{"id":225,"date":"2014-11-25T14:55:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T14:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/?p=225"},"modified":"2015-05-28T18:50:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T18:50:30","slug":"the-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/the-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Look at this map of the world. Someone has drawn a circle on it. Why? To point out a very astonishing fact. The fact that over 50% of the world\u2019s 7+ billion people live inside this Circle.\u00a0 An interesting demographic statistic, correct? Yes, but for those of us that are working towards closure on the Great Commission there is more to this Circle than just plain old statistics.<\/p>\n

Jesus Christ said that \u201cthe fields are ripe unto harvest.\u201d How true this is in this area of the world that is now being referred to as \u201cthe Circle.\u201d There are still millions and millions of Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and other unreached peoples in the Circle that have yet to hear the Gospel of Christ for the first time.<\/p>\n

Jesus Christ also said that \u201cthe harvest\u00a0is plentiful but the workers are few.\u00a0Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.\u201d How true this is in this area of the world that is called the Circle.<\/p>\n

Jesus Christ emphatically declared, \u201cGo and preach the gospel to all the world!\u201d It was not a suggestion, it was the Savior\u2019s command! It was His last will and testament! The #1 objective of the Church is to declare the Gospel in \u201cJerusalem, Judea, Samaria & to the uttermost parts of the world.\u201d In our generation, this must include a greater & more focused emphasis on the preaching of the Gospel in the Circle.<\/p>\n

Missiologists tell us that only 1% of the Church\u2019s resources are used to preach the Gospel in the Circle. We must re-prioritize our time, talents and resources if we are going to reach our entire generation with the Gospel. The Body of Christ must immediately change its course. There must be a greater focus on working towards closure on the Great Commission. The Body of Christ must focus more of its human resources, financial resources and spiritual resources on the harvest of souls that is living within the Circle.<\/p>\n

In 1949, General Douglas MacArthur called for a vast missions force to descend upon the nation of Japan. This call was in response to what MacArthur saw in the Japanese people after their defeat in World War II. Some answered that call but many did not. Seventy years later Japan is still a nation adhering to the religion of Shintoism. We missed a divine opportunity back then!<\/p>\n

It is now the year 2014. I, Tim Salley, call on the Body of Christ in the developed, reached, evangelized and Christian world to focus on the area of the world called the Circle. To send forth laborers into the harvest fields within the Circle. To send forth resources to train and equip laborers for the harvest fields within the Circle. To send forth intercession into the Circle that the Holy Spirit can use to penetrate the hearts and minds of Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and other unreached peoples.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take up this Macedonian call so that millions and millions of lost souls can hear the Gospel and accept and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Let\u2019s seize this\u00a0kairos<\/em>\u00a0opportunity!<\/p>\n

We have to live for something.\u00a0 Let\u2019s give 100% of our lives for God\u2019s kingdom purposes.\u00a0 God wants to partner with us to see righteousness and praise spring up among all the peoples of the Circle. Come on \u2013 the untold millions that are still untold in the Circle are waiting to hear from us!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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