Time to go!

Time to go!

Text: Mark 16:15.

“And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”

          The Gospel message is “Come to Jesus.” But the Bible is also full of a lot of “Goings or GO.” How do you spell the word Gospel? GO-spel! See also Matthew 28:19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
          Well, it maybe our time to “GO.” “He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him” Psalm 126:6. You see, nothing happens until we go! Here are some more verses.

“Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life” Acts 5:20.

“But He said to them, “Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth” Mark 1:38.

 “However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you” Mark 5:19.

“Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow” Matthew 13:3.

         All these verses speak about going out with the Gospel message. In most cases the word translated “go” is in what is called the present, progressive tense, it means literally: “as you are going.” Why do we use the term: “I am going soon, I will be going in a minute or two, I will be going in a sec?” It is going time! It is time to stop sitting still and go to work for the Lord!

Sometimes it is hard enough to get some people to come to the house of God or come often. But now the drive is to “go.” Is Christ and His Church a good thing? Well, it is high time we share it with our friends, family, work mates, and community. There must be a balance between caring for the saints, and reaching souls, but to forsake one for the other must be displeasing to the Lord.

1.    LET US GO AND INVITE THEM.

Remember the great wedding feast of Matthew 22? Verse 9 reads: “Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.”

Maybe this is how, the poor like Bartimaeus were reached; the rich like Zacchaeus were reached; religious people like Nicodemus were reached; the woman at the well reached; working people like James and John who were reached by Jesus. The message of the Gospel is “Come to Jesus.” The message of the church is “Go tell the people the Gospel.”

Nowhere does the Bible command the lost to come to church. We are to go and bring them in. Where should we go to invite them? Jesus said, “Into all the world.'”

2.    LET US GO AND INSTRUCT THEM.

Jesus said: “Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen” Matthew 28:20. After inviting the lost to Christ, we must then instruct them. Discipleship, training and teaching the ones we have invited in.

This means many of you will be needed to help the new followers of Christ, to lead them to mature. To every new convert to Christ, we need a believer to come along side of them. If God brings in just 52 new people into the Kingdom within a year, we need 52 mature believers to come along side of them.

3.    LET US GO AND INSPIRE THEM.

There is a need for Christians to be alive, alert and awake, because the world is watching for something real.

There is a tremendous need for zeal and inspiration:

The Gospel message is exciting!

The Gospel is life changing!

This is the greatest business in the entire world today, because it is God’s business!  

There is a great need to get people fired up and filled with passion for God. So that many will be saved, and their lives will be changed, and we will be even more excited when that happens! Will YOU lead the way in inspiring many more to become disciples, to get more serious in their faith?

4.    LET US GO AND INVOLVE THEM. 

Once people are invited to come to Christ, instructed in the ways of the Lord, and inspired to do the work of God, it is time to involve them. The more we get involved the better, which means all others will be less stressed and more blessed!

Vision is exciting!

Pray about where God could use you!

Be expecting the great things God has in store. 

No more church as usual, it is a go time!

Conclusion:

Come to the Lord if you need to be saved.

Come back to the Lord if you have fallen.

Then be prepared to “GO.” “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”