Quotes about Missions-Required

1

Every Christian who is not called to preach is called to send other Christians to do so.

2

The thing that makes a missionary is the sight of what Jesus did on the cross and to have heard Him say, “Go.”

3

Surely those who know the great passionate heart of Jehovah must deny their own loves to share in the expression of His. Consider the call from the Throne above, “Go ye,” and from round about, “Come over and help us,” and even the call from the damned souls below, “Send Lazarus to my brothers, that they come not to this place.” Impelled, then, by these voices, I dare not stay home while Quichuas perish. So what if the well-fed church
in the homeland needs stirring? They have the Scriptures, Moses, and the Prophets, and a whole lot more. Their condemnation is written on their bank books and in the dust on their Bible covers. American believers have sold their lives to the service of Mammon, and God has His rightful way of dealing with those who succumb to the spirit of Laodicea.

4

In the Bible we find no gap between the call to follow Jesus and the call to engage in mission.

5

[God] did not come up with a mission for His church as much as He formed a church for His mission… If a church is not engaging in mission, it really has no point in existing.

6

We think of missionaries as God’s “super servants,” Jesus’ Navy Seals. The word “missionary” is never used in the Bible, however, not even once. That’s because all of God’s people are sent; all of God’s people are commanded to go. There is no “special class” of sent ones. So the question is no longer if we are sent, only where and how. Many of us are waiting on a voice from heaven to tell us what God has already told us in a verse: “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you” (John 20:21). When you have the verse, you don’t need to wait for the voice.

7

The primary qualification for a missionary is not love for souls, as we so often hear, but love for Christ.

8

We face a humanity that is too precious to neglect. We know a remedy for the ills of the world too wonderful to withhold. We have a Christ too glorious to hide. We have an adventure that is too thrilling to miss (Theodore Williams).

9

As long as there are millions destitute of the Word of God and knowledge of Jesus Christ, it will be impossible for me to devote time and energy to those who have both (John Ewen).

10

There are only three kinds of Christians when it comes to world missions: zealous goers, zealous senders, and disobedient.

11

So, you have three possibilities in world missions. You can be a goer, a sender, or disobedient. The Bible does not assume that everyone goes. But it does assume that the ones who do not go care about goers and support goers and pray for goers and hold the rope of the goers.

12

Jesus has not given us a commission to consider; He has given us a command to obey.

13

I remember one who spoke on the missionary question one day saying, “The great question is not, ‘Will not the heathen be saved if we do not send them the gospel?’ but ‘Are we saved ourselves if we do not send them the gospel?’”

14

Millions have never heard of Jesus. We ought not to ask, “Can I prove that I ought to go?’ but, “Can I prove that I ought not to go?”

15

Every Christian is either a missionary or an impostor.

16

The concern for world evangelization is not something tacked on to a man’s personal Christianity, which he may take or leave as he chooses. It is rooted in the character of the God who has come to us in Christ Jesus. Thus, it can never be the province of a few enthusiasts, a sideline or a specialty of those who happen to have a bent that way. It is the distinctive mark of being a Christian.

17

The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.

18

The Bible is not the basis of missions; missions is the basis of the Bible.

Recommended Books

Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story

Michael Goheen

Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy Of God In Missions

John Piper

A Vision for Missions

Tom Wells

Gaining by Losing

J.D. Greear