What is it going to take for the Holy Spirit to capture the heart and mind of believers to become all things to all people to win the lost to Christ...
1Cor 9:19-24
19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
1Cor 1:26-31
26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
We have been redeemed and bought with a price, by our Saviour, to be a showcase of grace and to bring our bodies, with feet shod with the gospel of peace (Eph 6:15), under submission to preach the gospel to every creature (Mk 16:15), to go into the highways and byways and compel them in, that our Father's house might be full (Lk 14:23), to walk along the hedges and talk with those that are downcast and trodden down in this life (Lk 4:18) and to bring glad tidings of good things (Rom 10:15) with the promises of God setting the captives free (Is 61).
To win the lost it's going to take prayer on our knees, obedience through a plan of faith, love to execute that plan and lovingkindness through longsuffering to see it through because we judge that God is faithful to what He has promised.
1Cor 9:19-24
19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
1Cor 1:26-31
26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
We have been redeemed and bought with a price, by our Saviour, to be a showcase of grace and to bring our bodies, with feet shod with the gospel of peace (Eph 6:15), under submission to preach the gospel to every creature (Mk 16:15), to go into the highways and byways and compel them in, that our Father's house might be full (Lk 14:23), to walk along the hedges and talk with those that are downcast and trodden down in this life (Lk 4:18) and to bring glad tidings of good things (Rom 10:15) with the promises of God setting the captives free (Is 61).
To win the lost it's going to take prayer on our knees, obedience through a plan of faith, love to execute that plan and lovingkindness through longsuffering to see it through because we judge that God is faithful to what He has promised.