Would you turn please to 1 Corinthians chapter 9. While returning to the place, may I thank Mr. McClung for both the invitation to be a participant in your annual Soul Winners Convention and also for the warm words of welcome. I look forward to this service and trust the Lord will bless us together. It's not the first time I've been here at the Soul Winners Convention. I remember preaching here maybe twice before, certainly once before, as well as on other occasions. And it's a great pleasure for me to be here again with you today. 1 Corinthians chapter 9, beginning to read at verse 16. For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of, for necessity is led upon me. Yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel. For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward, but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. What is my reward then? Verily, that when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. For though I be free from all men, Yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews. To them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law. To them that are without law, as without law, being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law. to the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak. I amed all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you." We'll end our reading at that verse, and we'll keep the Word of God open at that particular place, and let's bow together in prayer before the Lord just now. Father in heaven, We give Thee thanks for Thy marvelous love to us. We thank Thee for the rich provision that Thou hast made for us in the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ, Thine only begotten Son. And we thank Thee for Thy precious word that is our guide, our compass, our chart throughout life and as we cross the sea of life. We pray, Lord, that Thou wilt bless the public reading of Thy holy word to us. And we pray that Thou wilt give us a reverence for thy word. May we be like the psalmist who said, he stood in awe at thy word. And we pray that we might hide it in our hearts that we may not sin against thee. May we feel like Jeremiah who said, thy words were found and I did eat them. And thy word was unto me the joy and the rejoicing of my heart. Give us such a love and a sense of need of thy word as the prophet had. And now, Lord, as we come to the proclamation of it, we pray that Thou wilt give the power of the Holy Spirit to preach the Word of the Lord here today. And we ask, Lord, that Thy Word will run very swiftly and that it would have free course among us and be glorified, and that with meekness we would receive that engrafted Word of the Lord into our hearts and be obedient to it. Give us the power of Thy Holy Spirit for this task of preaching Thy Word now. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. I understand that while this is the Soul Winners Convention, it's tied in in some kind of a way to the special anniversary of the Reformation. And indeed, this year in many places throughout the world, this very special event is taking place. It's being commemorated throughout different countries, remembering that great 16th century move of the Spirit of God that began in a very real sense on October 15, 17, continued throughout the generations from then right up to now. And even this very hour, we are living here in the blessings that have come to us from that great event. The Reformation was a special intervention of God, a mighty movement of God, in which the darkness and the superstition and the ignorance and the idolatry and the fear and the immorality which characterized the religious and secular world then was in, and that movement dispelled all of this over a great period of time. Now the characters which the Reformation produced were notable. I suppose the most renowned or the most well-known to many people would be Martin Luther, Every time we hear the name of Martin Luther, we think right away of the Reformation. John Calvin was also a prominent figure. And again, he's well known, as is also John Knox, who came nearest to us geographically, being the great Protestant reformer in Scotland. There was also Hugh Latimer, along with his friend Nicholas Ridley, burned at the stake. and William Tyndale, who gave to us the first printed copy of God's Holy Word. Mighty characters. And then there were others who were either not so well known, and certainly many who were not known to us at all, but there were people who did a great work for God, and God blessed them. Not only Was the Reformation something that produced notable characters? But there were great changes produced in the Reformation that were notable or that were momentous. For instance, that greatest change of all that can take place in a person's life, salvation. Salvation occurred on a mammoth, massive scale affecting millions of people in different countries, mainly around Europe. but even further afield as we know. There was also the great change that came when the Word of God was finally unchained, unfettered from the imprisonment that Roman Catholicism had foisted upon the reading of the Word of God by the people. And the Word of God was translated into English, as I've mentioned, and also into German through the ministry of Martin Luther. And the Word of God was spread abroad. People were allowed to read it then. They were able to obtain copies, even though it was very costly to obtain a copy of God's