Cross Talk Show 2 - Part 2

You and your people that came with you For me. I look for every opportunity to talk about the lost world and how to reach them because I think Jesus is all about Seeing people come to know the Lord. That is the truth.

And and I think that it's just an imperative that the story be told that people learn about the the obstacles that are faced by Missionaries in third-world nations that they come to understand the challenges that Really of reaching a lost dying world with the message of life because there are so many who Never have heard they have just never heard how many people in the third world have never heard the story of Jesus Randy did the world of missions we talked about the 1040 window region which make up of Countries like India with a billion people and then of course China and in Bhutan Bangladesh Afghanistan you're talking about almost three billion people that Are waiting to hear the story that Jesus came in the world to die for them. And I think It is of a huge importance that people not only know about it and then do something about reaching the lost world now gospel for Asia Essentially is a mission organization Invested in evangelism how many missionaries are on the field as a result of working with gospel? Well, not enough really we have 14,500 full-time pastors missionaries and evangelists scattered throughout the seven Asian nations and By the grace of God, we are able to see almost 11 churches planted every single day on the mission field Remember, these are people that never had a chance to hear Jesus name ever in their life but when you think about the tremendous need and the opportunity much more need to be done I I know of no other organization on earth that is having the kind of effectiveness that gospel for Asia is having how many churches and Fellowships have been birthed as a result of this work in the grace of God Well, you know we have a very deep real relationship with hundreds of movements organizations and missions and It's a it's a it's the effort that we have along with so many other people and in our own mission by the grace of God we have seen so far over 20,000 churches and mission stations established over these years and Of course, I think One of the uniqueness about our ministry If I may say so is what Jesus said in Matthew's gospel chapter 9 seeing the multitude He was moved with compassion when he said You pray the Lord of the harvest and laborers and we've been doing that and by the grace of God we have now over 8,000 young people between the age of 18 and 25 a study in our 54 Bible colleges that are scattered through all these Nations and after three years of their training They are sent out to the mission field and that that is where I think we are all about. I think it's just It's stunning.

I mean, I don't know another word to describe the results these people Essentially come out of a non-christian background typically Hindu or Buddhist or Muslim they As a result of the witness a gospel witness by someone whose life has been changed in their own culture or or a neighboring culture they come to the Lord and Themselves they choose to serve God and then you equip them in bringing them through Bible school Yeah often you find people that come out of such darkness I Mean you you go to one of these first generation church in Nepal in Bhutan or Bangladesh or India You'd be amazed as you sit with them to worship the Lord You almost can feel and touch the glory of the Lord, you know What Jesus said is true those who sins are forgiven the most they will love the Lord much more and they can't do enough To express their love for the Lord and great numbers of these people who come to know the Lord, especially Younger generation they want to go out and serve the Lord I know of a young man who when he gave his life to Christ from a Hindu Brahmin home His parents kicked him out of the house and of course, you know He has a sister and in the end They said you are dead as far as we are concerned and he walked away with his clothes on his back Having lost his education his inheritance and his relationship with his people and He ended up in one of our Bible schools and when we asked him, are you not grieved or sad or losing? Your parents and your sister and your education He was studying in college when he gave his life to the Lord and he had to leave everything His response was this if I must do it again, I will do it gladly and He said I rather serve the Lord and tell my people about him than anything else in the whole wide world this is my privilege and this a kind of a gives you a Glimpse of the kind of commitment that these people have in our culture here in the West, you know You heard it thousand times and heard it and heard it and I don't think it is that that sharp anymore But for people over there It's a different story and our job is to give them a three four year training So they can be equipped in God's Word and and and go out and do the job and that's what's happening You're you're you're equipping the Saints so that the Saints can go out and do the work of the church Yeah, I'm in book of Acts is what's happening those who came to know the Lord they loved him enough Regardless of persecution or whatever stoning beating imprisonment rejection. It says they went about preaching the gospel