What is Won by One?
Spiritual reproduction is the responsibility of every member of the family of God. How can this be accomplished?
When a person is born again and has experienced the joy of salvation through Christ and the certainty of eternal life, it is his desire to share this knowledge with others that they too may know the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior and be members of His family. However, the Christian is often faced with the dilemma of not knowing how this can be effectively accomplished. Defeat seems to come from every hand, and few lasting results are seen. Gospel tracts are distributed and sometimes thrown away by the recipient. Contacts are made and lost. Individuals make professions of salvation and then drift away. Converts who are won to the Lord are not instructed in Biblical truths and principles of Christian living. Faced with all these problems, the usual plight of the Christian is fruitlessness and unproductiveness.
What is the answer? Is there any effective means of discipling others resulting in consistent spiritual reproduction in the lives of converts?
The Bible gives us the answer in II Timothy 2:2: "And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also." The Won by One Bible Study Course is a tool which can be used in obeying this Biblical command.
Won by One is a Biblical method of evangelism and discipleship- bringing individuals from the place of no faith in Jesus Christ to that of complete obedience. The lost are brought to salvation, and the saved are led to service. The command of Christ is to go and teach all nations- make disciples of all nations. This is accomplished through (1) conversion with the outward testimony of baptism (Matthew 28:19), and (2) obedience with the outward evidence of observing His commands (Matthew 28:20). Discipleship, properly defined, is a combination of evangelism and follow-up of new converts: teaching individuals to follow Christ.
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