Abba's Own. David R. Lumsden
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At the beginning of the church, evangelism had its' challenges, but compared to today, those challenges seemed natural. The truth was fresh in their minds. However, now in the age of digital information, the “selfie,” “post-truth” and, a wide range in diversity of religions, challenge knowledge and preparation for Christians in a massive way. Ask yourself if the selfie is a sinful social disorder.
Alternative truth (i.e. A lie) is becoming a famous voice. Why should the Truth of God not be the popular voice if we want to see the world influenced in the righteousness of God? People need to hear God. That depends on you and me. One of the factors that caused stumbling in the subject’s faith was the hypocrisy of the leadership in churches, causing confusion and unrest for many seekers besides himself.
A minister needs to know God and knows God knows him or her, understands God's rightly divided Word of Truth for one’s Christian life. Some people who are Christians attend non-Christian, non-Bible teaching churches. One needs to know the truth about the Creation, the Fall, sin, repentance, the need for the power of the Gospel to save anyone from sin and death by grace, that one is a recipient of Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord, born of God the Holy Spirit, Who places the new believer in Jesus Christ. One needs to know one is called and given the ministry of reconciliation to share Jesus with others for their salvation. Know of what you are talking, so you do not lead seekers to a false faith. Study the Holy Bible daily. Pray to seek God's control and guidance in the service to which He has called you to do. God will reward you for your availability
The minister must have God-given discernment received by faith in Jesus, then exercised by faith in Jesus. There is no getting away from it; you cannot mouth anything you like about your philosophy or a magazine article, entice people to repeat a prayer, then announce "You are saved." You and they need to know the mystery of Jesus Christ in ‘jars of clay,’ by faith, and then make that faith of the Lord Jesus Christ known to the world of willing hearers. People need to know God, be known by God, and led to the salvation of God, which is why it is necessary that one to understand soteriology (salvation) personally to be effective in soul-winning. Ministers need to know in their mind and heart that they do not just have Jesus ‘with’ them, as some pastors teach, but that they have ‘Jesus in’ their heart and that they are ‘in Jesus, made complete in Him.’ They must know in whom they believe, understand what they think, and understand why they need to find and trust the true God.
A spiritual leader’s historically-proven Christian biblical foundation must be firm. Sound theology originates in the first 15 chapters of Genesis. Check it out.
The primary individual subject in the author's case study was introduced to Jesus by a pastor who did not have time to discuss how that person could accept Jesus Christ. At a later point in his life, he reports being told by two brutish pastors that he may be saved, but he does not have the Holy Spirit in him. At one time, he was sharing a quote from Scripture that whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, (1 Jn 5: 1), the pastor of a Presbyterian church said to him that it sounded like mystical paganism, which startled the subject. As a Spirit-led life coach and a soul-winner, the author heard of an individual in a church who was forced to pray against his will. Finally that night, he left the church. The fellow went home and typed a message on social media, naming the church; and saying that he would rather be an atheist than attend that church. The fellow’s action is not the result, desired of true biblical soul-winning (evangelism), i.e. Soul-winning through which God has chosen to add souls in the building of His Church. In this thesis, the author asks and answers the question of ‘ how do you accept Christ,’ that if you do not know how to be saved and understand, you will know at the end of this study, Lord willing.
A Standard Christian Systematic Theology for Soul-Winners is written to assist spiritual leaders in developing their theological foundation. It is written for the edification of pastors, teachers, and educated laity to aid in biblical soul-winning and to answer questions that the soul-winner or seeker may have. In addition, the author includes appendices that are of valuable information that go beyond the contents of the thesis, but serve as helps for the reader in understanding one’s own faith, and for doing evangelism in a day when the grace of God for social health in relationships is needed desperately to resolve issues for sinful mankind.
I trust this work will be beneficial to all readers for confidence in salvation, assurance, and allegiance to God the Father, through Jesus Christ the Lord, by His Holy Spirit, that souls know they may look forward to a delightful eternity in Heaven, not one of punishment. Yes, it is imperative to believe God (Elohim) for the Righteousness of God, a gift of His grace, complete in Jesus, to have eternal life in Heaven. Know the true God as the object of your worship. There is only one true God. The case study considers several components of Marvin's life, spirituality, the discovery of Jesus as the Great I Am and Savior, eternal security and God as his Heavenly Father.
On Feb. 2, 2017, Marvin believed God, Jn 1: 12, Jn 3: 16, Eph 2:8-1, Heb. 2: 10, 1 John 1: 9, 1 John 5:1, 1 John 4:4, 1 John 5: 12, and Rev 3: 20, that these verses were right about him, but doubts always perplexed him in his Christian life until later in life. (See events in subject’s life where you may identify with him in some of the facts and find solutions, Chapter 5 – Qualitative Data Collection). God gave him confirmation that his sins were forgiven, that he would see the Kingdom of Heaven for God spoke words of comfort to him, “He that hath the Son hath the Life,” (1 Jn 5: 12), God the Father, Jesus, and God the Holy Spirit are real. Marvin comes to know that God knows him. That marked my work as a soul-winner done, after many years, but to love him and his family and remain their friend and brother in Christ forever remains my God-given, joyful task, especially since his stroke and need to understand the why of the stroke. On March 20, 2017, during his morning devotional in Lamentations³, God showed Marvin, why he was allowed to have a stroke: to learn the statutes of God and how to worship God in spirit and truth. Marvin began praising God for His goodness and mercy toward him. The Holy Spirit stirred the fire to serve God in winning souls to faith in Jesus. God took evil and, turned it into good for His glory.
On March 30, 2017, He realized he was through a door along with his spiritual journey and on a critical path; the road of holiness to Heaven. On April 17, 2017, he realized that not only was God real, but He is the God of miracles and revival, even in this day and age. On April 30, 2017, he came to understand the answer to the question “how to accept Jesus Christ,” why one must believe God, know and be known by God, and how to know that one is complete in Christ. Marvin asks, “If we are taught the true historical, biblical Christian conservative, evangelical theology of the Living Bible in the first place, why then would we need reformed theology for being complete in Jesus, which is at the center of true Christianity?” Yielding to God is vital. Every other theology has something or someone else to assure, supposedly, allowance into Heaven. That is not true. For example, Mormons do not need the book of Mormon, just Jesus and His work on the Cross, alone, for them to have eternal life in Heaven.
If you and others are interested in knowing and being known by God, you better understand what Biblical salvation is, which is central to knowing one is redeemed, and for good soul-winning for leading other souls to the real assurance of a place in Heaven for eternity. Every individual, couple, family, social group, church, educational system, legal system, political system, nation, and country must heed the Call of Lord God Almighty (Elohim, Jehovah), who says "Return To Me," to escape the collision course to an imminent catastrophic event.
Are you sure that the spiritual leader whom you are following is not leading you to Hell?
CHURCH LEADERSHIP
Many books have been published on theological foundations for pastoral ministry, biblical vision, statements of faith, missions, church leadership, church administration, management, staffing, formation of pulpit committees, and church growth; yet in the church there is false teaching presented, in the name of the Lord, and therefore a decline in attendance at some churches. People are being misled, and steady church growth is on the decline. Many people who come to attend the author’s services have been deceived in their churches and find the pure Gospel message refreshing. Of many pulpit committees, Dr. James W. Thompson writes that