Bible Questions Answered:
“A good friend of mine and I wish to
be Christian workers for the Lord, witnessing, hand outs. Where do we
start?...”
Donald/
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Every follower of The Lord is called to
be a witness.
I Chronicles 16:8 KJV (David)
Give thanks unto The Lord, call upon
His name, make known His deeds among the people.
Psalm 107:2 KJV
Let the redeemed of The Lord say so,
whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
Isaiah 62:6 KJV
I have set watchmen upon thy walls,
O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye
that make mention of The Lord, keep not silence,
Matthew 28:18-20 KJV
18 And Jesus came and spake unto
them, saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of The Father, and of The Son,
and of The Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you
always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Mark 16:15,16 KJV
15 And He said unto them, Go ye into
all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
II Timothy 1:8 KJV
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the
testimony of our Lord..."
II Timothy 4:1,2 KJV
I charge thee therefore before God,
and The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at
His appearing and His kingdom;
2 Preach The Word; be instant in
season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long
suffering and doctrine.
I Peter 3:15 KJV
But sanctify The Lord God in your
hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that
asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and
fear:
Here Are Seven
Indispensable Qualities Of God's Personal Worker:
1.) Someone
Who Has Received The Lord Jesus Christ As Their Personal Savior.
Psalm 37:39 KJV
But the salvation of the righteous
is of The Lord..."
John 10:9 KJV
I am The Door: by Me if any man
enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find
pasture.
But we believe that through the
grace of The Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved..."
Romans 5:9 KJV
Much more then, being now justified
by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
2.) Someone
Who Lives A Life Of Spiritual Purity:
Psalm 24:3,4 KJV
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of
The Lord? or who shall stand in His holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a
pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn
deceitfully.
Matthew 5:8 KJV
Blessed are the pure in heart: for
they shall see God.
I Corinthians 9:13,14 KJV
13 Do ye not know that they which
minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they
which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
14 Even so hath The Lord ordained
that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
I Timothy 1:5 NLT
The purpose of my instruction is
that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure
heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.
James 1:27 KJV
Pure religion and undefiled before
God and The Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in
their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
I Peter 1:16 KJV
"...It is written, Be ye holy;
for I am holy.
3.) Someone
Who Is Filled With The Spirit Of God:
I Corinthians 12:13 KJV
For by one Spirit are we all
baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be
bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Acts 11:16 KJV
Then remembered I The Word Of The
Lord, how that He said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall
be baptized with The Holy Ghost.
Ephesians 5:18 KJV
And be not drunk with wine, wherein
is excess; but be filled with The Spirit;
4.) Someone
Who Is Given To Prayer:
Luke 18:1 KJV
And He spake a parable unto them to
this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Ephesians 6:18 KJV
Praying always with all prayer and
supplication in The Spirit, and watching thereunto with all
perseverance and supplication for all saints;
I Thessalonians 5:17 KJV
Pray without ceasing.
5.) Someone
Who Has A Burden For Lost Souls:
Our Lord wept over Jerusalem, His
beloved people.
Luke 19:41 KJV
And when He was come near, He beheld
the city, and wept over it,
Matthew 23:37 KJV
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that
killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how
often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen
gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Romans 9:2,3 NLT
(Apostle Paul's empathy for his brethren.)
2 My heart is filled with bitter
sorrow and unending grief
3 for my people, my Jewish brothers
and sisters. I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from
Christ!—if that would save them.
6.)
Someone Who Believes The Word, That Proclaims, Those Without Christ
Are Lost:
Ezekiel 18:4 KJV
"...the soul that sinneth, it
shall die.
Romans 3:23 KJV
For all have sinned, and come short
of the glory of God;
Romans 6:23 KJV
For the wages of sin is death; but
The Gift Of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
7.) Someone
who believes that mankinds only Savior is The Lord Jesus Christ.
Luke 19:10 KJV
For The Son Of Man is come to seek
and to save that which was lost.
John 3:16 KJV
For God so loved the world, that He
gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.
Acts 4:10-12 KJV
10 Be it known unto you all, and to
all the people of Israel, that by the name of
Jesus Christ Of Nazareth, whom ye
crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man
stand here before you whole.
11 This is The Stone which was set
at nought of you builders, which is become The Head Of The Corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any
other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.
Hebrews 7:25 KJV
Wherefore He (Our
heavenly High Priest, The Lord Jesus Christ.) is able also
to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He
ever liveth to make intercession for them.
I Timothy 1:15
KJV (Apostle Paul)
This is a faithful saying, and
worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to
save sinners; of whom I am chief.
Isaiah 1:18 KJV
Come now, and let us reason
together, saith The Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be
as wool.
Mark 16:16 KJV
He that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
