Be Ready: Urgency in Sharing the Gospel
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "To trust in Jesus is good to knowing because when there is turbulence in your life, When God talks about a special group called 144,000, the theologians, we are not quite sure how to adjust that. We don't know if it's literal. We don't know if it's a metaphor of a group. But we know that God has a special group, listen to me, that will be alive when he comes. his people. It could be you. You can go home and lay down, and there's no guarantees that you will wake up the next day. And how many people in the world know not of Jesus? And how many people know not of Jesus? And they're dying every day without knowing the blessed hope in Jesus." [06:21]
2. "I just want to remind you today that you could be a good person, but if you don't accept Christ and follow Christ's ways, you will not make it into God's kingdom. You've got to accept Christ. You've got to follow Christ. Sure, he wants you to be a good person, but he wants you to follow his precepts. Are you listening to me out there? So, thus, they blindly go about their usual routines and not even thinking about God. But don't be deceived. It's not enough to be a good person. We must know our Savior, and we must speak up for him. We must let the world know that Jesus came and Jesus died for our sins." [10:40]
3. "Get our hearts ready to meet Jesus. There's no time to enjoy the evil pleasures of this world. We need to recommit our lives to God and also get serious about soul winning. Letting people know that Jesus loved them so much that he went to a cruel cross to die for their sins. And what's so beautiful about it, he didn't wait until we stopped sinning. He died for us while we were yet in our sins. You can't imagine heaven without them. And oh, what a day of rejoicing it will be when Jesus comes in the clouds of glory and we see our Savior face to face." [12:36]
4. "A young lady one day was sitting in my car out of Auburn, Georgia and her family was not in the church. I never will forget what she said. She says, Pastor, we all are miracles. I said, what do you mean by that? She said, do you know we, many of us have sit amongst evangelistic meetings, tent meetings, and we accepted God's word and many individuals walked away from it. She says, we are a miracle. And when I thought about that, Sister Blake, I said, you know, we are. And some of us, some of us are miracles that we were brought up in the faith. Because if we weren't, if there was any other way, we would not perhaps be in the church right now. Come on, say amen." [26:20]
5. "There's a game that we have all played. It's called hide and seek. Do you know how that game is played? Somebody goes to the base and they begin to count. Back in my day when I was younger, we said, we said it like this. Last night, night before, 24 robbers at my door. I got up and I hit them on the head with rolling pins. And all the children that were at the base, they were scattered while the base men were scattered. Say that little saying. And while they're scattering, trying to find a hiding place, the base man with his eyes closed can still hear someone tipping by saying, not ready. And so he goes back to the base again. And while they're trying to find a hiding place, he says, last night, night before, 24 robbers at my door. I got up and let them in. Hit them on the head with rolling pins. You just hear it in a little distance. He said it once again. Last night, night before, 24 robbers at my door. I got up, let them in, hit them on the head with a rolling pin. And still somebody is tipping around trying to find a hiding place. So the man on the base gets frustrated. And he counts like this now. Last night, night before, 24 robbers at my door. I got up, them in. Hit them on the head with a rolling pin. And still somebody was saying, not ready, not ready. And he said, one. Somebody still saying, not ready. Two. Somebody still saying, not ready. Three. not ready, not ready, not ready. Tears. And somebody is still saying, not ready. Then the man at the base says, ready or not, here I come." [35:51]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Behold, I am coming quickly, hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. Ellen White says that we ought to strive to make heaven our home, and we're not to let anyone block us from making it in. So I say to you today, hold fast to the truths that God has given to you. Don't waver now. We're living on borrowed money. Hold fast to the truths that God has given to you. Don't waver now. And Jesus is just at the door. He's coming, church, and we've got to be ready. But not only are we to be ready to meet him, God expects us to go out and to share his gospel with somebody else. Come on, say amen." [06:21]
2. "Jesus is coming again, and he's coming sooner than we think. When we study God's words, he tells us that we ought to look for the certain things that will take place in the elements. And he tells us that as we watch the signs of the times, we know that his coming is near. I was reading in the book called Evangelism, and Ellen White says where you see the greatest amount of destruction and calamities, she says that there's more sin there. Then she started talking about some places that we know to be very sinful, even though the whole world is sinful. But she says that great calamities are going to come upon them first." [08:24]
