Why Must We Tell Them?

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(ESV) 31  Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32  But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33  So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?” 34  Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
(ESV) 18  And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Introduction

Show Us Your Glory, Show Us Your Power

God’s glory and power is most often seen on the frontiers of evangelism.

Being by His Side Involves Being Where He Is and Going Where He Is Going.

Love For Jesus → Love For Jesus

Preach The Gospel, If Necessary Use Words

The Saying Confuses the Kingdom and Its Ethics with the Gospel
Attributed to St. Francis of Assissi
No record of him ever saying that.
This king has conquored our most dreaded foe
No record of it being attributed to him in writings about him within 100 years after his death.

The Gospel is not and ideal to be lived out

No record of him ever saying that.
Attributed to St. Francis of Assissi
No record of him ever saying that.
No record of it being attributed to him in writings about him within 100 years after his death.
No record of it being attributed to him in writings about him within 100 years after his death.

It is the good news of an historical event that must be proclaimed.

“It is not a matter of preaching a word of consolation, but rather a word which disrupts, which calls to conversion and which opens the way to an encounter with the one through whom a new humanity flowers.” (Pope Benedict.)

The Gospel is an Announcement a New King Has Arrived!

This king has conquored our most dreaded foe

The Lie of the Ages—Humanity Can Solve Its Own Problems

The Lie of the Ages—Humanity Can Solve Its Own Problems

If we elect the right candidate

If we embrace the correct philosophy

If we invest our money wisely

If we surround ourselves with the right people

Muhammed, Christianity, and Judaism

Docetism

Failure to teach the true gospel continues to reap horrible benefits.

Nairobi and Evangelism

Human thought above God’s thought

Failure to evangelize resulted in horrible suffering.

Conclusion

Geographic Center of the Church

The problem is not that they will not listen, it is that we have too few people telling them.

The evidence suggest that many will listen if we will only tell them.

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