With Christ After the Lost; A Search for Souls (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1919. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Chapter VII HOW TO MEET THE LOST MAN'S DIFFICULTIES In dealing with unsaved people of all ages and conditions soul-winners will find all kinds of difficulties which an active, aggressive devil constantly puts in their way. These difficulties should be squarely met and as far as possible answered and relieved and removed from the way of the sinner. Some of them are used as mere excuses as was the case in Luke 14: 15-24, where "They all with one accord began to make excuse." But in many cases honest seekers find a real hindrance and need help to overcome it. The following are some of the prevalent difficulties and suggested ways to meet them: 1. "I am too Great a sinner," "My Heart is too hard." These are the words the devil often puts in the minds of seekers and makes a real barrier of them. (1) Tell them of Paul's case (1 Tim. 1: 15). He was the chief of sinners and yet God saved him. (2) Tell them of the thief on the cross who was a criminal and a condemned sinner, and yet Christ spoke words of life to him (Luke 23: 39-43). (3) Tell them of the harlot woman at Jacob's well, whom he saved and sent away as an evangel of light (John 4). (4) Tell them of the jailer at Philippi who cruelly treated Paul and how God saved him (Acts 16: 22-33). (5) Tell them of the great crowd of crucifiers of Christ who in repentance were saved on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2: 22, 23, 37-41). (6) Tell them of David's awful double crime of murder and adultery and how on his repentance and confession God forgave him (Ps. 51). (7) Show God's promises of pardon and salvation covering every case it matters not how hard. Isa. 1: 18. "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 sh...