GO TO THE HIGHWAYS
We must never put the benefits of the cross before HIS MISSION. Yes, the benefits are essential, but not as important as the mission.
The mission must always be in the forefront of our Christianity. When Jesus rose from the dead, He gave power, He gave authority to His disciples and then commanded His disciples to
“GO”
Matthew 28:18-20
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 GO therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Amen.
Jesus’ command to GO is an extension of what the father asked Jesus to do.
Jesus has laid the example of His obedience to His father and expects us His disciples to do the same.
Jesus wants us to see the lost the way He saw and still sees them, scattered and lost without direction.
Jesus wants us to have compassion for them just as He had and still has.
As believers, we do not realise, how important the lost are to God. God gave His only begotten Son that the lost might be reconciled to Him.
We might think that it is all about us, but for God it is about the lost. We are already in the fold.
We are seated in Him in the heavenly places over, powers and principalities.
We are His workmanship created for good works
We are forgiven
We are chosen
We have been redeemed
We have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise
We are adopted and the list goes on.
Yet Jesus is saying there is room for more.
Christ came to Seek and to Save the lost.
Luke 14:21 - 23
21 So that servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly
There is an urgency, the Master does not want us to delay. The mission is an urgent mission.
The Master wants us to invite them in. He wants us to do whatever it takes to bring the lost into His house.
into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the
lame and the blind.’ 22 And the servant said, ‘Master, it is done as you commanded, and still
there is room.’
23 Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Even when we think everyone has been invited, we will realise that there is still room for
more. The Master is saying my house must be filled.
We might be comfortable with empty chairs or filled chairs; however the master does not want anyone left out. He wants us to go highways, different ways, paths, options and areas, that His house, not my house, but His House may be full.
He wants us to GO out and compel them, He wants us to explore all possible routes and avenues, thorough which the lost can be met, so that His house might be full.
Open-air preaching
Door-to-door evangelism
Evangelizing through a sermon
Lifestyle evangelism
Friendship evangelism
Child evangelism
Youth evangelism
Sporting event evangelism
Music evangelism
Food trucks evangelism
Block parties evangelism
Digital Evangelism
Paul puts it this way
Philippians 1:18
What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.
WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GO OUT AND COMPEL THEM.
Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
God does not want anyone to perish. He wants all His creation to experience eternal life with
Him. It is all about eternity with God.
John 10:16
16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
It is not just about us, there are others, there are other sheep, there are many more. He wants us to go and look for them, invite them, compel that His house may be full.
GOD IS NOT PARTIAL
Acts 10:34-35
34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.
35 But in every nation, whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.
Revelation 7: 9
9 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
Whether you are black, White, whatever nation, ethnicity, God wants everyone to be saved and to spend eternity with Him. To spend eternity with Him in His Kingdom.
In John 14:2-3 Jesus puts it this way.
2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
So let us GO to the highways and the byways and compel them that His house might be full.
