Heralds Digest

  “ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise.” Proverbs 11 : 30 NKJV A focus on the method of soul winning has always been a challenge and a complication. Whereas, soul winning is more about a life than a method. The challenges in a contraception called world are sufficient to dictate the handwriting of darkness, gloom, emptiness, and depression to the people on the paths of life. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the truly righteous in our world to miss fruit bearing. And when Jesus says “ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life“, He meant that the only evidence of the righteous’ existence in any system is his courageous provision of life against death, light against darkness, love against hatred, and peace against wickedness. It implies that anyone who claims the grace of God unto righteousness, but without clear evidence of life, light, love, and peace, shouldn’t bother about the business of soul-winning. This is because his ...

  “ He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, And the fool will be servant to the wise of heart. The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise. ” Proverbs 11:29-30 ­NKJV Life is a battlefield. We win some, we lose some; but not all wins are wise. There are several wins on the basis of wickedness, deception, injustices, and unrighteousness. Even the soul of the winner here is sacrificed on the altar of trophies or wind (using the language of the scriptures). Every engagement in life, competition for mastery, and struggle for position, prosperity, or popularity that demands the act or aid of unrighteousness is really not wisdom. It is simply the troubling of one’s own house. Unfortunately, only a fool does that knowingly or unknowingly. Whereas, a wise win is focussed on winning a soul and not any material substance. Sometimes, this wise move demands the sacrifice of the winner’s rights in pursuits of peace, purity, and the presence of God at...