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REVELATION 3:7-13
g159 This is exactly what He said about His own mission.

“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Lk.19:10).

g159 This is exactly what He said about the mission of His followers and church.

“Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even
so send I you” (Jn.20:21).

Thought 2. How many of our churches are strategically located? Many. In fact, most are strategically located. Some
sit right in the heart of cities where teeming thousands of people live. Others sit on the main roads of cities, and oth-
ers on the main roads of country and farm areas. Why then are so many of our churches not reaching out in the
thrust of evangelism and missions? Why are so few of the lost being won to Christ? The church that is alive and
faithful is a church that uses the open door of evangelism and missions. The believers are a people who witness and
do all they can to reach the lost for Christ:
g159 They go house to house.
g159 They witness to fellow laborers, neighbors, friends, and family.
g159 They are always looking for opportunities to witness and share Christ.

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I
have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world”
(Mt.28:19-20).
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature” (Mk.16:15).
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Lk.19:10).
“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).
“Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even
so send I you” (Jn.20:21).
“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye
shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and
unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
“For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20).
“And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed
all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the
Gentiles” (Acts 14:27).
“For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries”
(1 Cor.16:9).
“Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was
opened unto me of the Lord” (2 Cor.2:12).
“Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to
speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds” (Col.4:3).
“But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer
to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and
fear” (1 Pt.3:15).
“I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can
shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my
name” (Rev.3:8).
“I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, ac-
cording to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the
house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and accord-
ing to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses” (Is.63:7).
“Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But
his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with
forbearing, and I could not stay” (Jer.20:9).
“Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hear-
kened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that
feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name” (Mal.3:16).

2. The church kept Christ’s Word; that is, they were faithful to the Word of God. They obeyed the Lord Jesus Christ,
kept His commandments. Very practically, this means...
• that they studied the Word of God.
• that they lived the Word of God.
• that they proclaimed the Word of God to believers and unbelievers alike.

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