THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT

PROGRAM AIR DATE: 9-9-18



LESSON TITLE: "THE KINGDOM IN PATTERN: EVANGELISM"



WELCOME



TODAY WE ARE BLESSED WITH A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD, THE BIBLE. THIS BOOK IS GOD'S LIVING WORD. IN ITS PAGES, WE ARE TOLD "FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD." IT IS IN THIS BOOK OF BOOKS THAT WE FIND THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF MAN'S QUESTIONS AND NEEDS. THIS MORNING YOUR AREA CHURCHES OF CHRIST WELCOME YOU TO A PROGRAM COMMITTED TO THAT PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY AS WE PRESENT THE LIVING WORD. NOW HERE IS YOUR HOST, RAY SULLINS.

WHAT A PRIVILEGE WE HAVE THIS MORNING TO JOIN TOGETHER IN THE STUDY OF GOD'S LIVING WORD. WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR PROGRAM AND WE THANK GOD THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO BE WITH US TODAY. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TOGETHER THIS MORNING TO GLORIFY OUR CREATOR. MAY WE EACH DO OUR PART TO MAKE THIS TIME ACCEPTABLE IN HIS SIGHT AND ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. NOW, LET'S APPROACH OUR FATHER'S THRONE IN PRAYER.

PRAYER: OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY. WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR ALL THE PHYSICAL BLESSINGS OF LIFE AS WELL AS ALL THE SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS OF LIFE. AND FATHER, WE'RE THANKFUL BECAUSE WE KNOW ALL THESE THINGS COME FROM YOU. AND MOST OF ALL FATHER WE'RE THANKFUL FOR JESUS AND THE GREAT SACRIFICE THAT HE MADE AS HE DIED ON THE CROSS AND WAS BURIED AND ROSE AGAIN, THAT WE MIGHT TODAY HAVE HOPE THROUGH YOUR GREAT LOVE, MERCY, AND GRACE. AND THEREFORE, FATHER, MAY WE LIVE EACH AND EVERY DAY IN SUCH A WAY THAT WILL BRING GLORY AND HONOR TO YOU. AND FATHER, ALSO THAT WILL MAKE US RECIPIENTS OF YOUR GRACIOUS PROMISES. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE AVENUE OF PRAYER. WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS, AMEN.

WHAT A WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE WE HAVE AS CHRISTIANS TO LIFT UP OUR VOICES IN PRAISE TO GOD. FURTHERMORE, WHAT A SWEET SMELLING SAVOR THE FRUIT OF OUR LIPS IS TO OUR CREATOR. SO, THIS MORNING, WON'T YOU JOIN IN WITH THE CONGREGATION AT THIS TIME AS WE SING TOGETHER OUR FIRST HYMN OF THE MORNING. THE NAME OF THE SONG, "A HILL CALLED MT. CALVARY!"



DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

NOTICE THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS SPOKEN BY JESUS IN MATTHEW 7:20, WHERE HE SAID, "THEREFORE BY THEIR FRUITS YOU WILL KNOW THEM." SCARY ISN'T IT! JESUS HERE IS TELLING US THAT IT IS THROUGH OUR FRUIT THAT WE ARE SEEN TO BE FAITHFUL OR UNFAITHFUL. WHAT DOES THE SON OF GOD MEAN HERE BY THE WORD FRUIT? WELL, THINK WITH ME ABOUT A TREE, LET'S SAY AN APPLE TREE. IF YOU PLANT IT, THEN IT BRINGS FORTH APPLES AND IF IT IS A GOOD TREE IT WILL BRING FORTH THE BEST APPLES, AFTER ITS OWN KIND.

NOW, LET'S APPLY THAT TO US. IF WE ARE OF JESUS, WE ARE PRODUCTS OF HIM AND AFTER HIS KIND. FURTHERMORE, AS WE ARE PLANTED IN THIS WORLD TO WORK FOR OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE MUST ALSO BEAR FRUIT JUST LIKE THE APPLE TREE. IF WE ARE GOOD TREES, WE WILL PRODUCE THAT GOOD FRUIT AFTER OUR OWN KIND, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY CLARIFIED AS BEING JESUS. BUT WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT.

TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, LET'S CONTINUE READING FROM MATTHEW SEVEN, AND HEAR WHAT JESUS WENT ON TO SAY AFTER TELLING US WE ARE KNOWN BY OUR FRUIT. IN VERSE 21, WE READ, "NOT EVERYONE WHO SAYS TO ME, 'LORD, LORD,' SHALL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BUT HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER IN HEAVEN." NOW WE SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO SEE GOOD FRUIT. JESUS SAYS IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST SAY YOU ARE A FOLLOWER OF HIM OR THAT YOU LOVE HIM, THE PROOF IS IN THE FRUIT WE BEAR FROM OUR FAITHFUL LABORS IN HIS VINEYARD.

