When people talk about winning souls these days, I feel
absolutely concerned for the so-called souls. It looks to me like a lion on a
breakfast mission, in search for his hunt; he hides behind the grass for an
unwise lamb that would wander away from the herd in search of fresh grass. This
will be an easy catch and good feast for the lion’s plate.
When I hear these people talk about winning souls, I feel
sorry for the souls who have no idea of what they are getting into. It
sometimes sounds to me like blood-thirty people desperate to count the number
of innocent, ignorant people who will give their blood to be sucked. These
souls are classified, as those who are needy, can undoubtedly gullible in their
search for solutions and wanting to identify or belong to a community.
These souls are caught when they are most vulnerable maybe
they have lost a loved one, in a bad relationship with their parents or family,
in need of healing or desperate for a change. At this point they will give
anything and do anything without a second thought.
When caught by the wrong hands, they will start running in a
wheel. Initially, the souls will be treated with some measure of care, so they
do not detach. This will be short lived to prepare them to be trained as
unconscious servants. Once the attachment is built, they would start attending
endless meetings till they begin to be unavailable for their loved ones and
disassociate from their families over time. These souls will eventually give
their energy away and with time they begin to feel tired, unhappy, sick, financially
drained and depleted. Unknown to them, this new community and friends maybe
superficial. The souls might observe that sweet and bitter method of sucking
their blood has gradually robbed them of their self worth. They might realize
they have given their energy to somebody else and they are now hanging in the
spider’s web.
They are tied up with daily and weekly responsibilities but
if you look closely, their main leader is seating in a place of convenience by
handling brief monthly meetings (not weekly) or occasional gatherings.
When I hear about souls, I have sympathy for those who give
their blood to be sucked. They are simply prey to be used as objects in some
people’s game. Incidentally, some of these souls have become wiser in seeking
the opportunity to reap the reaper in his own game, like the buffalo who
challenges the tiger.
Mt 7:21-23
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the
kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in
heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in
your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many
miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you
evildoers!’
An aggressive soul winner is hungry like a hunter; he goes
with all manner of tools and uses different technique to capture his prey.
An aggressive soul winner is like a fisherman who uses a
net. This method of fishing is solely for material or commercial purposes. On
the other hand a fish can also be caught by using a fishing rod with baits or
lures impaled on the hooks to entice any fish that venture near to bite off the
attractive bait. Unfortunately, if caught by a commercial fisherman the fish is
not going anywhere after all that effort, it must be eaten. However, if caught
by a hobbyist, he will admire the fish and put it back where it belongs, in its
natural habitat. Thank God for regulatory organizations helping to stop brutal
killings of animals whether on land or sea.
Soul winning alone will not take you to heaven; you win a
soul by living the God life and your personal interest in bringing somebody to
the knowledge of Christ. You have to be in a good frame of mind first, not
under fear or compulsion that if you do not win souls you will go to hell.
There should be no ulterior motives like getting the soul’s money eventually,
you want a position or seeking to be rewarded with treats or awards. There are
people who reach out to others daily not for any earthly reward or to direct
the souls to their own churches, for benefits or for any selfish reason. These people
recommend and make available other authors, ministers and local assemblies for
the interest of the soul alone.
Every man should learn to take care of himself first. He
should learn to use his initiative and study for himself otherwise he might
become somebody’s big catch or ‘meat’. At that point he would have no one to
blame.
I have written this for those who have asked me questions on
soul winning and their fears.
“And many false prophets will appear and deceive many
people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the
kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and
then the end will come.” Mat 24:11-14
“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last
days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud,
abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love,
unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such
people.”
2 Tim3:1-5
Feel free to share your thoughts.
Pastor Anita Oyakhilome is a preacher of the gospel and
ex-wife to Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy
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