MATTHEW 24:1-14
“For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be
wearied and faint in your minds” (Heb.12:3).
“If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do
it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus
Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Beloved, think it not
strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing hap-
pened unto you” (1 Pt.4:11-12).
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(24:14) Evangelism—Witnessing: the ninth sign is world evangelism. Christ says five very significant things.
1. His gospel is of the Kingdom. What Kingdom? The Kingdom of God that is spiritual and eternal.
2. His gospel is unstoppable: “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached.” No amount of trouble and failure can
stop it from being preached: neither severe persecution (v.9), nor terrible apostasy (v.10), nor many false teachers (v.11), nor
multiplied lawlessness (v.12), nor the love of many growing cold (v.12). God’s glorious Word of grace shall force its way
over land and sea, no matter the strength of the storms and bodies that oppose it.
3. His gospel shall be triumphant: “This gospel...shall be preached in all the world.” Amazingly, in just a brief span of
time during the first century, the gospel was evidently carried to all parts of the known world.
“But I say, Have they not heard? Yes, verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words
unto the ends of the world” (Ro.10:18).
“(The gospel) which is come unto you, as it is in all the world” (Col.1:6).
“The gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under
heaven” (Col.1:23).
The very tone of Christ’s words point to the same sign of world evangelism toward the end of the world. The uttermost
part of the earth shall be privileged to hear the gospel before the final appearance of Christ (Acts 1:8; cp. Mt.28:19-20. Cp.
Mt.24:3, 14 with Mt.28:19 noting the word “age.” Then see Acts 8:12; 28:23, 28, 30-31 for examples of preaching the King-
dom.)
4. His gospel is a witness: “This gospel...shall be preached...for a witness unto all nations.” The gospel as a witness
means at least two things.
a. The gospel is a witness, proclaiming the truth and the will of God for man. It reveals the truth about man and
his world. It tells man where he has come from, why he is here, and where he is going. It tells man what he has
done, what he is doing, and what he should do. It tells man why he is as he is, why he does what he does, and
why he should do as God says.
b. The gospel is a witness, bearing record either for man or against man.
g159 The gospel is called a “record.”
“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his
Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life” (1
Jn.5:11-12).
g159 The gospel witnesses for a man, that he believes and is saved; or it witnesses against a man, that he
does not believe and is damned.
“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be
damned” (Mk.16:16).
5. His gospel shall be preached in all the world before the end comes. The term “the end” refers to both the end of Je-
rusalem and the end of the world. As Scripture states, the gospel had been preached to all the known world right before the
fall of Jerusalem (Ro.10:18; Col.1:6, 23) and shall be preached to the uttermost part of the earth before the end time (Acts
1:8; cp. Mt.28:19-20).
However, something needs to be noted that is sometimes overlooked. Christ does not say the gospel shall convert the
world, but rather the gospel shall be preached to the world before the end comes. All the world will not respond to the gos-
pel, but all the world shall hear the gospel. Christ does, however, give some indication of the results to expect from preach-
ing the gospel.
“Many are called, but few are chosen” (Mt.20:16; 22:14).
“Strive to enter in at the stait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not
be able” (Lk.13:24).
“I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he
find faith on the earth” (Lk.18:8)?
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