STEEMCHURCH: THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD - OUR DIVINE ASSIGNMENT

And he said unto them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be condemned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.Mark 16:15-18

Reaching out with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to every creature is a divine assignment given to all. You and I have a role to play to ensure that the Gospel gets to every corner of the world. How dreadful will it be if on that day are we thrown out of the Lord's sight for not fulfilling His mandate. There is nothing so important to God than sinners getting saved, and how will they be saved if they do not hear the word and how will they hear the word if there is no preacher?

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?Romans 10:14

PREACH THE GOSPEL

For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for this obligation has been entrusted to me. How terrible it would be for me if I didn’t preach the gospel! 1 Corinthians 9 :16

Our duty to God is to ensure that every soul get saved. Jesus will not come if the gospel is not preached everywhere and to every soul. Often times when we talk about evangelism or soul winning business many people assume it is the sole duty of an evangelist. Jesus never mandated only one person but all of us. Then the question of how to evangelize comes in, How should I preach the gospel? where should I preach? what if they don't hear me when I proclaim the good news? These are the questions we sometimes ask ourselves.

How should we preach the gospel?

A witness always says what he has seen or heard and that's exactly what we must do when we preach the gospel. Preaching the gospel is telling the world what Jesus has done in your life....how he saved your life, made you a new creature, gave you grace which no man could give. It is not all about quoting scriptures. The Samaritan woman was able to connect an entire city to God with just her testimony and later on an entire city was converted.

Now many of the Samaritans of that town believed in Jesus because the woman had testified, “He told me everything I’ve ever done.” So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there for two days. And many more believed because of what he said. They kept telling the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, because now we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he really is the Savior of the world.”John 4:39-42

Where should I preach the gospel?
One day Peter stood in front of a huge crowd and delivered a powerful message that won 3000 souls for Christ in a day.

Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their hearts, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this corrupt generation. Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.Acts 2:37-41

He wasn't on Tv, on radio and didn't use any public address system but he still preached, the bible says he raised his voice. in this contemporary world we have many mediums to channel the gospel, we have the internet, radio, tv. besides we sit in buses, walk on streets. They are all places we can proclaim the gospel. We have no excuse not to preach the gospel.

What if they don't listen?

And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city! Mathew 10:14-15

Jesus knew that not everyone will gladly accept the truth and there are many who will stand against the gospel. Even in his days many opposed him for speaking the truth. We are not greater than the master and whatever he suffered we will face the same. Our concern should not be about those who will listen or will not listen when we preach the gospel. Our concern be should about preaching the gospel.

SIGNS SHALL FOLLOW

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 1:8

One good reason why the Holy Spirit comes upon someone is for demonstration. Every witness needs a proof for his case to be valid enough. If not for signs and wonders how would people just believe Jesus is a healer, and still in the healing business, how would people accept that Jesus died and rose again if we don't raise the dead? Jesus said: and these signs shall follow them, not them following signs. This should tell you that it is for the sake of the gospel why God has permitted that signs or miracles happen.

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Today we live in a world where there are many miracle seekers than gospel preachers. If we truly want the manifestations of the spirit we should preach the word. The reasons there were so many great miracles in the ministry of the Apostles was because they were always preaching the good news everywhere and the Lord had to also authenticate them by demonstrating His power as they witness for Him. This is what we all need to do today as church, let's keep preaching the word in our countries, cities, towns, streets, neighborhoods, bus stations, schools, on social media platforms and in any place where we can find souls.

We want to see hell empty and Heaven full of souls.

God bless you today as you share His word.