3. "We have loved ones in our homes that do not know of Jesus. We have loved ones in our families that do not know about Jesus. We have loved ones that are friends of ours that know nothing of Jesus and God wants to use us as his instrument to spread his word. Could I get a witness out there? God will praise each one of them. What a wonderful promise. And God himself will give us the praise personally for our crowns will be given one at a time. God himself will look into each of our faces and say, well done, thou good and faithful servant." [12:36]
4. "Now, I just want to point out to you that there are several things that we need to do to get ready to make ourselves ready to give Bible studies and to win souls to the Lord. The first thing that we should do is that we need to begin to reach out to our immediate family and relatives. Amen. I'm not going to pass this out today. I want you to understand what I'm saying. I'm going to give you this list next week. In the meanwhile, I want you to reach out to your family and friends that know not of the word of God. Okay? Just write their names down, the addresses, their telephone numbers. I'm looking for individuals in the church that don't mind making contact and even giving a Bible study to those individuals." [25:12]
5. "Every member of the church should try to win souls. This is my last text. Mark 16, verse 15. Who will read that? Mark 16, verse 15. Mark 16, verse 15. All right, read it for me, please. Now, let me tell you all something. You may not have known this, but I know my good buddy has been sharing with you out of his series, God's Christ Methods. And it's all of our duty go out into our neighborhoods and to share God's word. And God wants us to preach the gospel to everyone. And so it's just not the preacher's job alone. Amen. It's not the elder's job alone. All of us are ministers. We all represent Jesus." [27:53]
6. "Now, Jesus wants each one of us to be about his business. He comes first in all things. And I want to ask you today to make a commitment to reach out to win at least one person. One person. Now, I want to ask you this question first. Do you love the Lord? If you love the Lord, stand up. Do you realize what Jesus did for you? He died on a cross. He shedded his blood. Do you have someone near you that you love, that you want to know the word? And I got news for you. You may have a relative that may not be here in Atlanta, Georgia. We're winning souls. Let's reach out even across the, in other states. Get the word to them. Come on, say amen." [30:01]
7. "All kind of joy will come in this church when we begin to bring souls to Jesus. And it's a wonderful experience, my brothers and sisters, when you study with someone, you work with someone, and you've seen them come across the line, you see them baptized, all heaven is astir over one soul that gives their heart to the Lord. But the Lord says that if we carry His word out, it will not come back void." [37:13]
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1. "To trust in Jesus is good to knowing because when there is turbulence in your life, When God talks about a special group called 144,000, the theologians, we are not quite sure how to adjust that. We don't know if it's literal. We don't know if it's a metaphor of a group. But we know that God has a special group, listen to me, that will be alive when he comes. his people. It could be you. You can go home and lay down, and there's no guarantees that you will wake up the next day. And how many people in the world know not of Jesus? And how many people know not of Jesus? And they're dying every day without knowing the blessed hope in Jesus." [06:21]
2. "I just want to remind you today that you could be a good person, but if you don't accept Christ and follow Christ's ways, you will not make it into God's kingdom. You've got to accept Christ. You've got to follow Christ. Sure, he wants you to be a good person, but he wants you to follow his precepts. Are you listening to me out there? So, thus, they blindly go about their usual routines and not even thinking about God. But don't be deceived. It's not enough to be a good person. We must know our Savior, and we must speak up for him. We must let the world know that Jesus came and Jesus died for our sins." [10:40]
3. "Get our hearts ready to meet Jesus. There's no time to enjoy the evil pleasures of this world. We need to recommit our lives to God and also get serious about soul winning. Letting people know that Jesus loved them so much that he went to a cruel cross to die for their sins. And what's so beautiful about it, he didn't wait until we stopped sinning. He died for us while we were yet in our sins. You can't imagine heaven without them. And oh, what a day of rejoicing it will be when Jesus comes in the clouds of glory and we see our Savior face to face." [12:36]
4. "A young lady one day was sitting in my car out of Auburn, Georgia and her family was not in the church. I never will forget what she said. She says, Pastor, we all are miracles. I said, what do you mean by that? She said, do you know we, many of us have sit amongst evangelistic meetings, tent meetings, and we accepted God's word and many individuals walked away from it. She says, we are a miracle. And when I thought about that, Sister Blake, I said, you know, we are. And some of us, some of us are miracles that we were brought up in the faith. Because if we weren't, if there was any other way, we would not perhaps be in the church right now. Come on, say amen." [26:20]
