1. We go because Jesus is worthy. |
3 John 1:7 "Because that for his name's sake they went forth, |
taking nothing of the Gentiles." |
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2. We go because the Father is longing. |
2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, |
as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering |
to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but . |
that all should come to repentance." |
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3. We go because the Spirit is moving. |
Joel 2:28 "And it shall come to pass afterward, (that) I will pour |
out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your |
daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, |
your young men shall see visions." |
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4. We go because the harvest is ripe. |
John 4:35 "Say not ye, there are yet four months, and (then) cometh |
harvest? Behold, I say untoyou, Lift up your eyes, and look |
on the fields; for they are white already to harvest." |
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5. We go because people are lost. |
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, |
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have |
everlasting life." |
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6. We go because the nations are deserving. |
Rev. 15:4 "Who shall not fear thee, Ol Lord, and glorify thy name? for (thou) |
only (art) holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; |
for thy judgments are made manifest." |
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7. We go because we are commissioned. |
John 20:2 "Then said Jesus to them again, Peace (be) unto you: as (my) |
Father hath sent me, even so send I you. |
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Mark 16:15 "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the |
gospel to every creature." |
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Acts 1:8 "But ye shall receive power, after that the Hol Ghost is come upon you: |
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, |
and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. |
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8. We go because we must give an account. |
2 Corinthians 5:10 "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that |
every one may receive the things (done) in (his) body, according |
to that he hath done, whether (it be) good or bad." |
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9. We go because the opportunities are brief and urgent. |
John 9:4 "I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, |
when no man can work." |
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10. We go because we are people of destiny. |
I Peter 2:9 "But ye (are) a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, and holy nation, a |
peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath |
called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:" |