Word. And they were able to read it for themselves. The Latin was done away with as far as reading in the vernacular of the people was concerned. And there were translations of God's Word where all and sundry could have access to them. There was the transformation of the lives by the preaching of the Gospel of Christ. Men and women and boys and girls entering into peace with God that they never could have known under the system of the papacy. But that all changed with the Reformation. And people were able to read the Word of God themselves understanded by the Spirit of God working in their lives, experiencing the new birth, and entering into the glorious freedom of the sons of God. And of course, the power of people, authority, and tyranny was broken in individual lives of those who were high up and low down, whatever their circumstances. Countries were set free from the domination of potpourri that they lay under for so long. What a movement of the Spirit of God the Reformation was. Not only were the characters that it produced that were notable and the changes which it wrought were momentous, but the consequences which it caused were varied. I have to say that. I have already looked on the bright side and that was whenever Multitudes of people experienced the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ in its saving power. Individual lives were liberated, as were nations. And of course, there was freedom in so many different ways. But there was also persecution. Persecution in which thousands upon thousands of people suffered, even to the point of losing their lives. Many of God's choice servants who were at the forefront of the battle were burned at the stake. All of this because of God's mighty moving by the Spirit of God in that period in Europe. Multitudes rejoicing in the light were willing to pay the price in order to stand up for that glorious gospel. Yes, the Reformation was a mighty move of the Spirit of God at that time. And that cannot be again said in any way. Now, there are people, well-meaning people I suppose, but they seem to concentrate more on the historical and the doctrinal and the theological, and they say it wasn't really having any effect with regard to soul winning. Well, I beg to differ, because whenever the Word of God was preached, that was soul winning. Whenever the Word of God was put into the language of the people and disseminated, that was preaching. In fact, the one who has been called the Morning Star of the Reformation, John Wycliffe, he lived a century or so before Luther, whenever Wycliffe was persecuted and put out of his position in the university in one of the cities. He went into a kind of exile and there in this little parish church that he was still allowed to carry on ministry in, students came to him from the university and rallied around him because they saw in him great qualities as a servant of Christ. And they set about copying from a Latin translation of Holy Scripture and they helped Wycliffe, in writing, ordinary handwriting, to translate the entire Word of God. And that Word of God was gotten into the hands of preachers who were known as the Law Lords. And they went throughout England bringing the Word of God, winning souls, preaching that Word and trying to get it as often as they could into the hands of the people. Martin Luther, while he was a great contender for the faith, believed in missionary work at home and abroad. I don't have the time to go into the detail. I brought some of it with me, but I could show you that when he preached from the Psalms, when he preached from Genesis, when he preached from the Prophets, when he preached from the Gospels, when he preached from the Acts, when he preached from the Epistles, that he made great effort to show that the Gospel was not only for the Jews, but it was also for the whole world. And of course, John Kelvin himself, who many people say retards evangelism because of his views on the sovereignty of God. Nothing could be further from the truth. Let me quote from Kelvin. Part of a quote. He said that the gospel does not fall from the clouds like rain, but is brought by the hands of men to where God sent it. brought by the hands of men. Men going out seeking to win souls with the preaching of the Gospel. He said again, when an opportunity for edification presents itself, we should realize that a door has been opened for us by the hand of God in order that we may introduce Christ into that place. That's soul winning. Bringing the message of the Gospel to the populace. And then he wrote, Let everyone strive to attract and win over to Jesus Christ, though she may can. Notice the word win. To win over. That's soul winning. In fact, in the year 1561, 142 men were sent out from the Geneva Academy. That's where John Calvin was headquartered. That's where he carried on his great work in the main. In Geneva, 142 men were sent out from the Geneva Academy on missions to different places in the world. And Calvin wasn't interested in soul winning, some people tell us. And then again, he became involved in overseas work, missionary work, most notably a mission effort among the heathen. Indians in Brazil. And that's what the historians tell us. Those people who are anti-soul winning while holding Reform views, they need to study a wee bit more about what Calvin and Luther and the Reformers believed and practiced before they come out with these statements. But how about us, friend? How are we involved in