“Go all over the world and preach the gospel to every creature?(Mark 16:15)
“The gospel to every creature? It has such a touch full of power and purpose. Is there no greater purpose in the Christian life than to give everything for the gospel?Direct someone’s life so that the Good News of Jesus Christ can be preached to every person in our generation. We can be sure that men have lived and died for minor things!Therefore, let us waste our lives in nothing less than God’s great call in Christ and the spread of the gospel in the world.
- In preaching to the Jews of Antioch in Pisidia.
- The Apostle Paul gave King David one of the greatest praises that can be given to anyone: he said:.
For all his failures and failures, it is the testimony of Scripture: that King David served God’s plan in his generation. If this can be said of an Old Testament saint, how much more can be said of us who bear the name of Christ and Who has a more complete understanding of his gospel?We were bought by the blood of the Lamb; Therefore, we must live no longer for ourselves, but for him who died and was resurrected for us (2 Corinthians 5:15). We are his work, created in Christ Jesus to do good works; then we must strive to walk upon him and not tire (Ephesians 2:10). We were transferred to the Kingdom of the Beloved Son of God (Colossses 1:13); therefore, the cry of our hearts and the work of our lives must be:
Although our generation is only one of many, it is still our generation and the generation for which we are responsible. We have not been called by God to roll back the shadow of the sun ten steps and repair the past, nor to rush into However, we are called to fulfill God’s plan in this present generation, to be stewards of God at this time in human history, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to every man, woman and child under Only then can we join the Apostle Paul in his triumphant declaration of death :
Like it or not, we will all have some influence on our generation and we will all stand before God and be responsible for ourselves. Therefore, those of us who know best should seek to influence our generation according to God’s will and purpose, and therefore ensure the joy of a peaceful conscience on the day of our death. To live well is to die well.
Unless you live in a cave or on an island isolated from the sea, you know that the world is going through something like a change. In the United States, we are witnessing historic changes in our government, our economy, and our fundamental beliefs. of the political, economic and religious beliefs on which this country was founded are left out without hesitation. Meanwhile, churches seem to have virtually no political or economic power to oppose this rapid deformation and eventual collapse of the nation.
This truth should not lead us to despair, but to cling more earnestly to the gospel and its proclamation to our generation. The new administrations can end the victories of forty years of conservative politics in one go. However, the combined armies of these administrations cannot undo what God has forged in the heart of a single individual. This is not the time to retreat, but to abandon all the unbiblique methodologies and maneuvers that weaken and hinder both the modern church and return to the truth of a gospel. without revision or makeup. It is the preaching of the gospel and the work of regeneration of the Holy Spirit in the lives of individuals, who end up overwhelming the wickedness of a pagan culture and transforming it into a city of God!
In September of this year [2009] I will be two years old in my fifties. I’m not old, but I’m not young either. Frankly, I’m closer to the grave than the cradle. This reality does not bother me or despair me, but ignites a sense of urgency in my heart. I want to be more Christlike and I want to be a more effective and faithful servant. I remember my many failures in the past, but I can’t go back and I can’t fix what’s already done, but I can fight for the future and fight harder to achieve what God has established for us: conformity with Christ, the proclamation of the gospel to every creature, transformation individuals and cultures through the power of the Cross.
My hope and prayer is that you will come together with me to renew your commitment to be obedient servants of God and to give our lives for your purposes in our generation. What:
This commitment certainly deserves to be assumed and renewed It is a life that is definitely worth living!
I will conclude this brief exhortation with a renewal with some useful resolutions of the seventy resolutions written by Jonathan Edwards, he wrote them between 1722 and 1723, when he was only nineteen years old:
“Aware that I cannot do anything without God’s help, I humbly pray you, by your grace, to allow me to faithfully fulfill these resolutions, whenever they are in your will, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Have I resolved to do anything for the greatest glory of God and for my own eternal good, my whole life?
? I have decided to do what I consider my duty and will bring benefits to humanity in general, no matter how many or how many difficulties it faces.
? I have also resolved never to deny any difficult way or thing, whether in body or soul, that leads to the glorification of God;
? I decided not to waste a single moment of my time; on the contrary, I will always look for ways to make the most of it.
? I have decided to live with all my might as long as I live
? I decided never to do anything I wouldn’t do if I knew I was living the last hour of my life.
? I decided to do everything as I would if I had already experienced all the heavenly happiness and torment of hell.
? I decided to make an effort to achieve for me all the good of the world to come, everything I can achieve from there, with all my power, my vigour, my vehemence, my inner violence, everything I can apply and warn myself. , anyway I can think and realize.
? I decided to do my best each week to reach a more real level of my religious exercise and a higher level of grace than the previous week.
? I have constantly decided to take a careful examination and examination, look at the real state of my whole soul, check for myself whether or not I really maintain an authentic and real interest in Christ.
? I have resolved never to give up, never become permissive of any of my corruptions, even if I find myself on a path without success in this same struggle.
? Suppose there has never been an individual in this world, at any time, who has never lived a perfect Christian life at all levels and possibilities, with Christianity always brilliant in all its splendor, and seemingly excellent and loving, even if this is life. observed from every possible angle and under all pressures, I decided to act as if I could live this same life, although I have to work to the fullest of my inherent abilities and although I am the only one of my time