We that claim to be doing God’s work, how many times do we re-access ourselves to check if we are still loyal and faithful.
People left the comfort of their countries to spread the Gospel to us.
They didn’t come for tithe or offerings.
Ministry is more than coming to Bible study on Wednesday and sitting down.
Ministry is more than coming to Church tomorrow dressed in suit.
Some of us, our pain is that we don’t know what to wear for Sunday while there are some people in the rural areas that do not need shoes because it will be useless.
When you tell yourself you serve God, In what sense are you serving Him?
Is it because you come to church? Because you pay tithe and Offering?
The rich man in luke 16:19 was supposed to be an Evangelist when he was still alive.
Remember the rich man was so supposed to be Abraham’s son just like the poor man
Do you really care for souls or you are just interested in what you can gain from them?
Luke 16:22-28
The rich man suddenly became an intercessor.
The rich man became originally what he was supposed to be but at this time, in an unfortunate place.
He was supposed to be an Evangelist, an intercessor, probably that was why God enriched him.
But when he was alive, he became covetous, greedy and selfish.
That applies to some of us.
If someone has a problem, it doesn’t concerns us, except if the person’s problem is going to affect us.
We have to pay the price that is needed to touch those lost souls
The rich man was so concerned about the souls of his brother while he was in hell
We are evangelically useless in Heaven or in Hell
You are only Evangelically useful on Earth.
You must make your voice heard while you still live.
Noah and John The Baptist were two men who made their voices heard while they were on earth.
If Noah was in our time, he would have been sacked by his church for being unfruitful.
It took a hundred and twenty years to preach to the world but yet only his wife and children followed him.
If his wife and children had options, they won’t follow him. They followed him not because they were really convinced about God’s message, but because he (Noah) was the head of the family
To build a ship costs millions till today. But then Noah did it without complaining.
How could Job’s wife ask Job to curse God and die?
The statement alone is scary.
There was a man who became an Evangelist in hell but was not supposed to be an evangelist in hell.
No matter the prayer, godly sorrow or repentance you do in hell, it is invalid
Hebrews 9:27
If you die missing heaven, you certainly cannot miss Hell.
Think about the people that we allow to die in their sins: we know they are bad but we let them continue in their sins.
We don’t care about the numbers of souls plunging into hell. We are more concerned about our selves.
Genesis 18:16-33
Gen.18.16 – And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
Gen.18.17 – And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
Gen.18.18 – Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Gen.18.19 – For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice, that the LORD may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”
Gen.18.20 – So the LORD told Abraham, “I have heard that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are extremely evil, and that everything they do is wicked.
Gen.18.21 – I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Gen.18.22 – Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD.
Gen.18.23 – And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Gen.18.24 – Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
Gen.18.25 – That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Gen.18.26 – And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Gen.18.27 – And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Gen.18.28 – Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
Gen.18.29 – And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
Gen.18.30 – And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
Gen.18.31 – And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
Gen.18.32 – And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
Gen.18.33 – And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
God was to bless the fruits and efforts of the evangelist.
What God need is somebody that will avail himself in you family.
That you are claiming a Christian is not enough.
God saved you so that through you your family would be saved.
Ezekiel 22:30
Like Abraham who sought the salvation of Sodom and Gomorrah, we all have to do the same.
This is our ultimate call
It is not by just saying it, we have to demonstrate it
You should be concerned about the salvation of your relations
Don’t wait until Heaven or Hell before you become kind hearted like the dead rich man
Hell is so bad that the devil hates to go there.
If the devil doesn’t want to go to Hell, why do you want allow your sister or brother to go there?
Simply because of negligence
Don’t let them go there
Luke 16:15
No matter how righteous and Holy a person may seem, only God knows the heart of man
Let us play our role as ministers of God that we are
Let us preach in season and out of season.
Are you faithful?
Endure hardship because you are a soldier.
Ministry is not bread and tea as portrayed in the World today.
A soldier is a man who have been trained to take up weapons to defend their country anytime.
The day you sign in, you sign your death warrant.
Open your eyes and see the danger that awaits the souls that are not yet saved.
DON’T NEGLECT THEM!!!