People are going to an everlasting,
burning hell!
We are the only ones on earth given
the commission to rescue them. This is no casual matter. It is not time
for church as usual.
The military trains intensely
to carry out their mission to preserve national freedom.
Businesses train their people
intensely to provide good services and have efficient production—all to
make money.
Athletes train intensely—to
play a game.
Actors train intensely—to entertain
others.
Should the church, who has the
highest and most important call on earth, that of saving eternal souls
from hell, do anything less than what the world does to gain temporal things?
We should be setting the example to the world of the meaning of dedication,
excellence, efficiency, production, and return on our investment.
Our focus is not national security,
nor money, nor games, nor entertainment. Our focus is rescuing souls destined
to an eternity in hell. We are to be investing our lives and our passion
into reaching eternal souls, and doing it in such a way so that we realize
a tremendous return on our investment of multitudes of souls.
Jesus did it. The early church
did it. Saints down through the ages have done it. We are to do it today.
Hell, and the love and mercy
of God is the reason for the program.
God’s love and mercy has touched
our lives and rescued us from hell’s hot flames. It is sin for us to not
be passionate in training intensely and sharing this good news with all
we can, in all love and wisdom, night and day, everywhere we go.
Jesus told about the good Samaritan
who showed mercy on his neighbor by going to him with compassion, and investing
his time and money to help him. Then Jesus said, “Go, and do thou likewise”
(Lk.10.25-37). We are to duplicate the actions of the good Samaritan.
Jesus said to go out into the
highways and hedges and compel them to come in (Lk.14.23). He taught that
the righteous are those who go to the hungry, the naked, and the bound,
to minister to their needs (Mt.25.34-41).
Jesus taught and demonstrated that
the one focus in the kingdom of God is to rescue and strengthen every person
who will be rescued and strengthened. Why? Because Jesus realized the reality
of hell.
Jesus taught much about hell.
He realized that for every person who does not hear and believe the gospel,
that person will burn in hell and be tormented forever.
This is why Jesus had one passion:
To seek and save the lost.
This is the number one work,
the number one priority of the Father: To seek and save the lost.
There are many desperate people
in the world looking for hope. If we don’t go find them, they will die
and go to hell.
It is our God-given responsibility
to find and rescue them.
God has promised to help us
and go with us, but it is up to us to go. If we don’t go, souls perish
needlessly in hell.
If we do cultivate the passion
of winning souls to Jesus, and training them to win and train souls, then
those people will go to heaven with us.
It is up to us.
This is the purpose of the Acts
Outreach Program.
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