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Green Acres Baptist Church
The Great Commission or the Great Omission?
November 18
Locations & Times
Tyler Campus
1607 Troup Hwy, Tyler, TX 75701, USA
Sunday 8:55 AM
“Can all the Christians in England sit still with folded arms while these multitudes (in China) are perishing—perishing for lack of knowledge—for lack of that knowledge which England possesses so richly?...The Great Commission is not a suggestion to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.” ~ Missionary Hudson Taylor
1. Jesus SPOKE with the greatest AUTHORITY.
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”
2. Jesus GAVE us the greatest ASSIGNMENT.
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations.”
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations.”
MY PART IN GOD'S DIVINE ASSIGNMENT
1. PRAY for more MISSIONARIES.
MY HOUSE IS FULL
By Lanny Wolfe
There is peace and contentment in my Father’s house today.
Lots of food on the table and no one is turned away.
There is singing and laughter as the hours pass by.
But a hush calms the singing as the Father sadly cries,
“My house is full, but my field is empty.
Who will go and work for Me today?
It seems my children all want to stay around my table,
But no one wants to work my field.
No one wants to work my field.
By Lanny Wolfe
There is peace and contentment in my Father’s house today.
Lots of food on the table and no one is turned away.
There is singing and laughter as the hours pass by.
But a hush calms the singing as the Father sadly cries,
“My house is full, but my field is empty.
Who will go and work for Me today?
It seems my children all want to stay around my table,
But no one wants to work my field.
No one wants to work my field.
2. LOVE the LOST people you know.
“If you believe that there’s a heaven and a hell; and people could be going to hell; or not getting eternal life or whatever, and you think it’s not really worth telling them this because it would make it socially awkward; and atheists who think people shouldn’t proselytize... just leave me alone, keep your religion to yourself. How much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize them? How much do you have to hate someone to believe that everlasting life is possible, and not tell him or her that? I mean if I believed, without a shadow of a doubt, that a truck was coming at you and you didn’t believe it? And that truck was bearing down on you? There’s a certain point where I tackle you. And this is MORE important than that. I still think religion does a lot of bad stuff, but, man, that was a good man who gave me that book. That’s all I wanted to say.” ~ Penn Jillette (atheist)
3. INVEST financially in MISSIONS.
HOLIDAY SPENDING FACTS
Average personal spending on Christmas gifts (2017) $983
2017 Black Friday spending $5 billion (24 hours)
2017 Cyber Monday spending $6.59 billion (24 hours)
Average Christian gives less than a penny per day for missions
Average personal spending on Christmas gifts (2017) $983
2017 Black Friday spending $5 billion (24 hours)
2017 Cyber Monday spending $6.59 billion (24 hours)
Average Christian gives less than a penny per day for missions
GABC WORLD MISSION OFFERING
Instead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, let's have a White Sunday, December 2! Make an extravagant gift to Jesus through Missions!
Instead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, let's have a White Sunday, December 2! Make an extravagant gift to Jesus through Missions!
4. PACK your bags and GO!
3. Jesus OFFERS us the greatest ASSURANCE.
“And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
“And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
In 1266, Kublai Khan requested 100 Christian missionaries. "I will be baptized, and all my barons will be baptized, and we shall have more Christians here than in the West."
No missionaries ever arrived.
No missionaries ever arrived.