In Your Bible
Read This
Isaiah 66; Psalm 67.
Here Is Your
Memory Verse
I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest
corners
I called you. I said, 'You are my servant'; I have chosen you
and have not rejected you. So do not fear, for I am with you; do
not
be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help
you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:9-10
Afterwards Talk
About This
Tell each other what the Cross might mean to you in terms of
where
God might ask you to go to, or what he might ask you to do,
or to give, or give up.
Something To Do
Before Next Time
In view of the urgency of the hour and the approaching last
day,
make another attempt to pray and then present Jesus to
two unsaved family members or friends.
Written Diploma
Work
Do you feel the hand of God on your life selecting you to
serve Jesus.
Describe on one page what you think God may be calling you to be
and to do?
Meditate On
These Verses
Isaiah 43, 4-7
- Spend
a Minute to Change the World
- Pray for
Emirates - Operation World page 554
- 2,200,000
Muslims in 7 States, poverty to huge wealth in 20 years
- No Christian
outreach permitted, no national church at all
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Be sure to
teach this lesson to others.
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Always pray
and prepare well adding
your own verses and stories to
bring it to life.
We normally associate the Great
Commission with the last words of Jesus in all the gospels,
particularly in Matthew 28, 16-20, and in Acts.
In Genesis a disappointed,
betrayed Father God walks in the garden in the cool of
the evening looking for his beloved man and woman, the
apples of his eye, who have just broken their trust,
preferring to obey Satan and bringing untold destruction
to a future world. The Father's words reflect his heart,
"Adam, where are you," and he was not referring
to where Adam was hiding! The Bible shows us that God
begins to put things right with a promise. Genesis 3.9
Also in Genesis is the story
of Joseph, a man sent by God to save a nation. Genesis 37
to 50.
Exodus reveals Gods ability
to deliver an entire nation from the grip of slavery. He
wants to bless them by making them into a missionary
nation to carry the word of God and his life to the whole
world. Exodus 3, 7 to 19,6
In the Psalms God's heart for
the world breaks through time and time again, as in Psalm
67; Psalm 2; Psalm 72.17.
The prophets and minor
prophets like Jonah are filled with inspired glimpses of
a divine heart for the world. eg. Isaiah 6, 1-8; Isaiah
54,1-5, Hab. 2.14,.
Gods plan for all the world
is revealed prophetically by Isaiah who declares that there are
four things that God intends to do and two things that he wants
us to do. See Isaiah 66, 18-21.
1. God Says,
"I Am About To Come"
Here in 66,18 is a prophetic
revelation of the Second Coming of Christ. This time He gathers
all the nations together because of their actions and
imaginations. He did not do that at his first coming. We will
talk about this in detail later on and see the signs in the earth,
and in the Kingdom, that point to the imminent return of Jesus.
This means there is a last
day. This is good news for the believer but also means
that there is a deadline for every one of us to win our
families, friends and nations for Christ.
2. I Will Set A
Sign Among Them
The sign in 66,19 is the Cross,
known the world over. For the unbeliever the Cross is the
clearest statement of God's great love for the whole world, John
3.16. But for the believer the Cross has a deeper meaning
altogether. Calvary began in Gethsemene and for Jesus in his
humanity the Cross meant a struggle to -
- Go where he did not want to
go,
- Do what he did not want to do,
- Give what he did not want to
give.
- Matthew 26,39, Luke 9.23
But there was no other way, and
for the joy set before him, the joy of seeing you safe in heaven,
Jesus endured the Cross, and so must we, for others. Hebrews 12.2
3. I Will Send
Some Of Those Who Survive To The Nations
Far away Spain, Libya, Asia,
Greece, and the islands of the sea are mentioned in 66.19. Today
it is people in the developing world churches who are the closest
to the worlds unreached peoples and Jesus will surely call
and send some to also go far away as missionaries.
- What must you survive?
- You survive the Cross and the
suffering of its demands to die to self and to do the
will of God at all costs. Luke 9.23
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- How do you survive?
- Amazingly, you only survive
and save your life, by willingly losing your life for
Jesus and Gods will. Luke 9.24
Now well find out about the
two things that we must do in response to God's call and his
sending. They are not too difficult.
4. They Will
Proclaim My Glory
What is the glory of God? It is
the Living God himself. We proclaim his presence, his love, his
might, his power, his mercy, grace and compassion. We proclaim
his Son, his life, his death, his resurrection, and that he is
alive to save, to forgive, heal, deliver and fill people with his
Spirit today. Then the glory of God becomes visible in changed
lives. Isaiah 66.19; Acts 1.8.
5. They Will
Bring All Your Brothers
The gospel will always do exactly
what the gospel promises and men will respond and follow Jesus.
66,20; John 12.32. We are to bring them to his holy mountain-
which speaks of discipleship at the feet of Jesus, eg. Matthew 5.1.
Where will new
believers come from?
They will come on horses which speaks of unreached
Central Asia,
where horses originally came from.
And on chariots, which speaks of the back-slidden, materialistic
West
on its expensive wheels of luxury.
And on mules - which speak of the needy developing world
peoples.
And on camels, which speaks of the Arabic Islamic world
receiving Jesus.
6. I Will
Select Some To Be Priests
The final step in Isaiah's
revelation is in verse 21. It is an accurate prophecy of what God
is doing today, worldwide. He is calling men and women from all
cultures and backgrounds who have chosen to follow the Lord, to
leave all and follow Jesus. We may see a rough new convert
struggling to get free from sin but Jesus sees the potential in
him to make a man of God, and selects him to serve. Mark 1.17.
When the unknown American bush
evangelist Mordecai Ham preached the gospel in a town many years
ago he never imagined that the tall young man who gave his life
to Christ that night would later preach to millions of people
worldwide over a long lifetime of service. Who was that young man?
It was Billy Graham and that night God selected him for his holy
purposes.
- Taken from the
Joshua Project Unreached Peoples List
these people have no church and as yet
no cell, church or mission has committed themselves
to prayer, adoption or church planting among this people.
Burkina Faso
|
People Name
|
Language |
Population
|
Djan (Dian, Dyan) |
Dian |
14,100
|
Seemogo |
Sambla (Seeku) |
17,000
|
Senabi (Niangolo) |
Senoufo, Senar (Nyangola)
|
50,000
|
Syem (Karaboro, Western,
Syer) |
Karaboro, Western
|
19,500
|
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