1. SOUL
WINNING: The
Bridge of
Relationships
Romans 5:11
message nine

2. Thesis
• The God who created
you and acted to
redeem you wants to
have a relationship with
you.
the gospel =
God-spell =
God’s spiel

3. Point 1
• It is only as we bring
men and women to
Christ that they become
subjects of his kingdom.
Col. 1:13 [God] hath delivered us
from the power of darkness, and
hath translated us into the kingdom
of his dear Son:

4. DEFINITION
• Atonement (at-one-ment)
means a reconciling so
complete it restores us to
divine favor.
1 Tim. 2:5 For there is one God, and
one mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus;

5. Point 2
• The story of the Bible is
“relationship by
redemption.”

6. Definition
• Soulwinning is “horizontal
love.”
Prov.11:30 The fruit of the righteous
is a tree of life; and he that winneth
souls is wise.

7. An Experiential Exegesis of
Your Relationship Problems
1. Relationships are fragile

8. An Experiential Exegesis of
Your Relationship Problems
1. Relationships are fragile
2. No good relationship
happens accidentally

9. An Experiential Exegesis of
Your Relationship Problems
1. Relationships are fragile
2. No good relationship
happens accidentally
3. No one teaches us how
to build redemptive
relationships

10. Point 3
• No matter what else is
right, if your relationships
are going wrong life is a
mess, and if you are a
believer who is not bearing
fruit, you are not happy.

11. Point 4
• Relationships are the
context in which you fulfill
God’s mission.

12. Point 5
• If you are a believer by being born
again, you should be concerned about
establishing, cultivating and
nourishing relationships with other
people that will get them the gospel
and bring them to God.

13. Six Principles for Building
Redemptive Relationships
1. Be proactive
...take the
initiative

14. Point 6
• Since you dare to care, you dare
to share and establish a
redemptive relationship.

15. Point 7
• God puts some people in our lives
specifically so we can tell them what
God has done for us.

16. Six Principles for Building
Redemptive Relationships
1. Be proactive
2. Refuse to wear a mask
...keep it real

17. Six Principles for Building
Redemptive Relationships
1. Be proactive
2. Refuse to wear a mask
3. Identify commonground
a. listen
b. ask questions

18. Six Principles for Building
Redemptive Relationships
1. Be proactive
2. Refuse to wear a mask
3. Identify common ground
4. Demonstrate God’s love

19. The JESUS
Rule
• Treat every person you
meet as if they were
Jesus.
1 John 3:18 My little
children, let us not love
in word, neither in
tongue; but in deed and
in truth.

20. Three Things
Demonstrate You
Love
A. Acceptance
B. Affirmation
C. Assistance

21. Six Principles for Building
Redemptive Relationships
5. Acknowledge their
feelings and fears
...where they are
“coming from”

22. Six Principles for Building
Redemptive Relationships
5. Acknowledge their
feelings and fears
6. Expect God to use you
...attract others to
Christ

23. COME
FORWARD
FOR PRAYER