Developing A Biblical World View

CHAPTER SEVEN

THE WAITING WORLD

OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this chapter you will be able to:

• Write the Key Verse from memory. • Summarize the current status of the spread of the Gospel to the world. • Define the term "people group." • Define the term "unreached people group." • Define the term "reached people group." • Identify five major unreached people groups. • Explain what is meant by a "closed country."

KEY VERSE:

. . . The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. (Matthew 9:37)

INTRODUCTION

In this chapter you will learn of the present spiritual condition of the world which waits for the Gospel of the Kingdom. Remember the natural example of the harvest field which Jesus used to illustrate the spiritual need of the world? Upon completion of this chapter you will understand why Jesus said:

. . . The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. (Matthew 9:37)

ALL THE WORLD

Jesus told His followers:

Go ye. . . and teach ALL nations. . . (Matthew 28:19)

Go ye into ALL the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. . . (Mark 16:15)

. . . That repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among ALL nations, beginning at Jerusalem. . . (Luke 24:47)

. . . Ye shall be witnesses unto me. . . unto the uttermost part of the earth. (Acts 1:8)

What does it mean to go to all the world? Missionaries have gone to every nation and some measurable Christian witness exists in nearly every country of the earth. But have we gone to ALL the world, to EVERY creature?