The Ministry of Reconciliation: How to Win Souls and Disciple Others

These are 7 Steps, given us by our Man of God under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that will take your work of soul winning to perfection.
We will just read the 7 Steps and then the full text of each will be made available to you, for Take Home Assignment #1 for this Class.

The expression “be filled with the Spirit” refers to being loaded, fully imbued or abundantly fortified, satisfied and complete with the power of the Spirit. The fact that you‟ve received the Holy Spirit doesn‟t mean you‟ll always be full of Him.
You must continually practice being filled with Him. This is the first step to perfecting your soul winning efforts. You must be afire, aglow, enthusiastic and full of zeal about the Kingdom. Romans 12:11 (AMP) says: “Never lag in zeal and in earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning with the Spirit, serving the Lord.” This is what happens to you when you are filled with Spirit.
When you‟re constantly filled with the Spirit and overflowing with His fullness, you won‟t need to try to muster boldness to say or do things. No! Whenever you open your mouth to speak, you‟ll speak the wisdom of God; words that are divinely inspired, because you‟re full of the Holy Ghost.
As highlighted in our opening verse, to get yourself filled with the Spirit, you speak to yourself in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs! And consciously talk, sing, and make melody of the Word, in your heart, to the Lord! Then give thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This is a simple but very profound instruction given to us by the Spirit through Apostle Paul, and if you‟ll practice it constantly and consistently, you will experience the blessings thereof. Hallelujah!!!

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2Timothy 2:15)
Having a clear understanding of the Gospel is vital to effectively communicate it. Otherwise, you‟d preach the gospel alright, but your message will not produce the best results. Sadly, there are many Christians around the world that don‟t have a clear understanding of the Gospel; hence their effectiveness in soul winning is impeded.
“The Gospel, in a nutshell, is that in Christ‟s substitutionary vicarious death, my sins were remitted; and in His resurrection and new birth, I resurrected”
We‟ve made available a wealth of teaching materials that give in-depth an explanation of what the Gospel of Jesus Christ is. You can get these materials on our Media Platforms to enhance your comprehension of the Gospel. The Rhapsody of Realities is one important material that‟ll also help build your understanding of the Gospel of Christ.
For many years, as I studied the Scriptures and as the Holy Ghost ministered to me, I would write down my understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I did that over and over again. Consequently, it was easier for me to run through it, analyze it and effectively communicate it. I encourage you to do the same for yourself. At different times, write down your understanding of the Gospel and compare it with the Scriptures. This will help you analyze, review, clarify and communicate the Gospel more effectively.

“And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:7).
In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus instructed us to „teach all nations…‟ This means to make disciples of all nations. We make this happen by explaining the Gospel. This is where your personal understanding of the Gospel comes to play; you can‟t explain it if you don‟t have an understanding of it.
There‟s a difference between preaching the Gospel and explaining the Gospel. When we preach the Gospel, it is an announcement of what Jesus came to do – to give us liberty from sin, disease, infirmity, darkness, death and the devil. It is an announcement of the blessings, inheritance, righteousness, healing and all that Christ has made available.
But in explaining the Gospel, we expound it so that our hearers know what it entails. If you don‟t explain the Gospel to them, they may not understand what it means. Remember, your explanation of the Gospel is hinged on your own understanding of the Gospel.

“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Rom. 10:9-10).
Do you realize that sometimes, Christians preach the gospel, and explain it, but don‟t actually lead the hearers into salvation? When you preach the gospel and explain it, you‟ve got to give the hearers an opportunity to come into Christ; you have to lead them into salvation. That‟s the essence of your evangelism.
How do you lead someone into salvation?
The Bible declares: “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved” (Romans 10:9). You lead a person into salvation by helping them in the confession of the Lordship of Jesus
After you share the gospel with someone or a group of people, you must then proceed to ask if they believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and when they believe, you lead them in the confession of the lordship of Jesus.
Romans 10:10 gives us the principle: “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” So when one believes in his heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, the righteousness of God is imparted into that individual, but he is only catapulted into salvation upon the confession of the Lordship of Jesus.

“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son” (Colossians 1:12-13)
Many times, we preach the Gospel and fail to receive those we lead to Christ into God‟s family. Imagine a woman who gives birth to a child at the hospital and leaves the baby there; wouldn‟t she be remiss in her duty as a mother? Absolutely! She‟s expected to take her child home and bring the child into a family. In the same vein, when you lead someone to Christ, that individual is like a babe that‟s been born into God‟s family, and hence should be brought to Church to fellowship with other Christians.
All those that come to Christ need to know where they are now; they need to know that they‟ve been translated from the domain of darkness into the Kingdom of God‟s dear Son. They have to become aware of their new environment; God‟s Kingdom; His very presence. They must be brought into the awareness of their new place; their new home and that they are now in Christ Jesus – that‟s what it means to receive them into the family of God.
This is why you must ensure they are brought to Church. The Bible tells us that the Church is the pillar and ground of truth: “But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15). The only place to hear the voice of truth and encouragement is the Church.
The Church is a place of refuge and security. They must be stable members of a local church; preferably the local assembly you are a part of, because there, you can take them on the next step – Introduce them to the Church‟s mentorship program.

The Church has a mentorship program. Their membership in a local church is a strong support system for their spiritual growth and effectiveness in the Kingdom of God. You must ensure that they are nurtured, taught and brought in the way of the Lord.
Matthew 28:19-20 says “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen”
Now that our new converts have come to the Lord, we have to teach them to observe and to do all things that Jesus taught us to do; the things that the Holy Spirit has revealed to us through the Scriptures. The Church teaches these things to build and mentor the Christian.
The church runs its mentorship program through various structures such as the Patria Movement, foundation school, activity departments, and the various levels of leadership and responsibilities that the new convert passes through in the house of God. All these activities help build the Christian, mentoring the individual until they become a fully mature Christian and dependable leader.
The tracking of new converts using soul tracking tools is very key in monitoring progress as they participate in the Church‟s mentorship program.

Maturity is for responsibility. Maturity is not an end in itself; it is for responsibility; it is for ministry. Therefore, when we mentor people to a stage of maturity where they can be a blessing to others, we release them into leadership.
Our work of soul winning is not done until that individual we have won has grown to a level of maturity where he or she has taken the responsibility of winning others to the Lord.
In raising others, we teach them to copy us; to do the things we have taught them to do. Jesus taught His disciples to do the things that He was doing, He also charged them to teach others, “…teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen” (Matthew 28:20).
Carefully following these seven steps will enable you carry out ministry effectively and produce the right results.

JOIN THIS CHARIOT
If your work of evangelism is a Ministry as we said in the early part of this Class, then how do you combine it with your job as a teacher, tailor, doctor, lawyer, nurse, business man? How do you find time in your busy schedule? Is it ok to limit your evangelism to weekends when you not very busy? How do you win souls in the office?
Such questions that have troubled many over the years, and made them settle for less, have been answered in this Book which reveals the wisdom of God for you to be an effective and busy soul winner in a busy world!
Assignment #2 for this Class is to Read the Book, and answer the questions at end of each Chapter (in the book), and bring your completed Book to the class next week.