“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you
always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20)
Have you taken a good look at the world around you? As you
do would you say that it is a better place or a worse place than just a few
years ago? You will quickly see that our nation, our world, our culture, our
economy, our politics and our families are in a steep decline.
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As a Christian, do you also sense the soon return of our
Lord Jesus Christ? Over the lost world you can write despair, for that is what they're
feeling. If we, with all of our modern technology, all our human philosophies,
knew any answer to what we see, don’t you think we would have used it by this
time? Our science has created as many problems as it has solved. It would seem
that our last great hope lies somewhere outside of our human capabilities.
There is only one great hope for our world, our nation, our
children and our churches. That hope is in the person of Jesus Christ and in no
one else. We call it the Good News, the Gospel.
The Second World War had been over for years, when it was
discovered that there were Japanese soldiers still holed up on the Pacific
islands. No one had gotten to them the news of surrender, that the war was over.
They could have been home with their families, but they had not received the news.
The last aging soldier was found and given the news, but he
refused to accept it. He thought it was just a trick to get him to surrender and
lay down his weapons. Only after his commanding officer was brought personally
to the island did the old soldier really believe that the war had ended and he
could go home.
Our God Himself came to deliver us the Good News, to tell us
that the war was over between heaven and humanity. He put on flesh and walked
among us and finally went to the cross to seal the message in His blood. This
message the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is that last great hope for this
world.
According to that message, we have been given the power, the
presence, and the authority to delver the message of hope to a lost and dying
world. Is it not time for us to wake up to the urgency of getting that message
of salvation to all of those who have given up on hope?
How many people do we encounter every day that are looking
for hope and not finding it? Is that not what missions are all about? We have
the message of hope. Are we so indifferent, so busy that we have no time to
tell them?
--Russ Sharrock
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Alice & Russ Sharrock head back to India
this Friday, March 1st. Please keep them in your prayers. Will be
keeping everyone informed through this blog. So please check back here often
if you would like to hear more about their adventures with God in
India. Will post as often as we have internet.
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