PART Ae YOUR SOUL-WINNING I PLAN A minister one Sunday afternoon spoke to a lad standing in the vestibule of the Church. He said to the youth, "I hope you are a Christian". To the Minister's amazement the young man replied, -- "No, I'm not a Christian; but I know you and have heard you preach for seven years.'"' The Minister took him aside and in a few minutes was able to do in a personal interview what seven years of preaching had failed to do. It took PERSONAL attention to reach this soul. How dramatically the effectiveness of the personal ministry came to the good minister. If Salvation is finally a personal matter, then obviously the best soul-winning is done at the personal level. Be SALVATION IS IN THE PERSON The one truth that must fill Jesus Christ is not_a doctrine. not hold and at this very the heart and mind of the soul-winner is that The Lord is a living Person whom the grave could moment, is alive and waiting to meet men in a personal encounter. It is possible for a person to believe the Bible from cover to cover and still be lost, for Salvation ts in the person of CHRIST and not a book ... not even the Bible. People must meet the CHRIST of the Bible and recieve Him into their hearts or what and they have personal event is little different separates from Christanity the from religions all the of the world. This dramatic religions. The worldly religions all have one thing in common. They ask people to accept doctrines, embrace systems and ways of life, but essentially they want men to BELIEVE SOMETHING; whereas the word of God asks men to RECIEVE SOMEONE! What a difference there is between believing something and recieving some one! Why, one is little more yhan an opinion, while the other is an experience. If life is really in Jesus as he claimed (John cut. One must have Christ presonally in order to of the Apostle John in declaring this truth: and who this does (1 John 14:6) then be saved. there is Note the no shortforcefulness "And this is that testimony -- that evidence: God gave us eternal life life is in His Son. He who possesses the Son has that life and He not possess the Son of God does not have that life." 5:11, 12 Amplified New Teatament). Nothing could be plainer than that. C. SOUL-WINNING IS INDRODUCING PEOPLE TO JESUS. A person must first meet Christ in order to recieve Him. That is where you come in, dear friend. God has ordained that we who already know Jesus as our personal Saviour, should be the ones to introduce Him. The presenting of the Lord is the eame as any other introduction -- one person meeting another. Illus. Today The life we say, "John, soul-winner I'd goes in effect, "I'd and is now eager with Him in Heaven." like beyond to this, like you to to help you have of you meet course, Bill." and says, meet Jesus Christ who died get ready for a wonderful for you There is no hand extended and neither is there a voice that answers when we speak to the Lord, for He does not operate in a physical body today. If He did, no one could recieve Him. He must come to men as the omnipresent Spirit in order for them to receive Him literally. Also this is the only way that all of us could have Him completely to ourselves. This naturally makes the introduction seem more difficult, but we have help. No amount of eloquence, dramatic technique or psychology can make Christ real to anyone. The Holy Spirit alone can do this and the worker must be content with His role as an introducer and leave this part to the Spirit of God. He will not fail. The Holy Spirit bears witness to the prospect's heart that Jesus is present and the successful soul-winner quickly learns this. Proof of this demonstration in every soul-winning interview, for you do not hear from men's lips, "I don't believe He's there," or wile I don't believe He wants to come in.'!