5. "There's a game that we have all played. It's called hide and seek. Do you know how that game is played? Somebody goes to the base and they begin to count. Back in my day when I was younger, we said, we said it like this. Last night, night before, 24 robbers at my door. I got up and I hit them on the head with rolling pins. And all the children that were at the base, they were scattered while the base men were scattered. Say that little saying. And while they're scattering, trying to find a hiding place, the base man with his eyes closed can still hear someone tipping by saying, not ready. And so he goes back to the base again. And while they're trying to find a hiding place, he says, last night, night before, 24 robbers at my door. I got up and let them in. Hit them on the head with rolling pins. You just hear it in a little distance. He said it once again. Last night, night before, 24 robbers at my door. I got up, let them in, hit them on the head with a rolling pin. And still somebody is tipping around trying to find a hiding place. So the man on the base gets frustrated. And he counts like this now. Last night, night before, 24 robbers at my door. I got up, them in. Hit them on the head with a rolling pin. And still somebody was saying, not ready, not ready. And he said, one. Somebody still saying, not ready. Two. Somebody still saying, not ready. Three. not ready, not ready, not ready. Tears. And somebody is still saying, not ready. Then the man at the base says, ready or not, here I come." [35:51]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Behold, I am coming quickly, hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown. Ellen White says that we ought to strive to make heaven our home, and we're not to let anyone block us from making it in. So I say to you today, hold fast to the truths that God has given to you. Don't waver now. We're living on borrowed money. Hold fast to the truths that God has given to you. Don't waver now. And Jesus is just at the door. He's coming, church, and we've got to be ready. But not only are we to be ready to meet him, God expects us to go out and to share his gospel with somebody else. Come on, say amen." [06:21]
2. "Jesus is coming again, and he's coming sooner than we think. When we study God's words, he tells us that we ought to look for the certain things that will take place in the elements. And he tells us that as we watch the signs of the times, we know that his coming is near. I was reading in the book called Evangelism, and Ellen White says where you see the greatest amount of destruction and calamities, she says that there's more sin there. Then she started talking about some places that we know to be very sinful, even though the whole world is sinful. But she says that great calamities are going to come upon them first." [08:24]
3. "We have loved ones in our homes that do not know of Jesus. We have loved ones in our families that do not know about Jesus. We have loved ones that are friends of ours that know nothing of Jesus and God wants to use us as his instrument to spread his word. Could I get a witness out there? God will praise each one of them. What a wonderful promise. And God himself will give us the praise personally for our crowns will be given one at a time. God himself will look into each of our faces and say, well done, thou good and faithful servant." [12:36]
4. "Now, I just want to point out to you that there are several things that we need to do to get ready to make ourselves ready to give Bible studies and to win souls to the Lord. The first thing that we should do is that we need to begin to reach out to our immediate family and relatives. Amen. I'm not going to pass this out today. I want you to understand what I'm saying. I'm going to give you this list next week. In the meanwhile, I want you to reach out to your family and friends that know not of the word of God. Okay? Just write their names down, the addresses, their telephone numbers. I'm looking for individuals in the church that don't mind making contact and even giving a Bible study to those individuals." [25:12]
5. "Every member of the church should try to win souls. This is my last text. Mark 16, verse 15. Who will read that? Mark 16, verse 15. Mark 16, verse 15. All right, read it for me, please. Now, let me tell you all something. You may not have known this, but I know my good buddy has been sharing with you out of his series, God's Christ Methods. And it's all of our duty go out into our neighborhoods and to share God's word. And God wants us to preach the gospel to everyone. And so it's just not the preacher's job alone. Amen. It's not the elder's job alone. All of us are ministers. We all represent Jesus." [27:53]
6. "Now, Jesus wants each one of us to be about his business. He comes first in all things. And I want to ask you today to make a commitment to reach out to win at least one person. One person. Now, I want to ask you this question first. Do you love the Lord? If you love the Lord, stand up. Do you realize what Jesus did for you? He died on a cross. He shedded his blood. Do you have someone near you that you love, that you want to know the word? And I got news for you. You may have a relative that may not be here in Atlanta, Georgia. We're winning souls. Let's reach out even across the, in other states. Get the word to them. Come on, say amen." [30:01]
7. "All kind of joy will come in this church when we begin to bring souls to Jesus. And it's a wonderful experience, my brothers and sisters, when you study with someone, you work with someone, and you've seen them come across the line, you see them baptized, all heaven is astir over one soul that gives their heart to the Lord. But the Lord says that if we carry His word out, it will not come back void." [37:13]
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