Ptr. Marvin Gibson Jr.
UBC Manila
Romans 15:17:22
Emphasis: For every person who experienced God’s love and forgiveness, there is the desire to see people saved by grace.
- Let us explore campuses
- “So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. (v.19b)
- Let us establish connections
- It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ is not known, so I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. (v.20)
- Let us evangelize communities
- Rather, as it is written: ‘Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.’ This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.” (vv.21-22)
- Three challenges
- Pray for workers
- - Matthew 9:37. “Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.’”
- Passion for the lost
- “I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.” (Ezekiel 22:30)
- Pay for the mission work
- Philippians 4:10-18
- Pray for workers