Missionary Work at Home and Abroad
Granville, N. S. W.,
July 24, 1895
God’s field is the world. Jesus said to His disciples: “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 Judea and in
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Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” And that repentance
and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
Acts 1:8
;
Luke 24:47
. Peter said to
the believers: “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.”
Acts
2:39
.
God declares: “I will sow her unto Me in the earth; and I will have
mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them
which were not My people, Thou art My people; and they shall say,
Thou art my God.”
Hosea 2:23
. “And He said, It is a light thing that
Thou shouldest be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to
restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give Thee for a light to the
Gentiles, that Thou mayest be My salvation unto the end of the earth.”
Isaiah 49:6
.
God has poured out richly of His Holy Spirit upon the believers
in Battle Creek. What use have you made of these blessings? Have
you done as did the men upon whom the Holy Spirit came on the Day
of Pentecost? Then “they that were scattered abroad went everywhere
preaching the word.”
Acts 8:4
. Has this fruit been seen in Battle Creek?
Have the church been taught of God to know their duty, and to reflect
the light which they have received?
An Illustration of the Work We Are to Do
“When the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria
had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John.”
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