This document announces a new 10-session series from Pastor Anthony Payton called "Reaching Out To Lift Up" about soul winning. The series will cover topics like the tasks, training, truth, techniques, targets, travails, trials, temptations, and triumphs of soul winners. It provides contact information for Pastor Payton and his organization if one wants more information about the series.
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Matthew 12:10-21 (HCSB) 10 There He saw a man who had a paralyzed hand. And in order to accuse Him they asked Him, βIs it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?β 11 But He said to them, βWhat man among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldnβt take hold of it and lift it out? 12 A man is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.β 13 Then He told the man, βStretch out your hand.β So he stretched it out, and it was restored, as good as the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him. 15 When Jesus became aware of this, He withdrew from there. Huge crowds followed Him, and He healed them all. 16 He warned them not to make Him known, 17 so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 18 Here is My Servant whom I have chosen, My beloved in whom My soul delights; I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations. 19 He will not argue or shout, and no one will hear His voice in the streets. 20 He will not break a bruised reed, and He will not put out a smoldering wick, until He has led justice to victory. 21 The nations will put their hope in His name.
Matthew 28:18-20 (HCSB) 18 Then Jesus came near and said to them, βAll authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 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, 20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.β
Ephesians 4:8-16 (HCSB) 8 For it says: When He ascended on high, He took prisoners into captivity; He gave gifts to people. 9 But what does βHe ascendedβ mean except that He descended to the lower parts of the earth? 10 The One who descended is the same as the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things. 11 And He personally gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, 12 for the training of the saints in the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of Godβs Son, [growing] into a mature man with a stature measured by Christβs fullness. 14 Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit. 15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the headβChrist. 16 From Him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building up itself in love by the proper working of each individual part. 2 Timothy 2:15 (HCSB) 15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who doesnβt need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.
1 Corinthians 15:1-15 (HCSB) 1 Now brothers, I want to clarify for you the gospel I proclaimed to you; you received it and have taken your stand on it. 2 You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to youβunless you believed to no purpose. 3 For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. 6 Then He appeared to over 500 brothers at one time, most of whom remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. 7 Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one abnormally born, He also appeared to me. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by Godβs grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but Godβs grace that was with me. 11 Therefore, whether it is I or they, so we preach and so you have believed. 12 Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say, βThere is no resurrection of the deadβ? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is without foundation, and so is your faith. 15 In addition, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified about God that He raised up Christβwhom He did not raise up if in fact the dead are not raised. Romans 1:1-11 (HCSB) 1 Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle and singled out for Godβs good newsβ 2 which He promised long ago through His prophets in the Holy Scripturesβ 3 concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh 4 and was established as the powerful Son of God by the resurrection from the dead according to the Spirit of holiness. 5 We have received grace and apostleship through Him to bring about the obedience of faith among all the nations, on behalf of His name, 6 including yourselves who are also Jesus Christβs by calling: 7 To all who are in Rome, loved by God, called as saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith is being reported in all the world. 9 For God, whom I serve with my spirit in [telling] the good news about His Son, is my witness that I constantly mention you, 10 always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in Godβs will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you. 11 For I want very much to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
1 Corinthians 9:16-22 (HCSB) 16 For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because an obligation is placed on me. And woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a stewardship. 18 What then is my reward? To preach the gospel and offer it free of charge, and not make full use of my authority in the gospel. 19 For although I am free from all people, I have made myself a slave to all, in order to win more people. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews; to those under the law, like one under the lawβthough I myself am not under the lawβto win those under the law. 21 To those who are outside the law, like one outside the lawβnot being outside Godβs law, but under the law of Christβto win those outside the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by all means save some.
Colossians 1:21-29 (HCSB) 21 And you were once alienated and hostile in mind because of your evil actions. 22 But now He has reconciled you by His physical body through His death, to present you holy, faultless, and blameless before Himβ 23 if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith, and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. [This gospel] has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a minister of it. 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christβs afflictions for His body, that is, the church. 25 I have become its minister, according to Godβs administration that was given to me for you, to make Godβs message fully known, 26 the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to His saints. 27 God wanted to make known to those among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ. 29 I labor for this, striving with His strength that works powerfully in me.
Romans 9:1-5 (HCSB) 1 I speak the truth in ChristβI am not lying; my conscience is testifying to me with the Holy Spiritβ 2 that I have intense sorrow and continual anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from the Messiah for the benefit of my brothers, my countrymen by physical descent. 4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple service, and the promises. 5 The forefathers are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Messiah, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. Romans 10:1 (HCSB) 1 Brothers, my heartβs desire and prayer to God concerning them is for their salvation!
1 Corinthians 9:19-21 (HCSB) 19 For although I am free from all people, I have made myself a slave to all, in order to win more people. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews; to those under the law, like one under the lawβthough I myself am not under the lawβto win those under the law. 21 To those who are outside the law, like one outside the lawβnot being outside Godβs law, but under the law of Christβto win those outside the law.
John 4:34-35 (HCSB) 34 βMy food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work,β Jesus told them. 35 βDonβt you say, βThere are still four more months, then comes the harvestβ? Listen [to what] Iβm telling you: Open your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ready for harvest. James 2:1-9 (HCSB) 1 My brothers, hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ without showing favoritism. 2 For suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring, dressed in fine clothes, and a poor man dressed in dirty clothes also comes in. 3 If you look with favor on the man wearing the fine clothes so that you say, βSit here in a good place,β and yet you say to the poor man, βStand over there,β or, βSit here on the floor by my footstool,β 4 havenβt you discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my dear brothers: Didnβt God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him? 6 Yet you dishonored that poor man. Donβt the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? 7 Donβt they blaspheme the noble name that you bear? 8 If you really carry out the royal law prescribed in Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. 9 But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 1 Corinthians 9:19-27 (HCSB) 19 For although I am free from all people, I have made myself a slave to all, in order to win more people. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews; to those under the law, like one under the lawβthough I myself am not under the lawβto win those under the law. 21 To those who are outside the law, like one outside the lawβnot being outside Godβs law, but under the law of Christβto win those outside the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that I may by all means save some. 23 Now I do all this because of the gospel, that I may become a partner in its benefits. 24 Do you not know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. 25 Now everyone who competes exercises self-control in everything. However, they do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one. 26 Therefore I do not run like one who runs aimlessly, or box like one who beats the air. 27 Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified. 1 Thessalonians 4:3-6 (HCSB) 3 For this is Godβs will, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality, 4 so that each of you knows how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not with lustful desires, like the Gentiles who donβt know God. 6 This means one must not transgress against and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offenses, as we also previously told and warned you.
2 Corinthians 2:12-17 (HCSB) 12 When I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ, a door was opened to me by the Lord. 13 I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find my brother Titus, but I said good-bye to them and left for Macedonia. 14 But thanks be to God, who always puts us on display in Christ, and spreads through us in every place the scent of knowing Him. 15 For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 16 To some we are a scent of death leading to death, but to others, a scent of life leading to life. And who is competent for this? 17 For we are not like the many who make a trade in Godβs message [for profit], but as those with sincerity, we speak in Christ, as from God and before God.