to wear a

mask

...keep it real

Six Principles for Building Redemptive

Relationships1. Be proactive2. Refuse to wear a

mask3. Identify

commongrounda. listenb. ask questions

Six Principles for Building Redemptive

Relationships1. Be proactive2. Refuse to wear a

mask3. Identify common

ground4. Demonstrate God’s

love

The JESUS Rule

• Treat every person you meet as if they were Jesus.

1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not

love in word, neither in tongue; but in

deed and in truth.

Three Things Demonstrate You

LoveA. AcceptanceB. AffirmationC. Assistance

Six Principles for Building Redemptive

Relationships5. Acknowledge their

feelings and fears

...where they are “coming from”

Six Principles for Building Redemptive

Relationships5. Acknowledge their

feelings and fears6. Expect God to use

you

...attract others to Christ

COME FORWARD

FOR PRAYER