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ed to spread throughout our nation by preaching, evangelism, personal work, the printed page, and radio. If a ir this is true, what are we go ing to do at the end of World War II? From the commercial and politi cal standpoints, the national leaders of America realize their job in a post war world and that it involves mil lions of people-and billions of dollars. These leaders are preparing to under take this job when hostilities cease, and traveling restrictions are lifted. But Christians! What of our job, the greatest one of all? Paul, the Apostle, when writing to the Chris tians in Corinth said, “For some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.” Those people in Corinth had nothing compared to us. Consider our text, “For unto whom soever much is given, of him shall be much required.” What is the job? The National Geographic of Decem ber, 1943, told of the twenty-seven hundred nations, countries, or tribes of the world, each having a different language. So far the Bible or portions of it, have been translated only into a little over a thousand languages. America, Great Britain, and a few small countries have led the world in missionary effort, but we haven’t started to do the job as it should be done. Now, here is where we come in. The job of world evangelization is to be done by individuals. God has always done His greatest work through a man. The Lord'will use us if we are willing. The task falls into three divisions. F or T h o se W h o h a v e T o p ics I. GETTING MISSIONARIES READY. 1. Introduce as many young men and young women to Christ now as is possible (2 Cor. 6:2). 2. Produce a strong type of Chris tian by challenge (Tit. 13-8), and by follow-up work tJohn 21:15-17; 2 Tim. 2:2). • 3. Show young people how to lead the one next to them to Christ (Prov. 11:30; 1 Cor. 7:17; 1 Tim. 4:15, 16). 4. Challenge them to the missionary needs of the world by presenting the need (jlohn 4:35; Acts 4:12;. Rom. 2:12); the facts (millions who have never heard—Rom. 10:13, 14); the op portunity (Psa. 18:44); God’s - call (Isa. 6:8), and God’s command (Matt. 28:19). * . 5. Urge young people to prepare for missionary service now. Encourage them to attend Bible schools, and to take advantage of the latest scientific approach through medical and lin guistic training. (Contact Wycliffe Bible Translators, 1305 N. Louise, Glendale 7, Calif.).
II. SENDING MISSIONARIES TO THE FIELD.
1. We failed to manifest interest. It’s the universal cry of'missionaries that they need the encquragement of letters from home (Prov. 25:25). • 2. We failed to pray. Call a banquet and you’ll have a maximum attend ance; call a prayer meeting for mis sionaries, and you get the minimum (Eph. 6:18; Col. 4:12). . 3. We failed to provide material aid. Missionaries need our money, not what is left after we have done all we wanted to here. They should -have the “firstfj-uits.” Our nation is not tithing its money in its war ef fort. Rather, ninety per cent of what we are spending now is going into this all out effort to deliver the na tions of the world from the clutches of a terrible God-hating foe. Oh, Christian, what is our obligation? It is to go all out for the Lord Jesus by helping to deliver, the peoples of the world from the clutches of the deadly enemy of souls (Isa. 61:1). 1944a
1 ft Get them across thé United States border. How Satán obstructs the way of those who set their faces toward the field (1 Cor, 16:9) ! 2. Provide up-to-date and adequate means of transportation by use of air plane, and helicopter. If the gospel is the greatest thing in all the-world, it is worthy of the greatest invest ment. III. ENABLING MISSIONARIES TO STAY ON THE FIELD. Our missionary work is not just getting a person to the .field; that is only ten per cent of the •job. The major work is “standing by,” and here is a place where the missionaries have a just cause to point their fingers at us and say, “You failed us.” Where did we fail?
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