YOU MIGHT AGAIN SAY, "BUT RAY, IS THIS REALLY IMPORTANT?" WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND SPRINGFIELD WHAT DO YOU SEE ON ALMOST EVERY BLOCK THAT YOU PASS? WELL, MOST OF US WOULD PROBABLY SAY RESTAURANTS, AND YOU WOULD BE RIGHT, BUT BESIDES THAT WHAT DO YOU SEE? I SEE MANY, MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHURCHES. THE TRICKY PART IS THAT THEY ARE ALL CLAIMING TO BE OF GOD, YET THEY ARE ALL TEACHING DIFFERENT DOCTRINES. CAN THEY ALL BE RIGHT, YET TEACH SOMETHING DIFFERENT? CAN THEY ALL BE WRONG? YOU REMEMBER WHAT WE BEGAN WITH THIS MORNING, WE ARE KNOWN BY OUR FRUITS. IF WE ARE OF JESUS OUR FRUIT SHOULD ALSO BE LIKE JESUS, NOT US! ISN'T THIS WHY PAUL SAID, "IMITATE ME, JUST AS I ALSO IMITATE CHRIST," FIRST CORINTHIANS 11:1. PAUL WAS NOT SAYING THAT YOU WERE FOLLOWING HIM BY IMITATING HIS EXAMPLE, HE WAS SAYING YOU ARE IMITATING CHRIST BY FOLLOWING HIS EXAMPLE.

LET'S GO TO THE BIBLE TO SEE WHAT GOD WANTS, SO WE WILL KNOW WHICH CHURCHES ARE STANDING ON GOD'S WILL AND WHICH CHURCHES ARE NOT! IF YOU AND I GO TO GOD'S WORD AND DETERMINE THOSE MARKS THAT IDENTIFY THE LORD'S CHURCH AS BEING HIS, WE CAN THEN KNOW IF THE CHURCH WE ARE A PART OF IS THAT SAME CHURCH WHICH JESUS BUILT OR SOMETHING MERELY MADE BY MAN. WILL YOU ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE TO STUDY GOD'S WORD TO SEE WHAT HIS TRUE WILL IS?

TODAY WE WILL AGAIN CONTINUE OUR STUDY FROM GOD'S WORD CONCERNING "HIS KINGDOM." OUR NEXT LESSON IN OUR SERIES THIS MORNING IS, "THE KINGDOM IN PATTERN "EVANGELISM." SO CONTINUE WITH US AND AFTER OUR NEXT SONG I WILL RETURN WITH THIS LESSON FROM GOD'S WORD. IT'S NOW TIME TO JOIN IN OUR SECOND HYMN OF THE MORNING, THE NAME OF THE SONG, "MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS."



