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NASB | Mark 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. |
Bible Question (short): Would you do it anyway? |
Question (full): Jesus says, "all the world". But they say, "Not in my world, you don’t". You go to the church and they say we don’ t need it here. They tell you, "This is not the place. Jesus said go out; he did not say invite them in". You go out there and they say, "We don’t need that here. If we wanted to hear that we would go to church". So what do you do? We have to give them the Gospel anyway. It is a strange thing how he comes unto his own and his own receive him not. They say they don’t want the real Jesus; they want instead the history of him. They don’t want to obey him; they want to study him. Why would a believer not want to hear the Gospel again? Why would he not want to hear it told in case there was someone who needed it? They say they do not need the Gospel in church. Then why not just let it be? But then they tell you that full 60 to 80 percent of the people in church are not saved. Yet the Gospel is not welcome there. They tell you they preach it, but you never hear it. One pastor I know was persuaded to include the Gospel in his preaching. Then he told me he would cut it out because the people were complaining. They say we do not need it on a StudyBible Forum. We study salvation. But then we see an unbeliever come by (a JW, maybe) and we drive them away. Why not witness to them instead? In a cyber world where thousands of topics are being discussed, why not let us say what we want about the Gospel? Our brothers say it is not needed. Meanwhile Jesus says, "Go into all the world" with the Gospel, and it seems to me we have to find ways to do it. Directly or indirectly, we will have to invade this space. If I mention my site, which is brimming with Gospel, they will object. If I direct people from my site to here, they will object. If I say what I am saying now they may try to discourage me by saying I am paranoid. That has not worked and I won’t be surprised if they bar my access. But I say that attitude reveals the sinful nature and the need for the Gospel. So I’ve got to say, "Christ died for our sins, and he was buried, and he rose again". There. I said it again. If I visit this space again, I will have to say it again, because it is the Gospel and this is a part of the world. I was encouraged by your reminder that the Lord’s world includes the visible and the invisible. So would you? Would you preach the Gospel in Cyberspace? |