Urgency to Share The Gospel With Others
The urgency to share the gospel stems from a deep conviction that the message of hope, love, and salvation can transform lives. The gospel offers a path to healing, salvation, purpose, and eternal life. Making it vital to communicate this good news with as many people as we possibly can.
This sense of urgency is driven by God’s love and compassion. We need to reach out to others, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to experience the profound grace and redemption found in Jesus. In a world filled with uncertainty and hopelessness, sharing the gospel becomes an essential call to action.
No one besides God knows when Christ will return and the end will come. But I am one of many who believe that we are clearly living in the end times. Many of the signs described in the Bible are happening or have already happened. And it is very possible Jesus’ return could come in our lifetime.
Matthew 24:14 – “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”
Urgency To Share The Gospel With Others
We Must Have A Sense of Urgency to Share The Gospel With Others
Knowing that time is running out ought to give us an urgency in our attempts to reach out in love to the lost world around us. We need to share the Good News of Christ with as many as possible. And we need to have an urgency in sharing the Gospel with others.
Even if the end will not come in our lifetime, our lives are so short. And we have such little time here to make a difference in the eternal destiny of others. Today’s Christians need to have an urgency to share the Gospel with others, and to reach as many lost people as possible.
We Will Be Held Accountable
We will be accountable to the Lord for how we have spent our lives. All of us, believers and unbelievers, will be judged for our actions and deeds. And all of us will be rewarded or punished for eternity based on our lives here on earth.Â
“So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.” – Romans 14:12
“For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds.” – Matthew 16:27
“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me. When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their evil ways, they will die for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.” – Ezekiel 3:17-19
Urgency To Share The Gospel With Others
God Has Called Us To Be “Fishers Of Men”
One of the things we will be accountable for is if we truly followed and obeyed Jesus. Jesus clearly tells us that we are to be “fishers of men”. A fisher of men is a believer who actively shares Christ and the Gospel with others in his/her daily life.
“Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” – Matthew 4:19
You do not need to be in full time ministry or a missionary to be a fisher of men. An effective and fruitful witness who faithfully reached out in love to lost people. God only calls a small percentage of His children to be in full time ministry such as pastors or missionaries. But Jesus’ command is for all of His people to be fishers of men.
Wherever they are and whatever they are doing in their occupation. Jesus has called and commanded us to actively participate in God’s kingdom mission by sharing the Gospel with others and making disciples.
We Will Be Accountable For Not Sharing The Gospel With Others
God’s word shows us that we will be accountable for how we live and how we obey or disobey God here on earth. And we will be held accountable for not sharing God’s love and the Gospel with others.
“When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.” – Ezekiel 3:18
Urgency To Share The Gospel With Others
God’s Activity In The World
It is interesting to see that there has been more evangelism activity in the world in the last 20-25 years or so than ever before. God is mobilizing His people to share the Gospel and reach a lost and dying world like never before.
Sadly though less and less Christians are being obedient fishers of men and actively sharing Christ with others. And less and less churches are participating in God’s activity and mission. In their local area, their region, and in the world.Â
For example many churches these days do not even have an outreach or evangelism ministry. And they certainly do not have a missions ministry to reach out to people in a foreign land.
Urgency To Share The Gospel With Others
More People Will Be Reached If More People Will Obey And Go
Many more Christians still need to be obedient and go. There are over 3 billion people who still have never heard about Jesus in the world. So obviously there is much more work to do. The more believers that will go and actively share the Gospel with others, the more people will be saved.
“Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” – 2 Corinthians 9:6
This is a kingdom principle that Paul is sharing. The more we share the Gospel, the more fruit we will see God produce. If we do our part, God will certainly do His part and produce many victories and eternal fruit.
Urgency To Share The Gospel With Others
We Need To Get Serious In This Battle For Souls
We need to get serious in this spiritual battle for souls !!! And we need to get a sense of urgency to share the Gospel. We need to double or triple or quadruple our efforts to share the Gospel.
Here are some interesting facts & statistics for world evangelism and missions:
- World population: 8.1 billion
- Unreached population: 3.4 billion (never heard the Gospel)
- World Major People Groups: 17,445
- Unreached People Groups:Â 7391 (3.19 billion persons)
I researched these statistics in 2012. Back then the world population was 6.6 billion. There were approx. 6415 unreached people groups in the world. And there were an estimated 1.87 billion unreached people in the world that never heard about Jesus back then.
We have lost ground in the battle for lost souls since then. Now there are 3.4 billion unreached people in the world. There truly is much work to be done.
World Religion Statistics
Here are some other statistics for the world today. These are the estimated numbers of the world religions in 2023.
- 1 billion – Christ followers
- 1.6 billion – nominal or cultural Christian faiths (1.27 billion Catholics)
- 1.98 billion – Muslims
- 1.21 billion – Hindus
- 1 billion – Non religious
- 737 million Ethnic Religions
- 502 million – Buddhists
- 61 million – Other Religions
- 8.75 million – Unknown
There are an estimated 1.2 billion Atheists or non-religious persons in the world these days. This is up from 875 million in 2012.
Urgency To Share The Gospel With Others
Pray And Find Out How God Wants To Use You
Please pray to God and ask Him how He wants you to actively participate in what He is doing today. In your local area, and in the world. God is still actively at work today, and He is waiting for more of us to truly follow and join Him.Â
“My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working. Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel.” – John 5:17,19-20
“My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.” – John 15:8
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