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The Centrality of Missions in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
The Centrality of Missions in the Gospel of Jesus Christ
(( (Matthew 24 Matthew 25
One Single Sermon
Sweeping Propheciesabout the end times
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Transition Verse 44
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of
man cometh.
Transition Verse
Matthew 24:44
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath
made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due
season?
Matthew 24:45,46
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall
find so doing.
the Ten VirginsAll 10 started with something
all had oil, the Holy Spirit
All were in the true Church, held correct doctrine
5 had extra oil
Those with extra oil were allowed into heaven
Those WITHOUT the extra oil were not
The Talents
All started with something
All were servants of Christ
The ones that had EXTRA in the end were the ones that invested what they were given to start with!
Only the one that did NOT invest was rejected IN THE END!
What have we been given?
The Holy Spirit
Understanding of the Word of God
Insight into His character
A Knowledge of His love
This is our trading capital
Sheep vs Goats
Tells us what to invest in
--- in People who don’t know Jesus
As we invest the Gospel into others, our own experience grows
Our need of the Holy Spirit increases His presence
Go Ye Into All The World
AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS.
Command
Promise
the Promise is dependent upon the performance of the command!
This is how to get the extra oil.
Over 2 Billion with No Access to the Gospel
UnreachedUnreached
NominalNominal
EstablishedEstablished
Thailand
65 million people
.7% Christian
3.5 EGW Books
S.T.C. and D.A. Out of Print
Many large areas with no Christian, no Missionary
Video: Never heard of Jesus
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Hundreds of millions have still not heard of Jesus
Divine love has been stirred to its unfathomable depths for the sake of men,
and angels marvel to behold in the recipients of so great love a mere surface gratitude.
Angels marvel at man's shallow appreciation of the love of God. Heaven stands indignant at the neglect shown to the souls of men.
EGW Desire of Ages p.825
Would we know how Christ regards it? How would a father and mother feel, did they
know that their child, lost in the cold and the snow, had been passed by, and left to perish,
by those who might have saved it? Would they not be terribly grieved, wildly indignant?
Would they not denounce those murderers with wrath hot as their tears, intense as their
love? The sufferings of every man are the sufferings of God's child, and those who
reach out no helping hand to their perishing fellow beings provoke His righteous anger.
EGW Desire of Ages p.825
This is the wrath of the Lamb. To those who claim fellowship with Christ, yet have been indifferent to the needs of their fellow men, He will declare in the great Judgment day, "I know you not whence ye are; depart from
Me, all ye workers of iniquity." Luke 13:27.
EGW Desire of Ages p.825
Can we educate our sons and daughters for a life of respectable conventionality, a life professedly Christian, but lacking His self-sacrifice, a life on which the verdict of Him who is truth must be, "I know you
not"? Thousands are doing this. They think to secure for their children the
benefits of the gospel while they deny its spirit. But this cannot be.
E.G. White: CG 483.2
Those who reject the privilege of fellowship with Christ in service reject the
only training that imparts a fitness for participation with Him in His glory.
E.G. White: CG 483.2
If the followers of Christ were awake to duty, there would be
thousands where there is one today proclaiming the
gospel in heathen lands.E.G. White Steps to
Christ 81