Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ta00est@unccvax.uncc.edu (elizabeth s tallant) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Soul winners Message-ID: Date: 22 Jan 91 06:58:30 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of NC at Charlotte Lines: 25 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , arm@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Alexander d Macalalad) writes: > In article bwood@su1b.uucp (Barbara Wood) writes: > >Those of us still here have the responsibility to not only worship God > >but also to be a SOUL WINNER! > > > What bothers me is the implication that we have the ability (and here Barbara > claims we have the responsibility) to "win souls" and turn them back to God. WE cannot win souls by ourselves, yet God has specifically instructed us to "...preach the Gospel to all nations..." , etc. We cannot win souls of our own accord, but we must let God use us to help win people to Him. > I have enough problems with my own salvation without having to worry about > saving others. Salvation is permanent. As far as you spritual condition, it will be much better when one attempts to do as God has intructed. > > Alex Macalalad Elizabeth