Witnessing


2. Why you need to witness:
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A. You talk about what you believe in:

PSA 107:2. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

JOH 3:11. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

ACT 4:20. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

2COR 4:13. We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

PSA 116:10. I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

B. To save souls from death:

PRO 14:25. A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

ACT 26:18. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

JAM 5:20. Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins

C. If you don't you & they will suffer:

EZE 3:17. Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

EZE 3:18. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

EZE 3:19. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

ACT 20:26. Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

ACT 20:27. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

MAR 8:38. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

LUK 12:8. Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

LUK 12:9. But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

1COR 9:16. For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

2COR 4:3. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

JER 8:20. The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

JON 1:1. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

JON 1:2. Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

JON 1:3. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

JON 1:4. But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

JON 1:5. Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

JON 1:6. So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

JON 1:7. And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

JON 1:8. Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

JON 1:9. And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

JON 1:10. Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

JON 1:11. Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.

JON 1:12. And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

JON 1:13. Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

JON 1:14. Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

JON 1:15. So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

JON 1:16. Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.

JON 1:17. Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.