LESSON

BY RAY SULLINS

WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU'VE CONTINUED WITH US THIS DAY AND WE'RE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO AGAIN STUDY GOD'S WORD IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. MANY OF YOU KNOW NOW THAT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT GOD'S KINGDOM AND BEGINNING LAST WEEK WE REALLY BEGAN TO FOCUS ON THE PATTERN OF THE KINGDOM IN SCRIPTURES. AS WE LOOKED AT THERE THE IDEA OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH, AND THEREFORE THIS DAY WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT SOME MORE THINGS IN PATTERN THAT WE SEE BY COMMAND AND EXAMPLE AS AGAIN GIVEN IN THE BIBLE. WITH THAT IN MIND THEN WE BASICALLY SEE THAT THE CHURCH, THE KINGDOM OF GOD AS ESTABLISHED BY GOD WAS COMMISSIONED TO DO MANY THINGS. THERE ARE WORKS THAT THE CHURCH SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN, THOSE OUTWARD EXPRESSIONS OF FAITH THAT REALLY PROVE TO GOD AND THE WORLD THAT WE ARE HIS CHILDREN AND THAT WE ARE HIS SERVANTS. BUT WITH THAT IN MIND WE KNOW THERE ARE BASICALLY ABOUT THREE CATEGORIES THAT ALL THE WORKS OF THE CHURCH FIT INTO. AND REALLY WHAT WE FIND IS THAT IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE CHURCH AND THE WORK OF THE CHURCH AS COMMANDED BY GOD THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE FIND THAT THERE IS A NEED TO EVANGELIZE, THERE IS A NEED FOR BENEVOLENCE, AND THERE IS A NEED FOR ENCOURAGEMENT OR EDIFICATION. AND SO FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO LOOK AT EACH OF THOSE IDEAS, AGAIN LOOKING TO THE PATTERN OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH IN THE BIBLE AND FINDING OUT BY COMMAND AND EXAMPLE, AGAIN, HOW THEY WERE STRIVING IN PATTERN TO EVANGELIZE ACCORDING TO WHAT THE DOCTRINE OF GOD WAS AND WHAT THEY REQUIRED SO THAT THEY THEMSELVES MIGHT NOT ONLY BE SAVED BUT THAT THEY MIGHT SHOW THEMSELVES A LOVER OF SOULS. AND ISN'T THAT WHAT GOD HAS ALWAYS HIMSELF DONE? SHOWED HIS LOVE FOR HIS CREATION. AND IS IT NOT ALSO JESUS WHO SPOKE ABOUT THE DESIRE THAT HE HAD THAT ALL MEN SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE AND THAT NO ONE WOULD PERISH? AND CERTAINLY AS FOLLOWERS OF GOD AND CHILDREN OF THE KING WHY WOULD WE NOT HAVE THE SAME DESIRE? AND WHY WOULD WE NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE USED AS THOSE VESSELS TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT TASK? THAT EVERY SOUL MIGHT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE TRUTH OF GOD PRESENTED. THE SAVING MESSAGE OF JESUS, AND THEREFORE HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY OF HEARING THE MESSAGE THEN THEMSELVES BEING ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WOULD FOLLOW GOD OR REJECT GOD. YOU SEE, THAT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN COMMISSIONED TO DO BY OUR GOD AS A WORK OF THE CHURCH BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO DO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT WE HAVE GIVEN EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT NO MAN MIGHT PLEAD IGNORANCE OR THAT NO ONE MIGHT SOMEHOW CLAIM THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW GOD OR HAVE NOT DESIRED TO FOLLOW GOD. BUT THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THE PRIVILEGE TO KNOW GOD, TO OBEY GOD, AND TO SERVE GOD.

WITH THOSE THINGS IN MIND THEN WE SEE THAT EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING REALLY OF THE BIBLE WE CAN SEE THE EVANGELISTIC NATURE OF GOD. WE DO SEE THAT HE CHOSE A SPECIFIC PEOPLE BUT EVEN THOUGH HE CHOSE ISRAEL WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE MANY IN OTHER NATIONS AT TIMES WHO WERE CALLED BY GOD. MANY NATIONS AS A WHOLE, SUCH AS NINEVEH, THAT WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR DESIRES TO REPENT TO KNOW GOD AND TO OBEY GOD. AND SO GOD IS A GOD WHO LOVES HIS CREATION. NOT ONLY THOSE WHO WERE IN HIS KINGDOM BUT HOPING THAT OTHERS WOULD COME TO THAT KINGDOM. AS SO WE FIND THAT GREAT MEN LIKE NOAH AND OTHERS WERE CALLED PREACHERS. PREACHERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND CERTAINLY EVEN TODAY WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT AS GOD CHOOSES US AND CALLS US TO THAT MINISTRY, THAT WORK AS THE CHURCH, THAT WE ARE REALLY BOUND TO ACCOMPLISH AN IMPORTANT TASK AS THE CHURCH.

