PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE HEAR THE GOOD NEWS
FOR THE FIRST TIME
GOD HAS PROVIDED SALVATION FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN, BOY AND
GIRL IN THE WORLD …"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Rom 10:13 (NIV)
The Good News Is …
They have no Christian neighbors, friends or co-workers who can witness to themThere are no Christian programs on the radio or TV There are no Bibles or other Christian literatureThere is no neighborhood Church
THERE IS NO ONE TO TELL THEM
The Bad News Is …ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD HAS BEEN KEPT FROM THE
GOSPEL
BUT GOD HAS A PLAN…
But how shall they
ask him to save them
unless they believe in him?
And how can they believe
in him if they have never
heard about him? And how
can they hear about him
unless someone tells them?
And how will anyone go
and tell them unless
someone sends him?
Rom 10:14-15
TLB
THERE ARE FOUR AGENTS IN GOD’S PLAN OF REDEMPTION
God – Who provides salvationThe Sinner – Who calls out for salvationThe Goer – Who takes the message of salvation to the unreachedThe Sender – Who provides the support, financial and prayer, to send the goer with the message of salvation
GOD PROVIDES SALVATION
God Wants Everyone To Be Saved
God Has Even Delayed The Coming Of Christ So That Others Might Be Saved
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
THE SINNER MUST CALL ON THE LORD
God Hears the Cry of Every Penitent Heart
God’s Answer Will Be Immediate
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. Isa 59:1
…How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you. Isa 30:19
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved. Rom. 10:13
GOERS MUST GO
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will
be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of
the earth.” Acts 1:8
Every Christian is called to be a
witness but some are called to go
The only plan that God has for reaching the lost is to send people to win people
Those Who Go Are Called Missionaries Or “Sent Ones”
BUT GOERS CAN’T GO UNLESS SOMEONE
AGREES TO SEND THEM
Missionaries are not asking for favors or charity but for PARTNERS to invest in the lost of this worldThey are not seeking your left-overs but the very best that you have to invest in eternity
SENDERS MUST SEND
Senders need goers as much as goers need senders – It takes both to obey the Great CommissionSenders will share the rewards with the goers
"The one receiving a prophet in [the] name of a prophet will take hold of
a prophet's reward, and the one receiving a righteous [person] in the
name of a righteous [person] will take hold of a righteous [person's] reward. Mat
10:41 ALT
You Can Have The
Tools
You Can Have The Volunteers
Both Are Ineffective If There Is No Support To
Hold Them
IF YOU ARE NOT CALLED
TO BE A GOER, THEN YOU MUST BE A
SENDERThis is not multiple choice.You can’t mark “none of the above”.
Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your
reasonable service.
1Jo 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.
NO ONE IS EXEMPT!To refuse to be either a goer or a sender means your life
will be fruitlessJoh 15:2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away. And every one that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bring forth more fruit.
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? Rom 10:14
And how shall they preach unless they are sent? Rom 10:15
Four Hows?And how shall they believe in Him of
whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without
preaching?
The Answer: They can’t unless there
are senders and goers
God Wants Us To Have World Vision
God Wants Us To Have A World Heart
Let’s All Ask God To Help Let’s All Ask God To Help Us See The World As He Us See The World As He
Does, And To Fill Our Does, And To Fill Our Hearts With Love For The Hearts With Love For The
World Which He DiedWorld Which He Died