What is takes to Reap the Harvest of Souls Jesus sees

If the fields are ripe, and they are, why are we so bad at soul harvesting. Luke 10:2-3

I have a friend who was saved and filled with the Holy Ghost about the time I was in the early 1980's. We went to the same church. We encouraged each other and grew in faith. Those were amazing times. I have written of this in the past.

His name is Peter Mehl. His ministry is Russian Harvest Ministries. They have planted thousands of churches and thousands have come to Christ for real under his ministry. He is sold out and passionate.

He is an apostolic preacher. Here are some notes from some of his sermons. They are not for the faint of heart.

He makes the Bible come alive by pronouncing that the very Molecules of God are in the Word.

The Bible is not a book about God – it actually contains God.

• His breath, His Spirit, His life is within it.

In another sermon he says, we are created for war.

Heroism does not have gender or color. Heroes come from all walks of life.

• The greatness of Christianity is that every person has a unique gift and calling.
• Every Christian counts.
• Every believer has an assignment.
• Everyone has been allocated a piece of God’s plan.
• Even people who have never surrendered to Jesus believe there is a reason for them being born.

In a sermon called Advancing upon the Gates of Hell he says:

Will it be with most ardent zeal and intense exertion or “Ho-Hum” run of the mill Christianity prevalent in way to many churches? How will you respond as a church and as individuals?

· We Pentecostals get saved and then camp out looking forward to the Rapture. We think we have it all but in reality we have only the foundation which to build on and we do not press into all that God has for us.

But we have Almighty God! A living God that saves redeems, delivers from bondage, from Hell, and this God is calling you “today” to be filled with zeal and intensity to see the Kingdom of God expand into the earth.

One talk he gave was Passion for Souls. Every Church and Every Ministry claims to have a passion for souls, few really do. They are weak and hopeless.

Gouging out the right eye makes a man useless in war.

That’s what the devil has done too much of the church. Destroyed there purpose and usefulness by plucking out their right eye of militant and revolutionary evangelism.

In verse 4 we read that “All the people lifted up their voices, and wept.” The best and most sincere prayers and preaching comes from people who are desperate. The Bible says in James 5:16b, “…The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”

“Effectual” = zeal or hot.

We need the zealous, hot, anointed preaching of days of old to flow through the lips of modern day preachers. We need to back away from this “Bless the body of Christ” preaching and turn our zeal, efforts, time, and money toward the lost. Why? Because they are perishing and heading toward eternal damnation. The church of the 21^st century needs a passion for souls.

Now, if we only desire to get decisions then we can get them.

· Story of Moscow 1992, 5,000 people, 4,500 decision…no church today…

· CBN’s 10+ million response cards…very few converts

Pete has the same Spiritual DNA I do. He is far harder on the Church of Jesus than I could ever be. Particularly what much of the Pentecostal Church has become.

His most recent Newsletter just came. Here's what is on the front cover:

Dear Co Laborers:
The cry of this ministry is to never waiver in our New Testament faith and never bow to the seduction that has invaded much of the Church in these last days. WE, on the other hand, want more of HIM. More power! More Glory! More of the manifestation that were the hallmarks in the First Century Church.

We remain amazed at the influence that has invade the Pentecostal movement and is causing a dumbing down of the message of sin, repentance and especially the gifts and manifestation of the Holy Spirit. It is nothing more than falling into the great deception and believing doctrines of devils. It is the Holy Spirit alone that imparts significance. Without him we are powerless. We are clouds without rain, trees without fruit. With out Him our words preached are just thunder without sound, dead and Rootless. people may have grand talents and great gifts but without God's Holy Spirit we are useless.

I know there will never be revival until someone makes efforts toward that end. Preachers must be willing jeopardize their fame, income , fortune and lives for this end. It is our duty to revive saints and convert sinners without which there can be no true revival. This is the fact we must never forget - lukewarm Christians will never change the world. On the other hand, in Romans 12:11 Paul commands us to be" fervent in spirit". The Greek word is ZEO and means" to be like a hot liquid or glowing like hot metal".

Friends, this type of zeal does not come by accident. You do not stumble upon it. It is not captures by a lazy person's yawn. It is out responsibility to fan the flames - it is out choice. We encourage you to do just that. Begin a quest to ignite that Holy Ghost passion and step back into your God Given Dream. In short - Finish Strong.

This pierced my heart. I needed to hear this. The Dream of God in Me has been dormant too long. Nor very politically correct. I'll bet some of his supporters were offended. Offense is the first sign of Spiritual impact. Tell a person they are headed for hell and they are offended.

I would recommend that you consider supporting Russian Harvest Ministries. There are a lot of really worthless so-called ministries. There are some I will never give any money to. NEVER. I won't list them here, but you need to be careful where you invest your offering dollars.

Pete is making a global impact for the kingdom. I hope I can do the same. I can only hope to finish well. Send him some money, he will invest it in the kingdom for you and you will be able to enjoy it when you get over there.