Salvation To The Farthest Corners Of The Earth.

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Leviticus 1,2,3; Acts 13

Salvation To The Farthest Corners Of The Earth.

Scripture

Acts 13    
       
⁴⁷ For the Lord gave us this command when he said,
   ‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles,
      to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’” 

Observation

The Great Commission was given to us to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth. I have noticed that it is easier for churches to make mission trips to the countries closest to them. The countries closest to us would be Mexico, Cuba, and Haiti. 

It is not that these countries don’t need the help (I have taken a lot of mission teams to Mexico and Cuba) but in our world today there are countries where people groups are totally unreached and totally unengaged by any church or mission organization and they desperately need the Gospel shared with them. 

Yes, the trips will be more expensive. The church and its members will have to sacrifice. In our country today more and more churches are taking up the challenge to take salvation to the farthest corners of the earth. India desperately needs to be reached with the Gospel. India and the continent of Asia have more lost people than any other continent on the face of the earth. People groups that number in the millions don’t have a single church or mission organization trying to reach them. 

The Mali People of Central India is a good example. 

The Mali (Marathi) of India have a population of 2,987,176. They are part of the Hindi people cluster. The global population of this people group is 8,957,720. Their primary language is Marathi. The primary religion practiced by the Mali (Marathi) is Hinduism, the predominant religious tradition of the Indian subcontinent. There are many forms of Hinduism, each with its own deities and beliefs. Their GSEC status is 1, which means this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.

It is my heart’s desire to lead our church and other churches to make the commitment and the sacrifice to see people groups like the Mail people come to know Jesus. 

Application

I will work hard at finding churches willing to take salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, enlarge our churches vision to take the Gospel to the farthest corners of the earth. It is so easy to go to countries that surround us, but that doesn’t fulfill the Great Commission. Give us a heart to reach the world. Put on our pastors’ hearts the desire to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth. 

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