WE MIGHT COME BACK TO THIS TEXT LATER IF WE AGAIN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THERE IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER THREE AND REMIND YOU WITH ME WHAT IT IS THAT IS SAID THERE CONCERNING THE CHURCH AND THE WORK OF THE CHURCH. NOTICE WITH ME THERE ACCORDING TO THE ETERNAL PURPOSE. VERSE 11 SAYS (EPHESIANS CHAPTER 3) HERE'S WHAT THE INTENT; THE PURPOSE IS. VERSE 10 SAYS, "TO THE INTENT THAT NOW THE MANIFOLD WISDOM OF GOD MIGHT BE MADE KNOWN BY THE CHURCH." WHAT IS THE WORK OF THE CHURCH? TO MAKE KNOWN GOD'S WISDOM. TO MAKE KNOWN AND TO HELP THE WORLD UNDERSTAND WHO GOD IS AND WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR THEM THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED. THE SAME WAY HE HAS DONE SUCH FOR US THAT WE MIGHT BE SAVED. SHARING THE PRIVILEGE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US. AND IS THAT NOT ALSO WHAT JESUS CAME PREACHING? REPENTANCE FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WAS AT HAND. AND WAS IT NOT JESUS THEN WHO CHOSE HIS OWN DISCIPLES? DO YOU REMEMBER THERE THROUGHOUT THE GOSPEL ACCOUNTS HIM CHOOSING MEN? AND WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE? WHY DID HE CHOOSE THESE MEN? WELL, THAT HE MIGHT SEND THEM OUT. IN FACT, IN LUKE CHAPTER 9 IT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT HE CALLED HIS DISCIPLES TOGETHER AND GAVE THEM POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER ALL DEMONS AND TO CURE DISEASES. AND THEN WHAT DID HE DO? HE SENT THEM TO PREACH THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND TO HEAL THE SICK. YOU SEE, WHAT JESUS COMMISSIONED HIS DISCIPLES TO DO, EVEN WHEN HE WAS ALIVE, THOSE CHOSEN 12 TO GO OUT AND TO WHAT? TO PREACH AND TO CONFIRM THE WORD WITH THE ACCOMPANYING SIGNS OR MIRACLES THAT WOULD BE PERFORMED. ISN'T THAT A BEAUTIFUL THING? BECAUSE EVEN THEN WE SEE GOD'S CONTINUATION OF HIS LOVE AND DESIRE THAT ALL MEN MIGHT HEAR THE TRUTH, THAT THEY MIGHT OBEY THE TRUTH, AND THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED. THAT EVANGELISM WAS NOT SOMETHING OF THE PAST OR THE FUTURE BUT SOMETHING THAT EVEN JESUS WAS DOING TO BRING FOLLOWERS, DISCIPLES TO HIM BUT ALSO THAT HE CHALLENGED HIS OWN DISCIPLES IN GENERAL OR WHAT AGAIN WE WOULD CALL LATER THE APOSTLES, THE CHOSEN 12, EVEN THEY WERE CALLED. IT WASN'T JUST THE 12. BUT WE CAN TURNOVER ONLY ONE CHAPTER IN LUKE, LUKE CHAPTER 10, AND IT IS HERE THAT WE FIND 70 BEING SENT OUT. AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE WITH ME THERE WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE ONE. THE HOLY SPIRIT REVEALS THIS, "AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD APPOINTED SEVENTY OTHERS ALSO, AND HE SENT THEM TWO BY TWO BEFORE HIS FACE INTO EVERY CITY AND PLACE WHERE HE HIMSELF WAS ABOUT TO GO." AND WHAT WERE THESE PEOPLE DOING? THEY WERE GOING OUT. AND GUESS WHAT THEY WERE ACCOMPLISHING? THE SAME TASK AS THE 12. THEY WERE PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD, THEY WERE SPEAKING THE TRUTH OF GOD, AND IN VERSE 17 WE LEARN THAT THEY WERE AMAZED THAT THEY WERE GIVEN EVEN THE POWER OF GOD TO DO MIRACLES. YOU SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT IS! THEY WERE OUT EVANGELIZING. THEY WERE OUT UNDERSTANDING, "WE HAVE A GIFT FROM GOD THAT WE CAN'T BE SELFISH WITH. WE HAVE A GIFT FROM GOD THAT WE HAVE TO SHARE AND WE WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE THE SAME HOPE OF BLESSINGS TODAY AND ETERNAL REWARD THAT WE HAVE." EVANGELISM, THE GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL WORK OF THE CHURCH. NO WONDER JESUS MADE STATEMENTS LIKE NOT ONLY THAT HE HAD COME TO SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST. EVANGELISM, BUT THAT HE CALLED EVEN THE APOSTLES TO DO THE SAME.

AND I REMEMBER THERE WHEN HE EVEN CALLED THOSE FISHERMAN? DO YOU REMEMBER THEM? PETER AND JAMES AND JOHN. DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE FISHERMEN? THEY WERE TOLD TO BECOME NOT JUST FISHERS OF FISH BUT FISHERS OF WHAT? FISHERS OF MEN. YOU SEE THE EVANGELISTIC NATURE THAT JESUS SHOWED FORTH? THE NEXT THING WE FIND ALSO THEN IS NOT ONLY THE LIMITED COMMISSION OF GOING TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL THERE IN LUKE 10 BUT WE LATER CAN FIND EVEN IN THE GREAT COMMISSION THAT JESUS CHALLENGED THEM TO GO TO GUESS WHO? THE ENTIRE WORLD!

