I once had the distinct pleasure of meeting a missionary who believes that in every generation God raises up enough believers to fulfill the great commission. Johnnie Moore has been quoted as saying that the great commission can be fulfilled in our lifetime.
If this is going to happen, men and women will have to step up who are committed not to a radical lifestyle, but to a biblical one. Men and women who are more committed to Jesus Christ and the spreading of His glory; than to family, friends, or the “American Lie”. Men and women who forsake their life here in America, travel overseas, and obtain a great reward. “Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first” (Mark 10:29-31). See also Luke 18:29-30, Luke 12:8-9, and Mark 8:34-38. America has been reached! America has been reached! We do not need another church planted in America! (I know this comes as a shock to some people.) What we need is for the gospel to be brought to the far reaches of the world. The Gospel needs to travel to places where individuals die and go to Hell everyday, not because they reject the message but because they have no opportunity to hear the message.
“If an individual is not witnessing, ministering, or serving in some capacity to share the name of Christ, than he/she is not saved.” T. Welch
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