Does God Need Preachers ?
“For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me, yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!â€1 Cor.9.16.
GOD is at work to finish the unfinished work of the great commission through preaching of His word so that people may get a knowledge of what He has been done on the cross to save the world.But modern society is very unfriendly to preaching because people are drugged by mass media.
Is there a need for preaching today?.
Preach the goodnews to every creature is the great commission of Jesus Christ.There are more than three billion people outside the gospel influence. How do we reach them?what is the destiny of all who never had a chance hear the gospel once in their life? What about all who reject the Gospel? After the 2000 years of Christian missionary enterprises, why have they not heard it yet?
The uniqueness of Christ calls us to present to every person the Biblical fact that apart from Jesus there is no salvation. Dr.Martin Lloyd Jones said,â€to me the work of preaching is the highest and the greatest and most glorious calling to which anyone can ever be calledâ€.But in our days ,the preaching became professionalperformance,entertainment and showmanship.
The right to preach the gospel is not only an obligation in obedience to the Great commission of Christ,but a constitutional right of every believer to propagate his or her faith under the freedom of religion,speech,and faith. The church must recognize its obligation with in the urgency of the time.John.9.4.And preaching also an very urgent need because the manifestation of the kingdom of God on the earth is linked with the global gospelization.Matt.24.14.This divine urgency and the sense obligation must grip every Christian believer to go and preach the Gospel.Matt.28.18-20 .
We, hear at Missions Asia,giving its very priority to gospel preaching from its very beginning.Because our nation.India,the world largest democracy with over one billion people, is our missions field with only 3% christain.The religious pluralism,multiethnic-cultural society, secularism, Hindu fundamentalism and all other issues facing our nation makes our missions crucial.
The basic question facing the church today is this:â€how shall they hear ? How shall they believe? How shall they preach, without going and sending “Rom.10.8.17.The mission history of church is not adequate to lead our world in the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ in our time.We must not satisfied with past history of Christianity, but must move forward with a vision of a greater harvest of humanity to advance the kingdom of God globally .We must enlarge our borders, increase our faith, and increase our sacrifice to fulfill the great commission in our time.Is.54.2,Heb.12.1-2.
However,we know that gospel preaching is to bring people to an encounter with GOD and to bring people to reconciliation with GOD and men.Let us stand together to reach the gospel.In this endeavors, we warmly invited to you to join hand with us to GO or SEND TO PREACH THE GOSPEL..
Rev.JACOB.C.CHACKO
MISSIONS ASIA,.
“For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me, yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!â€1 Cor.9.16.
GOD is at work to finish the unfinished work of the great commission through preaching of His word so that people may get a knowledge of what He has been done on the cross to save the world.But modern society is very unfriendly to preaching because people are drugged by mass media.
Is there a need for preaching today?.
Preach the goodnews to every creature is the great commission of Jesus Christ.There are more than three billion people outside the gospel influence. How do we reach them?what is the destiny of all who never had a chance hear the gospel once in their life? What about all who reject the Gospel? After the 2000 years of Christian missionary enterprises, why have they not heard it yet?
The uniqueness of Christ calls us to present to every person the Biblical fact that apart from Jesus there is no salvation. Dr.Martin Lloyd Jones said,â€to me the work of preaching is the highest and the greatest and most glorious calling to which anyone can ever be calledâ€.But in our days ,the preaching became professionalperformance,entertainment and showmanship.
The right to preach the gospel is not only an obligation in obedience to the Great commission of Christ,but a constitutional right of every believer to propagate his or her faith under the freedom of religion,speech,and faith. The church must recognize its obligation with in the urgency of the time.John.9.4.And preaching also an very urgent need because the manifestation of the kingdom of God on the earth is linked with the global gospelization.Matt.24.14.This divine urgency and the sense obligation must grip every Christian believer to go and preach the Gospel.Matt.28.18-20 .
We, hear at Missions Asia,giving its very priority to gospel preaching from its very beginning.Because our nation.India,the world largest democracy with over one billion people, is our missions field with only 3% christain.The religious pluralism,multiethnic-cultural society, secularism, Hindu fundamentalism and all other issues facing our nation makes our missions crucial.
The basic question facing the church today is this:â€how shall they hear ? How shall they believe? How shall they preach, without going and sending “Rom.10.8.17.The mission history of church is not adequate to lead our world in the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ in our time.We must not satisfied with past history of Christianity, but must move forward with a vision of a greater harvest of humanity to advance the kingdom of God globally .We must enlarge our borders, increase our faith, and increase our sacrifice to fulfill the great commission in our time.Is.54.2,Heb.12.1-2.
However,we know that gospel preaching is to bring people to an encounter with GOD and to bring people to reconciliation with GOD and men.Let us stand together to reach the gospel.In this endeavors, we warmly invited to you to join hand with us to GO or SEND TO PREACH THE GOSPEL..
Rev.JACOB.C.CHACKO
MISSIONS ASIA,.