IF YOU WILL LOOK WITH ME THERE IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW CHAPTER 28 WE NOTICE THERE IN VERSE 18 THAT CHALLENGE GIVEN. THERE IT SAYS THAT JESUS HAVING BEEN GIVEN ALL AUTHORITY COMMANDED THIS. 19, "'GO THEREFORE'" AND WHAT? MAKE NATIONS OR RATHER "'MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS.'" DO YOU SEE THE CHALLENGE? THE COMMAND? A SIMILAR CHARGE GIVEN IN MARK CHAPTER 16 AND VERSE 15, "'GO (AGAIN) INTO ALL THE WORLD.'" NOT TO ONLY EVERY NATION BUT TO EVERY CREATURE. AND WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF GOING? TO MAKE DISCIPLES. TO BRING CONVERTS. TO HELP PEOPLE TO KNOW JESUS. AND IN VERSE 19 OF MATTHEW 28 IT SAYS THEY WERE TO BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. BUT THEN WHEN WE GO OVER TO MARK CHAPTER 16, AND FOR SOME REASON MY PAGES ARE STICKING HERE IN THE BIBLE TODAY SO FORGIVE ME, BUT IN MARK CHAPTER 16 I WANT YOU TO NOTICE WITH ME WHAT IS ADDED HERE. HE SAYS GO UNTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE. THE EMPHASIS OF WHAT MUST BE PREACHED! THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS! WHAT IS THAT GOOD NEWS? THAT HE CAME TO SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST. THAT HE CAME TO SAVE THE LOST OF MANKIND. AND THEN, AS IN MARK 16, IN VERSE 16 HE SAYS, "'HE WHO BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED.'" THE SAME CHALLENGE, THE SAME COMMISSION, THE SAME DESIRE THAT WHAT? THAT MAN MIGHT HEAR THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS. AND THEREFORE, WHEN THEY HEARD IT THEY MIGHT RESPOND AND BECOME OBEDIENT FOLLOWERS OF THE KING.

NOW WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO DO IS TO GO BACK TO EPHESIANS WITH ME, AS WE BEGAN THERE LOOKING IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 3 AT THE IDEA THAT THE INTENT, THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH WAS TO MAKE KNOWN THE MANIFOLD WISDOM OF GOD. GO OVER JUST ONE CHAPTER TO CHAPTER 4 BECAUSE AFTER WE LEARNED THERE IN VERSE 11 ACCORDING TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT GOD SET UP THAT HE GAVE SOME TO BE APOSTLES, AND SOME PROPHETS, AND SOME EVANGELISTS, AND SOME PASTORS, AND SOME TEACHERS, VERSE 12 TELLS US WHY. "FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS FOR THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY, FOR THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST." THERE WE HAVE THAT GREAT WORK AGAIN EMPHASIZED. NOT ONLY OF EVANGELISM, AND EDIFICATION, AND LOVE, AND AS WE'LL ALSO SEE NEXT WEEK, BENEVOLENCE. BUT HERE WE SEE THE HEART OF THE MATTER, THE FOUNDATION. VERSE 13 ADDS, "TILL WE ALL COME TO A UNITY OF THE FAITH AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD." HOW ARE WE GONNA HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THAT WE NEED UNTO SALVATION EXCEPT WE BE EQUIPPED WITH THAT? BY WHO? BY THOSE WHO PROCLAIM THE TRUTH. AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO HELP THE LOST AND DYING WORLD AROUND US TO KNOW OF THAT SAVING MESSAGE THAT WILL GIVE THEM, NOT ONLY THE BLESSINGS OF GOD TODAY AS CHRISTIANS, BUT ALSO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE UNLESS WE ALSO RESPOND TO THE GREAT COMMISSION. UNLESS WE GO TO EVERY NATION! UNLESS WE GO TO EVERY CREATURE! UNLESS WE GO TO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE SAME SAVING GOOD NEWS THAT JESUS BROUGHT FORTH THAT HIS DISCIPLES BROUGHT FORTH, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED HIM BROUGHT FORTH THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AND ULTIMATELY THAT THE CHURCH ITSELF WAS COMMISSIONED TO GIVE TO THE WORLD. WHY? THAT ALL MEN MIGHT BE SAVED. ISN'T THAT A GREAT THING TO FOCUS ON? A GOAL THAT WE SHOULD ALL HAVE. THAT ALL MEN MIGHT BE SAVED AS JESUS DESIRED. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY TO EVANGELIZE THE WORLD AND MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY YOU HAVE SALVATION BUT ALL MEN WITH YOU AS WELL!

CLOSING COMMENTS



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WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO KNOW GOD'S WORD AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IT WITH THE LOST OF THIS WORLD. THE QUESTION FOR EACH OF US IS, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO EVANGELIZE THE WORLD?" ARE YOU DOING YOUR PART TO TAKE GOD'S SAVING MESSAGE TO THE WORLD?