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EVANGELISM AND MISSIONS
It is the duty and privilege of every
follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to
make disciples of all nations. The new birth of man’s spirit by God’s Holy
Spirit means the birth of love for others. Missionary effort on the part of all
rests thus upon a spiritual necessity of the regenerate life, and is expressly
and repeatedly commanded in the teachings of Christ. It is the duty of every
child of God to seek constantly to win the lost to Christ by personal effort and
by all other methods in harmony with the gospel of Christ. Genesis 12:1-3; Exodus 19:5-6; Isaiah
6:1-8; Matthew 9:37-38; Matthew 10:5-15; Matthew 13:18-30, 37-43; Matthew 16:19;
Matthew 22:9-10; Matthew 24:14; Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 10:1-18; Luke 24:46-53;
John 14:11-12; John 15:7-8, 16; John 17:15; John 20:21; Acts 1:8; Acts 2; Acts
8:26-40; Acts 10:42-48; Acts 13:2-3; Romans 10:13-15; Ephes. 3:1-11; 1 Thes.
1:8; 2 Tim. 4:5; Hebrews 2:1-3; Hebrews 11:39-12:2; 1 Peter 2:4-10; Rev. 22:17 |