soul winning? Or are we involved in soul winning? The Lord Jesus Christ said in Matthew chapter 4 and verse 19, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." So, if we are professing to follow Christ, and we are not fishing for men, we are not involved in soul winning activity, we can hardly be said to be following Christ. That's a mark. of following Christ, seeking to win souls for Him and to spread the Gospel. You say, aye, but that's what preachers are for. That is right. And woe betide the preacher who does not preach evangelistically and who does not endeavor on a one-to-one basis to win souls for Christ. But it's not only for preachers. Let me illustrate that. Proof it by two illustrations. Whenever Paul was writing to the Thessalonians in chapter 1 of his first letter, He says, for from you sounded out the Word of God in Macedonia and Achaia, and in every place, so that we need not to speak anything. He said, you've already done it before we've gotten there. And then in Acts chapter 8, whenever Stephen was put to death because of his stand for the Gospel, the Bible tells us there was a great persecution arose around about Jerusalem. And the Bible tells us that many people fled except the Apostle. The rank and file were scattered. And we read in that chapter that they that went everywhere, they that were scattered abroad, went everywhere preaching the Word. The rank and file members of the church at Jerusalem that were scattered because of the persecution. I want to get to the passage of Scripture that I've read. And I want you to look with me at part of verse 22. And I want to base what I want to say with regard to our responsibility in evangelism and soul winning on that part of verse 22, the second part. I am made all things to all men. that I might by all means save some. That's the view. That's the mindset. That's the mentality that the Apostle Paul, the great theologian, the great missionary, the great evangelist, the great protagonist for the faith, that's the view that he had on his responsibility of seeking to win souls. And I believe, brethren and sisters, that we ought to share that mentality. We ought to be possessed of that mindset. I'll not leave it to one or two, but all of us, in one way or another, endeavor to be witnesses for Christ with a view to men and women getting gloriously saved. Now, just before I go into that, we have heard of that phrase, all things to all men. They say about somebody, oh, she tries to be all things to all people. She's trying to be helpful, but she ends up being helpful to nobody. Or, oh, he's all things to all men. And the thought there is, he's a compromiser. He's one thing in one place and one thing in another place. That's not the meaning of the phrase in this verse that the apostle is referring to. Rather, he means, I am willing to go to any length, as long as it does not compromise any scriptural principle. I'm willing to accommodate myself. I'm willing to use any means that I can. Legitimate means that will result. and me bringing people to Christ. And I want us to look at that for the remainder of our time here. I want you to notice, first of all, his perception. Look at that 22nd verse again. I have made all things to all men that I might by all means save some." What's he perceiving here? Well, in the use of that word, save, he is acknowledging, he's understanding, he's letting us know that he perceives the condition of his fellow man and that it is one of great danger if somebody needs to be saved. then they're in great danger. Now, what is this danger? And why is it so? Well, the danger is that he sees that the man or the woman or the girl or the boy, he's thinking of mankind generally, they're under the wrath and condemnation of Almighty God. The Bible says in John 3, verse 18, He that believeth not is condemned already. And that condemnation is taking place now. Ever since we came into the world, we are condemned already. until the day that the man or the woman or boy or girl turns from their sin and trusts Christ as Savior and is saved. And then there is therefore no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. But the apostle sees mankind as it is, by nature, needing to be saved because of their sin. The Bible says that we are estranged from God, from the womb, alienated in our minds by wicked work and God's wrath. abides upon us. Why is that? Well, it's because of sin. Catechism says in number 14, sin is any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God. There are two aspects of it. There is the coming short of God's standard. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. A failure to measure up to the requirements of God's law. And then there's the other aspect, not only the sins of omission, but the sins of commission that make us transgressors, trespassers, going beyond the bounds that God has set for us, breaking His law. And as a result of that, there is terrible danger for mankind, for individuals, for men and women. They're going to be condemned punished, sentenced, judged as we are now. And the execution will take place either when we die or if the Lord Jesus Christ comes back first. And there will be eternal separation between us and Almighty God. Lost in hell with all the terrors and torment that's entailed in that. The Bible tells us that the second death is the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone. And Paul saw that. He perceived that. And that's why he felt the