Reasons for Going into the Mission Field: #1 Because Jesus Has Told You To Go

Dan Ohkerling inspired me to blog about Keith Green about six months ago. This is the beginning of a series of posts on this blog borrowed from Last Days Ministries, a website set up by Melody Green, the wife of the late Keith Green. Keith Green wrote the article a few days before he and two children died in a plane crash. (link)

1) Because Jesus has told you to go.

 

"Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to all creation." (Mark 16:15)

With these words, Jesus made it clear exactly what His disciples were to do - they were to spread His teachings in His name, preaching salvation unto the ends of the earth. (Rom. 10:18) If you consider yourself a "believer", then you must consider yourself a "disciple" of Jesus - no less called and chosen than the very first 12 apostles. There are no such things as "1^st class" Christians and "2^nd class" Christians - every believer is called to spread the Good News about Jesus to those who have not yet heard. Jesus' command is definite and clear - it is His great mandate, His "Great Commission" to the soldiers in His holy army. We must go, because our great General has commanded us to go.