OVERVIEW

It is generally accepted by most Christians that we are living in the end times of the world.  These are times characterised by events and trends foreseen in the bible.

Yet before the end will come the Gospel must be preached to all nations and all people.  This is precisely where the church – the body and bride of Christ – comes in.  (1 Cor. 12:27)

Christ came to abolish the law of sin and death, and to establish a new Covenant on earth – one by which man is saved by the loving grace of God through faith in Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9).  So man would not be condemned by his sin, but rather receive the gift of life, and an eternal place in the family of God. (Rom 8:2; Rom 6:23; John 1:12)

If then Christ came to seek and save the lost, what better testimony and by what greater authority do we, as followers of Christ, have than this: to emulate His actions and His wishes?  (Luke 8:1; 8:21)

Missionaries and evangelists of a bygone era such as James Hudson-Taylor, Charlie Studd, Dwight Moodie, Charles Spurgeon and co. were all men of great passion and fervor.  Men who took God seriously at His Word to see the lost reclaimed.  They were consumed with grief to the very core of their inmost being at the prospect of millions of sinners going to hell without knowing and committing their lives to Christ.  They sacrificed their lives, in love, to be faithful and obedient servants, bringing light into the dark recesses of the souls of men worldwide.

How then are we to live? Is our heavenly brief in this generation any different to theirs?  Are we excused by special exemptions that have been lost in the fine print of God’s word somewhere?

Or have we become so de-sensitized and hardened by the cares and hustle-bustle of this world that lost souls for all eternity no longer consume our thoughts and our dreams? (Luke 8:14)

How should we in these times, with modern technologies at our disposal, be challenged to respond in accordance with the wishes of a loving Savior and Father?

Witness the birth of “The Global Witnessing Challenge”.

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