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  OUR OBJECT IN SERVICE
  by Lewis Sperry Chafer
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Summary: Our primary objective in serving the Lord is to announce the
Gospel to every creature, allowing them to make a free choice of
salvation.

Topics: "Evangelism", "Eschatology"
Scripture References: Acts 15:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:1, Revelation 19:11, Revelation 20:6

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Lewis Sperry Chafer emphasizes the importance of preaching the Gospel to
every creature as a world-wide ministry that continues through each
generation until the heavenly Church is gathered. He explains that the
goal is not to reach every person in one generation, as countless
individuals have passed away without hearing the Gospel. The
evangelizing work will eventually be completed when the last member of
Christ's body is gathered, leading to His return and the establishment
of His righteous kingdom on earth, as taught in the Bible.

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We are appointed to announce the Gospel to every creature. We have no
commission to christianize the world. So long as man can act in free
will and reject God's grace, this can never be done. We cannot force men
to be saved. Salvation must be the free choice of the heart. Nor is our
object to reach all people of some one generation with the Gospel. The
ideal is unbiblical. Nothing vital would be gained by it since countless
millions have already gone down to death who did not hear the Gospel.

Preaching the Gospel to every creature is a world-wide ministry which
must be repeated with each succeeding generation.

It goes on and on: not until the world is saved, or until some one
generation has heard; but this preaching is to continue until the bride
of Christ, the heavenly Church, is gathered out. The seed is to be sown
in the whole field, but only a fourth part is said to develop into
wheat, -- the children of God. The evangelizing work will someday be
completed. The last member of His body will be gathered in. He will then
come, and by His resistless power He will banish evil and establish His
kingdom of righteousness in the earth. This is the consistent teaching
of the Book of God. (Note Matthew 24, 25; Acts 15:13-18; 2 Thess.
2:1-12; Rev. 19:11 to Rev. 20:6.)

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