Sept. 30 | Just One More

Series | The Heart of Soul Winning

Scripture | Luke 15:4, “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?”

Lesson 30 | Just One More

Jesus in the above passage gives the heart that every gospel preacher should have- just one more.  We in the church shouldn’t be comfortable and content with our own salvation while people around us are perishing and headed to an eternal lake of fire, Revelation 21:8.  The gospel is not an option for man’s benefit; it is the only means for his salvation and deliverance from the wrath of God, Ephesians 5:6.

Paul said concerning God’s judgment on the sinful in 2 Corinthians 5:11 (KJV), “Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men.”  As a result, we should be motivated both by God’s amazing love to save everyone who calls on His name and by the certain expectation of His terrifying judgment which will consume His enemies, Hebrews 10:26-27.

I would like to end this chapter on soul winning with a true story about a man in history who loved Jews and helped save many of their lives during the Nazi Holocaust. His name was Oskar Schindler and he lived in Poland during World War II. He secretly bought Jewish people’s freedom and helped them move away from German held territories. Though he was a rich man, at the end of the war he was poor because he gave all he had to help over a 1,000 Jews live and avoid the Nazi death camps.

In the movie, “Schindler’s List,” he is shown at the end of the war taking off his watch and saying, “Just one more, this watch could have helped me buy just one more Jewish person’s freedom. I wish I could have saved just one more.” Over six million Jews lost their lives during the holocaust, and he was only able to save 1,000. What if others would have done the same? How many more could have been spared?

Thank God for what Oskar Schindler did, but I wonder how many others just sat by and did nothing? How much more valuable is the eternal soul of just one person? Today there are literally millions of souls headed for hell right now. How much of your life are you willing to give so that others can know Jesus?

I pray that you will join with me in the cause of Jesus Christ and preach the gospel to all those around you because there is always, “Just one more.”

Reflection | Are you doing all that you can to preach the gospel to all the lost people around you?

Action | (1) Repent of a hard heart if you haven’t been giving your all for the sake of others and the gospel. (2) Pray for God to give you a heart of compassion that can always see the one lost sheep. (3) Lastly; preach, pray, and plug away because there is always, “just one more!”    

One Year Reading Plan (Optional) | Isaiah 60:1-62:5, Philippians 1:27-2:18, Psalm 72:1-20, & Proverbs 24:11-12. Click here to read online.