Mark 16:15-18, 20 (NKJV) And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptised will be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned.And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”… And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.
The Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) gives us an idea of what it means to love the Lord with all our heart, our soul, and our mind and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Being a messenger and minister of the Gospel is not only an expression of our love for the Lord, but it will also help us to store heavenly rewards that moth and rust cannot destroy.
God never intends for anyone to be separated from Him for eternity. Nonetheless, everyone who hears the Gospel must decide for themselves whether to receive Christ into their lives. Therefore, the Gospel should be preached to everyone.
We should have an eternity perspective because life on earth is temporal. It is also meaningless unless we understand His plan of salvation for us, His calling on our lives, the Great Commission, and the entrustment of the Gospel into our hands. Therefore, we must be effective witnesses for Him in the home, neighbourhood, and marketplace. Our professional jobs and the resources entrusted to us are merely a means for us to live effectively for Him while we wait for Him to return home.
There are two ways to preach the Gospel to the ends of the earth. The first way is to ensure that everyone is mobilised to be an effective witness for Christ within their circles of influence. The second way is for the Evangelist—one of the fivefold ministries mentioned in Ephesians 4:7-13—to preach to the masses, an example of which is Billy Graham. The only difference between the Evangelist and us lies in the operation of the power gifts of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:4-5), as the Holy Spirit will give the Evangelist power gifts such as faith, healing and miracles, whereas most of us will act by faith based on what is written in the opening Scripture.
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. Nobody can go to the Heavenly Father except through Jesus. The job of preaching the Gospel to the ends of the world has been entrusted to all of us. You and I have been given the responsibility to help save the lost.
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受托的大使命
马可福音 16:15-20 他又对他们说：“你们往普天下去，传福音给万民听。 信而受洗的必然得救，不信的必被定罪。 信的人必有神迹随着他们，就是：奉我的名赶鬼；说新方言； 手能拿蛇；若喝了什么毒物，也必不受害；手按病人，病人就必好了。”主耶稣和他们说完了话，后来被接到天上，坐在神的右边。 门徒出去，到处宣传福音。主和他们同工，用神迹随着证实所传的道。阿门。
这一大使命（马太福音28：18-20）是让我们明白尽心、尽性、尽意爱主，以及爱人如己的意义。作一个福音的传达者和传道人，不仅仅是表达我们对主的爱，还能帮助我们在天上积攒那没有虫子咬且不会朽坏的财宝。
上帝从未试图让任何人与祂永远地隔绝。尽管如此，每个听到福音的人都必须自己决定是否接受基督进入他们的生命。因此，福音应该传讲给每个人。
我们应该有一个永恒的视角，因为世上的生命是暂时的。除非我们了解祂对我们的救赎计划、祂对我们生命的呼召、从神而来的大使命以及所托付给我们的福音，否则生命是缺少意义的。因此，我们必须在家庭、邻里和职场上为祂作有效的见证。我们的本职工作，以及那些交付给我们的资源是一种工具和方式，让我们在地上等待祂接我们回天家的期间，为祂活出可结果子的生命。
有两种方法可以将福音传到地极。第一种方法是确保每个人都被动员起来，在各自的朋友圈子里成为基督的有效见证人。第二种方式是福音布道者——以弗所书4：7-13中提到的五重执事之一，也就是向群众传道，Billy Graham就是一个例子。福音传道者和我们之间的唯一区别在于圣灵能力恩赐的运行（哥林多前书2：4-5），因为圣灵会赐给福音布道者能力的恩赐，如信心、医治和行神迹，而我们大多数人会根据开篇圣经中所写的内容凭信心行事。
耶稣是道路、真理和生命。若不藉着耶稣，没有人能去到天父那里。将福音传到地极的工作已经托付给了我们每一个人。那帮助拯救失丧者的责任已经被托付给了你，还有我。
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