Thursday

Related Verses
Mark 16:15, 19-20
15And He said to them, Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to all the creation.
19 So then the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God.
20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the accompanying signs.

Matt. 28:18-20
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
19 Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you all the days until the consummation of the age.

Rom. 10:14-15
14 How then shall they call upon Him into whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe into Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without one who proclaims Him?
15 And how shall they proclaim Him unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the news of good things!”

Related Reading
The Call from Four Directions
The Lord’s Only Commandment at His Departure Speaking Forth a Call from the Heavens Above
The call to preach the gospel and save people comes from four directions. The first call comes from above, from the heavens. It is according to the Lord’s command, which He spoke immediately before His ascension. Although the Lord’s call was given while He was on earth, His command comes to us today from the heavens. With regard to geography, He wants us to go into all the earth. With regard to race, He wants us to disciple all the nations. From the day of His ascension, His call from above has never ceased. Throughout the ages there have always been those who heard and answered His call. They have gone to every place under the sun to preach the gospel. According to His sovereign authority, the Lord effects changes among humanity that reflect the actions initiated by His calling. For example, the discovery of the new world by Columbus produced an east-west connection by sea that enabled many to answer His call to go to all the countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands, following the Reformation brought in by Martin Luther. As a consequence, God’s gospel of grace has been preached to every race. The Lord will continue to sound His call, calling some to bring the gospel to those living in every corner of the earth. May some among us hear and answer His call and go and disciple those who do not know the Lord (Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, vol. 3, ch. 28, p. 499).

THE SPIRIT OF THE GOSPEL PRODUCING A PROPER ATTITUDE TOWARD THE GOSPEL
When we preach the gospel, we must have the spirit of the gospel. When our spirit is full of burden, it becomes a power within us and causes us to be so driven that we cannot help but preach the gospel. This is the spirit of the gospel. This spirit causes us to be eager to preach the gospel, to be consumed with preaching the gospel to the point that we care for nothing else and fear nothing else. Our only care is for preaching the gospel, and our only fear is that people would perish. When we have such a spirit of the gospel, we spontaneously have a proper attitude toward the gospel outwardly. We should pursue and ask the Lord for such a spirit (Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, vol. 3, ch. 28, p. 505).