burden that he did, that he felt for the lost condition of the sinner. Men and women and young people here, do we feel like that? Maybe siblings, spouse, parents, children, loved one, near and dear to us. At any moment they could die. Don't have to be old to die. And if they die outside of Christ, there's nothing for them but a fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation. They'll perish eternally in the flames of hell forever. Does this not concern us? It ought to. But notice not only his perception. Notice his purpose. And we'll just look at the end of the verse, the last line or so. That I might by all means save some. Now Paul wanted to do something about this. This is commendable in him. He's not satisfied to see these people lost and leave it to somebody else. But he says, I've got to get involved in this. I want them to be saved. I want to be in the process. I want to be an instrument in the hand of the Almighty God. And I want to be involved in soul-winning activity. What an example this mighty man of God is to us. And that's what he did. We can't read the book of Acts, or read this chapter, or read 2 Corinthians 11, as well as other parts of the Word of God, and miss the fact that Paul was burdened for souls. In fact, he wrote in Romans 10, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. In chapter 9 of the same epistle, he said, I say the truth in Christ, I lie not. My conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost that I have great sorrow and continual heaviness in my heart for my kinsmen according to the flesh." He wanted to be involved in saving some. Not in educating some, important though education is. Not in entertaining some. Not in amusing them. But rather, I need to get them rescued from the danger to which they're headed. Now, when he says that he wanted to save some, he wasn't using the words save and salvation in the absolute sense. Nobody can save sinners, only the Lord Jesus Christ. But there are times, as Spurgeon said in some of his sermons, that Christ takes the crown of His own head and places it on faith. Of course, on different occasions, to the woman of the city, the blind Bartimaeus, he would have said, Thy faith hath saved thee, or thy faith hath made thee whole. Whereas in actual fact, it is Christ who saves and who makes whole. You remember what Peter said in the day of Pentecost when the people cried out, what must I do? And he said, save yourselves from this untoward generation. That is, turn from your sin and put your trust in the One who can save you. This is what Paul meant. But he just put it in this particular way, that he wanted to be the instrument in this great work of saving souls. You remember what Esther said with regard to the physical salvation of her people. In chapter 8, verse 6 of that book, she said to her husband, How can I endure to see the evil that shall come upon my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction that shall come upon my kindred? Correspondingly, we can say the same thing with regard to the spiritual needs of our people, our loved ones, our kindred, our people are afraid. How can I endure? Are we doing anything to discharge this responsibility? To alleviate the burden that we should have for them? We've seen Paul's perception. He sees there are people needing saved. He sees purpose. He wants to be involved in it. But notice thirdly, his passion. Look at the phrase, that I may by all means save some. Here's a man that means business. There's no half-hearted approach to this matter of evangelism on his part. He's out and out. We're seeing here a firm commitment, a steadfast commitment in which he will get involved to save men and women and boys and girls. Preaching, of course, was the main aim for him. Notice verse 16, For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of, for necessity is led upon me. Yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel. Gospel preaching does it, friend. God has no other plan for the saving of souls other than the message of the gospel. that Christ Jesus came into the world, obtained a righteousness for us that we can't get to heaven without, that He obtains for us and imputes to us upon our turning from sin and trusting Him as our Savior. We need that righteousness. But then for all the sins that we have committed, we need to be forgiven. We need to be pardoned. That sin needs to be dealt with. The Lord Jesus Christ went to the cross at Calvary, offered Himself without spot to God. A perfect sin offering. as a substitute by the shedding of His precious blood. And that sacrifice was satisfactory to God in that God raised Him the third day and showed Him openly. That's the message. There'll be no salvation apart from that. And if there's a man or a woman or a girl or a boy here today, not a Christian, do not be depending upon your connection with church. Do not be depending on the fact that your parents may be Christian. There's only one way. That's you personally turn from your sin and trust the Lord Jesus Christ alone for your salvation. Upon a life I did not live. Upon a death I did not die. Upon another's life, another's death, I stake my whole eternity. That's what we must do who are outside of Christ. So, of course, there was this preaching. And then, would have, no doubt, where there was little hamlets or occasions in the open air, for instance, such as when the Athenians of Mars Hill brought him to talk to them then. And even though