Soulwinning and Giving Account By Paul Chappell Monday, Oct 13, 2014 “Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.” 2 Corinthians 5:9–11 Before he died in January of 1956, Jim Elliot was virtually unknown. But the circumstances of his death, being martyred along with four other missionaries while working to reach tribes deep in the jungles of Ecuador, quickly made him a household name. Elliot was deeply committed to the cause of reaching people with the gospel. In his journal he wrote, “Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to a decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.” Though the missionaries could have defended themselves with their guns, they chose to lay down their lives. In the following years, other missionaries, including the wives of some of those men, did reach the local people with the gospel and many were saved. There is a level of commitment and intensity that characterizes fruitful soulwinners. They do not approach the task of sharing the gospel with a casual attitude, but with a recognition of the seriousness of the cause. Not only is the eternal destiny of those to whom we witness at stake, but we will also face a day at the judgment seat of Christ when we will give an account of our faithfulness to proclaim the gospel. Jim Elliot also said, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” Today’s Renewal Principle: Knowing that we will give an account to God should inspire us to be faithful to witness.
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