The last words of Jesus Christ instructed His people to spread the Gospel to the world. Known as “The Great Commission,” ¬every Christian is commanded to tell others about Christ. However, in the generation of 2016, millions of people have never even heard the name of Jesus Christ. How is it possible Christ’s last words may appear to have gone unheeded? No one has told these millions that there is a loving God Who died for them and longs for their trust to be put in Him. In the words of Paul, “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?” A mission has been defined as a “task or job that someone is given to do” or
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Over 6,000 people groups who have no one in their countries proclaiming the Gospel to them. People groups are considered to be a group of people unified culturally through language, culture, isolation, location, ect.” The majority of these people live in a location nicknamed, the “1040 Window.” The 10/40 Window is considered to be an imagined box located at 10 degrees North of the equator extending to 40 degrees North. This window contains about 1/3 of the earth’s land and over 4 billion people, over half of the earth’s population located in one spot. Where the majority of Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and other pagan religions are found, the majority of the 10/40 Window countries have no translation of the Scriptures in their language or dialects. Of the world’s least evangelized countries, this Window contains over 90% of the unreached people groups in the world in countries such as Afghanistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and …show more content…
He is the same yesterday, today, forever, and is the hope of all humanity. Chinese philosophers believed that there is unity between knowledge and behavior. They believed that one cannot truly know something and not act upon it. Knowledge becomes the force and motivation of the behavior. If Christians truly believed people are dying and spending eternity in hell, Jesus Christ is coming again soon, and the responsibility of spreading Christ rests upon their shoulders; how could they not act upon it? Understanding the reality of billions of people without a Christian to tell them of Christ should stir something in every Christian’s heart to want to do something. Christians have the hope of the world, yet so many people still lie unreached, empty in their sin, hopelessness filling their soul. 2 Chronicles 16:9 states that God is searching for a heart that is perfect toward Him so that He might show Himself strong in them. Missionary William Carey once said, “To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.” Jesus Christ commanded His followers to spread His hope to the world. Today, cultures live around the world unreached, not just in the 10/40 Window. Evangelism has become “unpopular” and not needed; yet the Great Commission was a command. The general will of God is for every Christian to do something to help spread the Gospel and be a witness in word and deed for
Over 6,000 people groups who have no one in their countries proclaiming the Gospel to them. People groups are considered to be a group of people unified culturally through language, culture, isolation, location, ect.” The majority of these people live in a location nicknamed, the “1040 Window.” The 10/40 Window is considered to be an imagined box located at 10 degrees North of the equator extending to 40 degrees North. This window contains about 1/3 of the earth’s land and over 4 billion people, over half of the earth’s population located in one spot. Where the majority of Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and other pagan religions are found, the majority of the 10/40 Window countries have no translation of the Scriptures in their language or dialects. Of the world’s least evangelized countries, this Window contains over 90% of the unreached people groups in the world in countries such as Afghanistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and …show more content…
He is the same yesterday, today, forever, and is the hope of all humanity. Chinese philosophers believed that there is unity between knowledge and behavior. They believed that one cannot truly know something and not act upon it. Knowledge becomes the force and motivation of the behavior. If Christians truly believed people are dying and spending eternity in hell, Jesus Christ is coming again soon, and the responsibility of spreading Christ rests upon their shoulders; how could they not act upon it? Understanding the reality of billions of people without a Christian to tell them of Christ should stir something in every Christian’s heart to want to do something. Christians have the hope of the world, yet so many people still lie unreached, empty in their sin, hopelessness filling their soul. 2 Chronicles 16:9 states that God is searching for a heart that is perfect toward Him so that He might show Himself strong in them. Missionary William Carey once said, “To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.” Jesus Christ commanded His followers to spread His hope to the world. Today, cultures live around the world unreached, not just in the 10/40 Window. Evangelism has become “unpopular” and not needed; yet the Great Commission was a command. The general will of God is for every Christian to do something to help spread the Gospel and be a witness in word and deed for