it was not in the usual standards of Paul's evangelistic work, where many people would have got converted and churches were formed. Yet, in the midst of that philosophical society, people were saved that day. So, whatever the situation is, we need to show our passion. For instance, Mr. McClellan spoke about inviting people to the service tonight. No matter how often we are refused, let's not give up on that. That is one of the best ways of getting people into church, by inviting them. Praying that God would lead you to people. Praying that God, if He puts you in circumstances where you weren't thinking about this, but an opportunity comes up, ask God to give you the words. Ask God to instruct you how you might invite somebody to come. By all means, lend them a good book with the gospel in it. Invite them into your home for a cup of coffee and have a speaker perhaps to speak to them. about the Christian life and about Christ, or even to give a word of testimony to them. The Word of God says that God has devised means whereby His banished be brought home to Him. If that's the case, if God has devised the means to do that, and that's Christ's finished work, surely we can devise the means to try to get people under the sound of that message. It's passion. C.S. Spurgeon tells the story. I think he was speaking to people up in Scotland. And he said there was a man that presented himself at his church for membership, and he had to be interviewed. And Spurgeon said, we talked to him about his views. And then we said, let's hear how you became a Christian. He says, oh, it was strange with me, sir, the man said. He said, I'll tell you how it happened. He says, I was going over London Bridge driving the cart for my employer. And this fellow came behind and he jumped onto the cart. He says, Hi mate, I've got a message for you. He says, I took my whip and was about to flail him off it. He says, hold on a wee minute till I bring this message. He says, all right, give the message, the man said. He says, let me come up beside you. He says, I put the whip down and let him sit beside me. He says, now come on. This is what he told Spurgeon. Tell me what the message is." He says, the message is a message from God. I have a message from God for you. He says, I went for the whip again. He says, now hold on, just let me finish. He says, you'd better hurry up. He says, I just want to tell you that God loves sinners, that the Lord Jesus Christ died for sinners, and if you would turn from your sin, He'll save you. He says, well, now listen to that. And he says, right, it's time you were going. Get off my cot. He says, just one other thing. Will you come to hear Mr. Spurgeon next Sunday? And the man said, well, I'll say anything to get rid of him. So he said, alright, I'll go. And then I remembered, I always keep my word. He said, what have I said? He says, I'll meet you at half past ten at the tabernacle. He says, I went, Mr. Spurgeon. And that man was waiting for me, one of your members. And he said, I felt sorry for him in a measure because he brought me in and I could see that he was delighted that I was there with him. And he said he stood the whole time. He gave me his seat and he stood with others in the aisle. And I heard you preach. But he said, I thought, very little of it. He said, that's me. I've kept my word. I don't want to see him again. So, the boy said to him, go to me, Mr. Spurgeon. And he says, you'll come back sometime, dear Mr. Spurgeon. He says, I might come back sometime. So, several weeks had gone by. He says, I was going over Blackfriars Bridge walking, and this man was coming toward me. He says, oh, I took to my heels and ran, He could run more quickly than I could. And he said, he followed me. I went off the main road. I went down the street to my home. And I said, no, no, no, I can't go there. And he said, I stopped in another street. He said, I had to admire that fellow's healing. And he says, how you doing, mate? He said, I saw you coming toward me. He said, you're going to come back to hear Mr. Spurgeon again? The man said, I really felt I should have brought him in. But he said, my wife and I were heavy drinkers. And he said, there was only wooden boxes for chairs. I couldn't bring anybody into my house. So I told him I would go back very, very soon. I didn't say when, but I promised him I would go. And he says, Mr. Spurgeon, I did go. I didn't see him again. But I developed an interest. And he says, I have brought four of my workmates with me. And I'm one of them. who has got saved over this past few months. And Spurgeon said to those people that he was speaking to in Scotland in that meeting, he said, I felt upset about this. Not that I didn't jump on the back of a cart to win anybody, but that that man was willing to go to unconventional means to get somebody to hear the gospel. And I asked myself, what am I doing to go out of my way to get individuals to trust Christ. So, there's no telling what we can do. If I could just, before I come to the last thing I want to say, say this about that. Spurgeon says, whenever I got converted, I wanted to do something to win people to Christ myself. But I was so timid in speaking. People may find that hard to believe since Spurgeon was the mighty preacher that he was. for 40 years preaching in that New Park Street Metropolitan Tabernacle congregation. But he said at the beginning, I was so timid, and yet I wanted to win people to Christ. He said, I wrote