Those then who received his word were baptized, and there were added on that day about three thousand souls. Acts 2:41
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would eagerly learn the principles needed to bring people to the Lord and would practice these principles in order to learn the proper time and the proper way to reach people—to “catch the fish” (Acts 2:41; 4:4).
The most important thing for a salesman is to create a market. When there is a market, it is easy to sell, but if there is no market, no one will buy. We need to create the need within a sinner. For this purpose, we must know the best verses to use from the Scriptures. If we are familiar with the best verses, they will be ready and handy to us in our dealing with this kind of person…
When we deal with a sinner, we should remember not to talk too much. Salesmen know the secret of making a deal and then not talking too much; if they talk too much, they will lose the deal. After making a deal, a salesman gets the buyer to sign and pay; for us this means that we ask the sinner to pray. (Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1964, vol. 4, “Serving in the Meetings and in the Gospel,” ch. 5, pp. 118-119)
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