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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. |
Subject: Them or All of Us? |
Bible Note: You wrote: "The real issue is the God given duty for laymen to tell others the gospel of Christ, and the true biblical basis for doing so. Is there a solid biblical basis for "witnessing?" Or are we doing so because we think it's the right thing to do, but with only the flimsiest biblical justification. Dathan and company as Israelites were holy to the Lord, but that did not give them the right to burn incense before the Lord. Telling others the Good News, like burning incense before the Lord, is a good thing, but the real issue is, does God lay this wonderful duty on all his people. If so, what is the biblical data that clearly demonstrates such a responsibility?" God proclaims: "But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light" --1 Peter 2:9-10 "For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes." --1 Corinthians 11:26 "Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel, so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else, and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear. Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will; the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel; the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice" --Philippians 1:12-18 "but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence" --1 Peter 3:15 '"Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?" They went out of the city, and were coming to Him... From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me all the things that I have done."' --John 4:29-30,39 --Joe! |