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Gospel Meetings
Keys To A Successful Meeting
Mark A. Copeland
INTRODUCTION
1. The time for our gospel meeting is near!
a. In view of the Lord’s money and the time we will spend...
b. ...we ought to be vitally interested in its success
2. For it to be a success, we must realize our responsibility and accept it!
a. The effort of the one(s) who will preach is important
b. Yet such effort can be greatly hindered if we fail to do our part
[What is required for a successful gospel meeting? Several keys are necessary, beginning with purpose:
Why have a gospel meeting...?]
I. PURPOSE
A. ONE PURPOSE IS TO EVANGELIZE...
1. To seek and save the lost through proclaiming the gospel - cf. Ro 1:14-17
2. To provide opportunity for friends and neighbors to hear the gospel - cf. Ro 10:17
B. ANOTHER PURPOSE IS TO EDIFY...
1. To exhort one another to love and good works - cf. He 10:24-25
2. To revive our first love - cf. Re 2:4-5
3. To remove any lukewarmness that may have crept in - cf. Re 3:15-19
[Some meetings may be designed for one purpose or another, perhaps both. Once we have established
our purpose, another key to a successful meeting is...]
II. PREPARATION
A. LACK OF PREPARATION CAN KILL A MEETING...
1. What would you think of a preacher who came unprepared?
2. Yet many members are often unprepared for a meeting...
a. Unprepared to attend each and every service if possible
b. Unprepared to encourage other members to attend
c. Unprepared to exhort the members at the services
d. Unprepared to invite those for whom the meeting is intended
e. Unprepared to visit and welcome those who come
B. PREPARATION INVOLVES EFFORT BY ALL...
1. Resolving to attend every service
2. Resolving to invite others to come
3. Resolving to be friendly to all who come
[Successful preparation means working as though it depends upon us, while praying as though it
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