THE WISEST BUSINESS IN THE WORLD

"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men."

Soul winning is the wisest business in the world. For who is wiser than he who prepares his neighbour for eternity (Prov. 11:30). The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise wins souls for eternity. Entire world is kept for fire, all of our worldly achievements will end up there. Nothing we can take to our final destination except people.

1 Thess 2:19-20 After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns? It is you!. Yes, you are our pride and joy.

Matthew 6:19,20 says, “Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where its safe from moth and rust and burglars. Look at Abraham, Hebrews 11:10 says, Abraham did it by keeping his eye on an unseen city with real eternal foundations—the City designed and built by God.

WHO IS RICH

John 14:2

"In My Father's house are many mansions..."

Life's greatest tragedy is living without knowing what we are living for .

We are heavenly beings having a human experience.Life on earth is so short, soon it will pass away.Material richness is an illusion. We came here naked and will go from here naked.Time and space cannot define who is rich or poor. Man is an everlasting being either in heaven or in hell.Earth is like a bridge, don't build our house on it; one day it will collapse .Godly wisdom is the great treasure that you can take to the final destination.

Luke 12:21: "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God".

THREE TYPES OF GOSPEL

1.LEGALISTIC GOSPEL

Keeping the ten commandments is like juggling ten balls at a time. Popular religion is legalism. The Bible refers to it as a different gospel. "I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel." Gal 1:6

How does one come out of legalism ?

Phil 3:9

And that I may [actually] be found and known as in Him, not having any [self-achieved] righteousness that can be called my own, based on my obedience to the Law's demands (ritualistic uprightness and supposed right standing with God thus acquired), but possessing that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ (the Anointed One), the [truly] right standing with God, which comes from God by [saving] faith

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2 MATERIALISTIC GOSPEL

Phil 3:18-19 says:

"For as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things

How to overcome materialism ?

First of all know who you are in Christ and His love.

Eph 1:11

It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living,

Rom 8:37-39

None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing — nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable — absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us

3. TRUE GOSPEL

Very few wise people can choose true gospel :

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose."JIM ELLIOT

John 12:25

Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.]

Matt 11:30

For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good — not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.

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2 Cor 4:17-18

These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There's far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can't see now will last forever.

(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible)

Rewards of true Gospel followers

1 Rev 22:3 they shall reign [as kings] forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities).

2.Dan 12:3Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.

3. Mark 10:29 to 30

"I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields — and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life.