The believer will pay a cost to fulfill his mission in this life; he can count on it. The cost will be the abandonment of a personal agenda as the believer accepts God’s agenda for his life. It will also mean less personal attention and more disapproval and/or persecution by “friends,” neighbors and strangers. But nothing is more important to God than “bringing just one more lost soul to Jesus Christ!” This must be the believer’s mission-focus each day of his life.
Besides ministering to other believers, a Christian must fulfill his mission in life. His mission is shared by all believers, which is to reach out to the lost in this world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Nothing is dearer to the heart of God then bringing those of His creation back to Him through Christ. Nothing is a greater privilege or brings more fulfillment for the believer than to bring the lost to Christ. And nothing will accrue greater or more rewards for the believer in all eternity than completing his mission by bringing lost souls to the saving knowledge of and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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