wee notes, explained the gospel, and sometimes I got tracts and I put them in the envelope and I posted them to certain addresses. Or I went round to the homes, couldn't knock the door, but I put them under the door to make sure they landed in the people's home. He says I did that. for a considerable time. Then I became a Sunday school teacher. And then a preacher. I'll not go into the detail of how that happened, but it's an interesting story. When he was only 16 years of age, the point is, he had a burden for souls. Unlike the apostle, that I might by all means save some. His perception, his purpose, his passion. And then I want you to notice lastly, his plan. I want you to look at this. Notice verse 19. For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all." There's humility there. But he was going to take up this position in these circumstances in order, as he says here in that 19th verse, that I might gain the more. Unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews. Now, when I said earlier, he didn't compromise. Every legitimate means. He would bend over backwards by all means, by any means, that did not violate any scriptural principle. So he said, I did that in order to gain those that were under the law. And to gain the Jews. Verse 21, to them that are without law, as without law. The Gentiles. He never mentioned anything that they had to conform to the ceremonials of the law of God. In fact, that was all established in Acts chapter 15. He says, To them that are without laws, without law, being not without law to God, but unto the Lord of Christ, that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak. I am made all things to all men. that I might by all means save some." There are great instances of this. Hudson Taylor adopted the dress of the Chinese and as far as he could the customs of the Chinese in order to win them. George Whitefield, who was a tremendous orator and most eloquent with passion in his preaching, yet he said he used market language in order to reach the masses of the people. W.P. Nicholson. Billy Sunday. Men who were on fire for God. Said things in the pulpit that nobody else could have said and gotten away with. Why? In order to win the masses. What are we doing? Is there not something we can think of that we could reach somebody this incoming week? Somebody new to come to the house of God to hear the gospel. Somebody that we could have a wee word with with regard to their soul. Somebody that we meet when we're out, maybe for a coffee, or out shopping, or out doing our work. Maybe some business contact. Do you ever think about it? Paul says, that I might, by all means, save some. Listen to these words. It's in our hymn book. I want an even strong desire. I want a calmly fervent zeal to save poor souls out of the fire and snatch them from the verge of hell. and turn them to a pardoning God, and quench the brands in Jesus' blood. I would the precious time redeem, and longer live for thee alone, to spend and be spent for them who have not yet my Saviour known. Fully on these my mission prove, and only breathe to breathe thy love. Enlarge in flame and fill my heart with boundless charity divine, so shall I All my strength exert, and love them with a zeal like thine, and lead them to thy open side, the sheep for whom the shepherd died. The Reformation was a movement of the Spirit of God. It has been described as the greatest revival since Pentecost. All revivals are known by the impact they make on the ungodly after the hearts of God's people have been stirred. All revivals result in multitudes of precious souls being brought into the kingdom. Let's play our part in this day and age. And let me finish by saying this. I've been speaking about the importance and the need for God's people to involve in evangelistic activity to win souls to Christ. But what about those in this meeting perhaps who are not Christian? It would be remiss of me If I did not tell you and plead with you that you need to be saved, that you need to be saved now, the Bible says it is time to seek the Lord. Seek the Lord while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near. Today, if you hear His voice, harden not your heart. Let me tell you the story of the cross again. God has loved a world of sinners lost. He sent the Lord Jesus Christ into this world to provide eternal redemption for lost men and women and young people. And if you'll only turn from your sin and get your eyes fixed on Him, come to Him, trust Him who died on the cross at Calvary and shed His precious blood to obtain eternal redemption and salvation. The Bible says, if you will look unto Him, you'll be saved. If you'll call upon the name of the Lord, you'll be saved. If you come to Him, He'll not cast you out. Would you come to Him today to become a Christian, trust Christ as your Saviour, and then you too become a soul winner, be the means under God of leading others out of darkness into His most marvellous light, and one day hear the well done good and faithful servant. Let's bow together in prayer. Lord, we thank Thee for this passion of the Apostle and for the plan that he adopted. And for the perception that he had with regard to the plight of mankind and his purposefulness in seeking to reach them with the gospel. Lord, give us such a passion, such a burden for the lost, that we not be able to rest on this. We play our part in winning souls for Christ. We ask these things in the Savior's name. Amen.