Among all the nations

Daily Selah is a mini-devotional, a pause to ponder about the Lord and how He wants us to live.

And the gospel must first
be published among all nations.
Mark 13:10 KJV

It is interesting to me that when we discuss the signs of Jesus' return, well mention wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes, famine and all the other things Jesus spoke of in Mark 13:5-9.

But, we tend to omit verse 10. Jesus wasn't done at verse 9. He went on to say, And the gospel must first be published among all nations. 

Sadly, we're not there yet. Over 2,000 years after the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, there are still many people in this world who have not yet heard the Good News that Jesus died for them. And, its worse than most of us realize.

"It is estimated that of the 7.1 billion people alive in the world today, 2.91 billion of them live in unreached people groups with little or no access to the Gospel of Jesus Christ."  

 - Global Frontier Missions 

Remember the vision of heaven John was privileged to see?

 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 

-Revelation 7:9-10 ESV

We have been given a job to do, to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with the world. He won't come back until we do. We're not all called to the Amazon rain forest but we are all called to "preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:5).

The question is, are we each doing our part?

Does your neighbor know what God has done for you?

Have you share the Good News with your co-workers, friends, family?

If we're honest, we would all admit there it more to do.

Its a matter of obedience and a matter of life and death.

Who can I share Jesus with today? Who can you share Him with today?


Father, thank You so much for your grace and mercy to me. Thank You for sending Jesus to die in my place. Thank You for loving me and redeeming me with the precious blood of Christ. Lord, I know there is more I can do to tell others of Your Son. Please give me opportunities to share you love with those I meet and give me a heart for the lost. Help me to see the world as You see, Father. And, may You be glorified and the Name of Jesus lifted high. In His precious Name I pray, Amen. 

Guess what's not in the Bible

NTM@work Magazine, Colombia

"A few years ago, as we prepared to do a magazine issue about NTM missionaries translating the Bible, I searched for verses we could use. And searched. And searched. 

The New Testament says a lot about sharing the gospel, teaching and discipling. It talks about prayer, giving and encouraging. It speaks of sending and serving. 

Not once are we told to translate the Bible. 

Does this mean we're not supposed to translate the Bible? Certainly not. 

In Jesus’ time, Greek was a common language, and the Old Testament had been translated from Hebrew into Greek. While it’s likely that Jesus read the Scriptures in the original Hebrew, some of the Scripture quotations in the New Testament come from the Greek translation. So the men who wrote the Gospels, inspired by God, had no problem with translation.  

More importantly, Bible translation fits with God's character..."  

Click here to keep reading at NTM Mission News

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This may be the first time in a post at Faith Reviewed that I have included a link to another blog but really feel this particular blog post should be shared because of its excellent missions-focused message. 

Excerpted from NTM Blogs/Randy and Diana Smyth...

"Borneo is an island bigger than the state of Texas, located on the equator north of Australia. I was there near the center that night, in the middle of a river, where I was trying to sleep on a cold, wet rock next to our dugout canoe.

There had not been much rain upriver so the river banks around us were high. My father and I had nearly lost the boat in the rapids, a waterfall, below us. We most certainly were not going back there in the dark. Going up the river, we could no longer see to navigate around the rocks, the ironwood snags or the treacherous rapids in the river up to the tribal village which was our destination. 

So there we were, in the dark, in the middle of the river, on cold, wet rocks trying to rest. We were surrounded by dense jungle filled with billions of insects, deadly snakes and many other wild jungle creatures such as leopards, ocelots, monkeys and large orangutans. We had heard rumors of elephants, rhinos and tigers. We knew crocodiles lived in the river but hoped the rapids kept them downstream. We were fifteen minutes away from a second contact with the people of the Da’an river..."

Keep reading at NTM blogs/Randy and Diana Smyth (opens in a new window)

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