MISSIONS-REQUIRED
Every
Christian who is not called to preach is called to send other Christians to do
so.
John Blanchard
Quoted by Curtis C. Thomas, Practical Wisdom
for Pastors, Crossway Books, 2001, p. 182
We face a
humanity that is too precious to neglect. We know a remedy for the ills of the
world too wonderful to withhold. We have a Christ too glorious to hide. We have
an adventure that is too thrilling to miss.
Theodore Williams
There are
only three kinds of Christians when it comes to world missions: zealous goers,
zealous senders, and disobedient.
John Piper
The Driving Convictions Behind
Missions, Nov. 2, 1996, Used by Permission, www.desiringGod.org.
So,
you have three possibilities in world missions. You can be a goer, a sender, or disobedient. The Bible does not assume
that everyone goes. But it does assume that the ones who do not go care about
goers and support goers and pray for goers and hold the rope of the goers.
John
Piper
Holding the Rope, Tabletalk, November,
2008, p. 65. Used by Permission.
The Bible is
not the basis of missions; missions is the basis of
the Bible.
Ralph Winter
As
long as there are millions destitute of the Word of God and knowledge of Jesus
Christ, it will be impossible for me to devote time and energy to those who
have both.
J.L. Ewen
The Great
Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.
Hudson Taylor
The concern
for world evangelization is not something tacked on to a man's personal
Christianity, which he may take or leave as he chooses. It is rooted in the character of the God
who has come to us in Christ Jesus.
Thus, it can never be the province of a few enthusiasts, a sideline or a
specialty of those who happen to have a bent that way. It is the distinctive mark of being a
Christian.
James S. Stewart
The
primary qualification for a missionary is not love for souls, as we so often
hear, but love for Christ.
Vance Havner
The thing
that makes a missionary is the sight of what Jesus did on the cross and to have
heard Him say, “Go.”
Oswald Chambers
I remember
one who spoke on the missionary question one day saying, “The great
question is not, ‘Will not the heathen be saved if we do not send them
the gospel?’ but ‘Are we saved ourselves if we do not send them the
gospel?’”
C.H. Spurgeon
51.30
Millions have
never heard of Jesus. We ought not to ask, “Can I prove that I ought to go?’ but, “Can I
prove that I ought not to go?”
C.H. Spurgeon
Every
Christian is either a missionary or an impostor.
C.H. Spurgeon