Tears of the Saints
The task of missions is not over, and we must penetrate and plant the church, seeing it flourish and train its own people to evangelize its own networks.
This sermon emphasizes the ongoing mission of reaching unreached people groups with the gospel of Jesus Christ. It highlights the urgent need to penetrate cultures, plant churches, train leaders, and evangelize networks to bring people back to God. The message stresses the reality of hell and the importance of Jesus Christ as the only means of salvation, calling for a compassionate response to the brokenness and desperation in society.
Full Transcript
The job is not done in the world that Christ gave us to do, and the mandate is still binding on us today. That's why we speak of unreached people groups. But the mission is the back-breaking, culture-penetrating, darkness-shattering initial work to penetrate, plant the church, see it flourish, get its own elders, train its own people, evangelize its own networks.
That's the task of missions. It's not over. That Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven, and the alternative is hell, and millions and millions and millions of people are on their way there, and we have the only means of escape in our heads, and in our hearts, Jesus Christ.
There are many prodigal sons on our city streets they run, searching for shelter, and there are homes broken down, people's hopes have fallen to the ground from failings. This is an emergency, and there are tears from the saints for the lost and unsaved. We're crying for them, come back home.
We're crying for them, come back home. And all your children will stretch out their hands and pick up the crippled man. Father, we will lead them home.
Father, we will lead them home. There are schools full of hatred, even churches have forsaken love and mercy. May we see this generation in its state of desperation for your glory.
This is an emergency, and there are tears from the saints for the lost and unsaved. We're crying for them, come back home. We're crying for them, come back home.
And all your children will stretch out their hands and pick up the crippled man. Thousands and thousands of missionaries, the unnamed, no biographies written about them, just unnamed people of whom the world is not worthy, have counted this cost and put their lives at risk, and reached the lost with the only message of salvation.
Sermon Outline
- The Mandate of Missions
- The Urgency of the Task
- The Response of the Saints
- The Call to Action
- Seeing this generation in its state of desperation
- Reaching the lost with the message of salvation
Key Quotes
“This is an emergency, and there are tears from the saints for the lost and unsaved.” — Paul Hattaway
“We're crying for them, come back home.” — Paul Hattaway
“And all your children will stretch out their hands and pick up the crippled man.” — Paul Hattaway
Application Points
- We must cry out for the lost and unsaved and lead them home to the Father.
- We must see this generation in its state of desperation and reach the lost with the message of salvation.
- We must be willing to count the cost and put our lives at risk to reach the lost with the message of salvation.