참여하지 않는 사람들을 참여시키기 위한 성경적 기초
성경이 모든 사람을 참여시키는 것의 중요성을 강조하지 않는다면 우리도 그렇게 해서는 안 됩니다. 하지만 그렇습니다! 그렇습니다. 우리는 모든 사람에게 다가가는 것 외에도 모든 사람에게 다가가고 싶지만, 우리가 참여하기 전까지는 도달할 수 없습니다.
“Sing to the LORD, all the earth; proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.
Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.”
I Chronicles 16
“Let the heavens be joyful and the earth rejoice; and let them say
among the nations, “The LORD reigns”
I Chronicles 16
“So that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name”
II Chronicles 6
“Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise You”
Psalm 67
“The time is coming to gather all the nations and tongues.
And they shall come and see My glory”
Isaiah 66
“And in His name the peoples will trust”
Matthew 12
“This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world
as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come”
Matthew 24
“Go, therefore, and make disciples among all the peoples”
Matthew 28
“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them,
does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture,
and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it?”
Luke 15
“I am an apostle to the peoples”
Romans 11
“That the peoples may glorify God for His mercy”
Romans 15
“In Him the peoples will hope”
Romans 15
“You purchased people for God with Your blood
from every tribe, language, people and nation.”
Revelation 5
“I looked and saw a great multitude which no one could count,
from every nation and all the tribes, peoples and languages”
Revelation 7
God desires that all peoples in every place have a chance to encounter Him and become worshipers. The engaged unreached have that chance; the unengaged unreached do not.
Unengaged people groups are not praising Him, declaring His glory, being made disciples of, glorifying Him for His mercy, rejoicing with His people, hoping in Him, or anticipating being among the great end-times throng of worshipers.
But we can do something about that by first engaging and then reaching them.
Which of these passages most speaks to your heart? Have you others that come to mind? If you’d like additional verses describing God’s heart for the nations, let us know, and we’ll send you some.