Dr. Adrian Rogers: THE MIGHTIEST SOUL WINNER THAT I’VE KNOWN ANYTHING ABOUT OR READ ABOUT IS THE APOSTLE PAUL. AND IN THIS, 2 CORINTHIANS 5 WE FIND OUT WHAT MOTIVATED PAUL, WHAT DROVE PAUL, WHAT IMPELLED PAUL, WHAT MADE HIM THE GREATEST MISSIONARY THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN, AND WE’RE GOING TO LEARN FROM THAT.
AND IF YOU’VE NEVER BEEN A SOUL WINNER, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TODAY VERY CAREFULLY. IF YOU ARE A SOUL WINNER, YOU WILL BE BLESSED AND ENCOURAGED BY THIS. Announcer: PROFOUND TRUTH. SIMPLY STATED. THIS IS LOVE WORTH FINDING WITH PASTOR, TEACHER, AND AUTHOR ADRIAN ROGERS. DR.
Adrian: TAKE YOUR BIBLES, PLEASE, AND TURN TO 2 CORINTHIANS 5. AND WHEN YOU’VE FOUND IT, WOULD YOU LOOK UP HERE FOR A MOMENT? LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. YOUR ACHIEVEMENT IN LIFE WILL BE PRIMARILY MOTIVATED BY YOUR MOTIVATIONS, IMPELLED BY YOUR MOTIVATIONS. NOW, WHAT MOTIVATES YOU, IMPELS YOU, DRIVES YOU, AND WILL CAUSE YOU TO BE WHATEVER YOU END UP BEING.
I HEARD OF A LITTLE BOY ONE TIME WHO, A YOUNG MAN REALLY, WHO WAS GOING THROUGH THE WOODS. AND HE HEARD A GROWL AND LOOKED BEHIND HIM, AND THERE WAS A GREAT GRIZZLY BEAR. AND THE BOY BEGAN TO RUN AND THE BEAR BEGAN TO RUN. AND THE BOY SAID, “THIS BEAR IS GOING TO GET ME AND DEVOUR ME UNLESS I FIND SOME WAY OF ESCAPE,” BUT THERE SEEMED TO BE NO WAY OF ESCAPE.
AND THEN HE SAW A TREE. AND THERE WAS A LIMB THAT WENT OUT. THE LIMB WAS 15 FEET HIGH. HE SAID, “NOBODY’S EVER JUMPED 15 FEET HIGH STRAIGHT UP, BUT I’VE GOT TO DO IT IF I SAVE MY LIFE.” AND THE BEAR WAS RIGHT THERE WITH HIS WARM, MOIST BREATH ON THE NAPE OF THAT MAN’S NECK. AND WITH A PRAYER, THIS YOUNGSTER GAVE A LEAP AS HARD AS HE COULD.
NOW, HE MISSED THE LIMB, BUT HE CAUGHT IT ON HIS WAY BACK DOWN. [AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] THAT’S MOTIVATION. I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THE SOUL WINNER’S MIGHTY MOTIVATION. WE’VE BEEN PRAYING FOR REVIVAL, A WEEPING REVIVAL, A SWEEPING REVIVAL. AND NOW, WE’RE ASKING GOD FOR A REAPING REVIVAL. WE WANT TO BRING SOULS, BOUND IN THE GOLDEN CHAINS OF THE GOSPEL, AND LAY THEM AT JESUS’ FEET.
