 I’m Just Too Busy!  It Won’t Do Any Good!  I’m Already Doing My Part!  I’ve Tried And I Have Failed!

 We must desire to save souls and strengthen others.  We must know what to teach.  We must have targets in mind.  But recognize that everyone is a contact.  Understand that people are not always at the same level of receptivity.  Do not be discouraged when many are unreceptive.  Live in such a way that when they become receptive, they know to whom they can turn for help.  Acts 16:11-15  Acts 16:16-34  1 Corinthians 9:19-23  Romans 1:13-15  1 Peter 3:15  2 Timothy 3:14,15  1 Corinthians 3:6  James 1:2  Matthew 10:32,33  James 5:13

 If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you will have saved your life. (Ezekiel 3:18-19 RSV)

 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age." (Matthew 28:19-20 RSV)  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:58 RSV)

 Speaking Truth In Love – Articles by Bobby Thompson – Guardian Of Truth Foundation – 2008 – P. 488  Outline by Edwin Crozier – 2/1/2004 – Paul, A Lifestyle of Evangelism