Introduction

• Matthew 22:35-40; 16:24-27 – Love your neighbor; there is nothing more valuable than a soul.

Every soul must be valued

The saved – need edification

• I Thessalonians 1:1-7
• II Thessalonians 1:1-4
• Why spend time writing to people who are already saved? Because they needed to continue to grow.
• I Thessalonians 4:1
• II John 1:1-2, 4-11 – Saved people need to be warned and encouraged.
• Acts 14:21-22

The straying – need restoration

• James 5:19-20 – There’s no greater help we can give someone than to turn their soul back to God!
• Hebrews 3:7-13 – Don’t let this happen to you!
• Hebrews 4:2-3, 11
• Hebrews 10:24-25

The lost – need conversion

• Romans 15:20
• Acts 8:4
• Acts 19:1-5 – These people were already spiritually minded, but didn’t have all the information yet.

Getting better at loving souls

Open your eyes

• John 4:35

Gladly spend and be spent

• II Corinthians 12:14-15

Develop skills

• Acts 11:22-23
• We may need to expand our spiritual skill set.