The Bible has many scriptures that point out the importance of soul winning.
During His earthly ministry, the Lord Jesus Christ called many people to repentance and faith and brought sinners back to God.
This is one of the central reasons why the Father sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us. Through His life, death, and resurrection, Jesus made the way of salvation possible.
From the beginning of His ministry, He proclaimed the kingdom of God and called people to repent and believe the gospel.
Before He ascended into heaven, He gave His followers the commission to take this good news to the whole world.
Jesus lived out everything He taught. For instance, He commanded His disciples to go and make disciples of all nations in Matthew 28:19, and throughout His ministry He showed deep love and concern for lost souls.
When He said, “Follow Me” (Matthew 4:19), He invited His disciples to walk in His footsteps and promised to make them fishers of men. In doing so, He set an example for all believers to care about the salvation of others.
We can see His approach to reaching people in the story of His conversation with the woman at the well (John 4:1–42). Jesus met her where she was, spoke to her personally, and led her to the truth.
We should approach souls always according to the person, the time, the place, and the circumstances.
Soul winning is an important part of our life as believers because God desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. While salvation is the work of God alone, He graciously allows us to take part in sharing His message of hope.
Here are apt Bible verses to help us understand how important winning souls is to God:
1. Luke 19:10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
2. Matthew 4:19 Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
3. Matthew 28:19–20 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.
4. Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
5. John 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
6. Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
7. Romans 10:14–15 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!”
8. 2 Corinthians 5:18–20 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation… Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us.
9. 1 Corinthians 9:22 To the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
10. James 5:20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
11. Jude 1:23 but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
12. Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise.
