John 4:35
Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!
As
we drove through Louisiana on the way home from our event in the
fall a few years ago, we drove past many cotton fields. The cotton was
truly white and ready for harvest. Some of the fields were being
harvested as we passed them.
We saw miles and miles of white fields. It reminded me of John 4:35.
There
are 6.7 billion people in the world today. The majority have not
heard the good news of the Gospel. And if they have it was
misrepresented to them as dead religion or was not relevant to their
lives. It’s our job to take the good news to the world. They will not
evangelize themselves.
If the world could only here the
good news of the gospel that God is not mad at the them. He is not
holding their sins against them because of what Jesus did on the cross.
All they need to do is Make Jesus LORD of there Life, turn from their sin, and receive the gift of salvation and be born
again. It’s a free gift. That’s the Good news.
2 Cor 5:18-21 Says very clearly what the message is and who is to take it to the world.
2
Cor 5:18-21 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to
Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 19
namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not
counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the
word of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of
Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin
on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in
Him.
Most unsaved people will not come to church.
That’s why we must take it to where they are!
We are Gods ambassadors!
We represent him to the people of the planet earth!
Rom 10:13-15
13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
14
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And
how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how
can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can they
preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the
feet of those who bring good news!
Below are a few statistics to think about.
• Of the 6.7 billion people on the earth today, 34% are under the age of 14.
• 40 million children in the United States have never been to church.
• 2 out of 3 children in the United States do not know JESUS.
• 86% of all people who receive Jesus make that decision before age 15.
• The probability of someone being born again in America is:
• 35% between ages 5 – 12.
• 4% between 13 – 18
• and 6% for those 19 and older.
• Only 10% of all the money put into the gospel is directed to the ministry of children.
Seven years old is the age a person is most receptive to the Gospel.
After a person turns 13 they are less likely to make a decision for Christ.
After
seeing this why do 99 percent of evangelists go after adults or
teens? I can count on 2 hands the children’s evangelist out there that
is making an impact on this generation. A lot of children’s
ministries have gone to entertainment based instead of ministry based.
That’s
why we try and establish relationships with other children’s
evangelists that are making a difference. There are too many children
not born again and not enough children’s evangelist to be in any kind of
competition.
We have a whole generation of children
that have never been to church. And if they have, they thought it was
dead religion and didn’t want anything to do with it.
Below are the percentages of people in America during different era’s that believed the basic bible truths and were born again.
• 65% WW II generation
• 35% baby boomers
• 16% Gen X
If
nothing changes in America when this generation of children become
adults only 4% will be born again bible believing Christians. to be honest this stat is over 10 years old and we are almost there. If we think it is crazy in america now, 4 % is like parts of Europe. It can get a lot worse. and it surly looks like we are heading that direction.
Church its time to wake up and take back this generation!
The fields are truly white and ready for harvest!
Matt 9:37-38
The
harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the
harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."
Will you go?
By
Jerry Moyer
The Jubilee Gang
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