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conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (Ro.12:1-2).
“And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father” (Ph.2:11).
“Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in
God” (1 Jn.4:15).

3. “Whosoever shall call...shall be saved.”

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(10:14-15) Gospel—Missions: the world cannot be saved apart from the gospel. Remember what has just been said:
“Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” “Whosoever” refers to the whole world. But note the
critical point: a person has to “call” in order to be saved. A person cannot “call upon the name of the Lord” unless he has
heard about the Lord. Therefore, the gospel has to be carried to the whole world. This is the point of the present two verses.
1. The world cannot call or believe or hear without a preacher. To prove the point, Scripture reverses the order of what
actually happens.
a. How can a person call on Jesus Christ if he has not believed in Him? It is impossible. Even in dealing with
secular purposes, a person has to really believe in the purpose before he will give his life to it. Imagine
giving all one is and has! No person is going to do that unless he really believes in something. The same is
true in dealing with the Lord. No person is going to call upon the Lord to save him, nor is any person going
to surrender and dedicate all he is and has to the Lord, unless he truly believes in the Lord.
b. How can a person believe in Christ if he has not heard about Christ? How can a person know that Jesus
Christ came to earth and died for his sins, and that Jesus Christ arose from the dead conquering death so
that he might live eternally? Is a person born with the knowledge about Jesus Christ?
⇒ Picture the native in the depths of the jungle. Does he know that God’s Son died for his sins? Was he
born with knowledge of Jesus Christ? The answer is obvious: No! The native in the depths of the
jungle has to hear before he can believe and call upon the Lord to save him.
⇒ Picture the man in the depths of the inner city, the city dweller who has never been exposed to the
gospel, who has interest only in the things of the city and the world. Does he know that God’s Son died
for his sins? The answer is obvious: No! Not if he has never heard. The city dweller has to hear before
he can believe and call upon the Lord to save him.
⇒ Picture the religionist in the depths of religion, the religionist who has never been exposed to the clear-
cut presentation of the gospel, who has only heard about the life of Jesus and the form, ceremony, and
ritual of religion. Does the religionist know that God’s Son died to set him free from sin, death, and
hell so that he might not serve sin any more? The answer is obvious: No! Not if he has never heard a
clear-cut presentation of the gospel. Even the religionist has to hear before he can truly believe and
truly call upon the Lord to save him. (What an indictment and warning to Christian ministers and
teachers—a warning to present the gospel in simple, clear-cut terms.)
c. How can a person hear without a preacher? How can a person hear that Jesus Christ died for him if a
preacher or some Christian does not tell him? To hear anything requires a person who either speaks or
writes. To receive communication requires a communicator. To hear a message requires a messenger. The
message of the Lord Jesus Christ must be carried to the world, but in order to be carried, a messenger is
needed. Christian believers must preach the message if people are to hear the message.
2. Now note that the basis of missions and evangelism is the preacher or witness himself. In the present context the
word “preacher” means any believer who bears witness to the Lord Jesus Christ. It takes a preacher to proclaim the message
of the Lord Jesus so that people can hear and believe and call upon Him. However, note what this verse says: the preacher
cannot preach unless he is sent.
a. God is the One who sends forth preachers and witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ. God is the One who
commissions, qualifies, and instructs the preachers and witnesses of the gospel.

“Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and
bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the
Father in my name, he may give it you” (Jn.15:16).
“Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we
pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God” (2 Cor.5:20).
“I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the
effectual working of his power” (Eph.3:7).
“And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me
faithful, putting me into the ministry” (1 Tim.1:12).
“I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles”
(2 Tim.1:11).
“Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by
constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as being lords over
God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock” (1 Pt.5:2-3).

b. Christian believers have a part in sending forth laborers as well as God. We are to pray for laborers
(Mt.9:37).
⇒ We are to go forth ourselves.

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