English Pioneer Missionary who gave up his fortune and fame to serve God in evangelizing China, India, and Africa, right up to the day he died. Mr C T Studd
'The call of Christ is to feed the hungry, not the full; to save the lost, not the stiff-necked; not to call the scoffers, but sinners to repentance; not to build and furnish comfortable chapels, churches, and cathedrals at home in which to rock Christian believers to sleep by means of clever speeches, stereo-typed prayers, and clever musical performances,
BUT to raise living churches of souls among the destitute, to capture men from the devil's clutches and snatch them from the very jaws of hell, to enlist and train them for Jesus, and make them into an almighty army of God.' (C T Studd)
There are over 7 billion people on the face of this earth right now. Over 1,400,000,000 in India alone have never heard the true gospel of Jesus Christ.
Here in Britain, the vast majority of persons under the age of 40 do not know the gospel nor even a passage from the Bible.
Very few would even be able to recite the Lord's Prayer, nor have knowledge of the most famous verse in the Bible, 'For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have everlasting life.'
The vast majority of church-goers do not read their Bibles daily nor pray each morning. They live lives that are quite indistinguishable from the rest of the world around them, and have absolutely no concern for the lost and dying and the multitudes heading for hell fire. They probably do not even believe in hell.
The success of their children in academia and professional careers is of much greater importance than their spiritual welfare and eternal security.
The church-goer's appetite is for this world, their own personal dreams and wishes, their comfort and happiness, their tiny circle of life dictated by their own feebly small and restricted image of well-being.
Where are the soldiers of Christ who surrendered their lives, gave up their own rights and claims to ease and personal satisfactions, who enlisted in God's army and willingly turned away from the pleadings and expectations of their mother and father, their children and friends, and set sail on course to God's destiny and call on their lives?
Where are the risk-takers, the real gamblers who would throw caution to the wind, walk away from the carnal so-called 'believers' who lie on their beds of sleep telling you not to be so intense?
Where are the men and women who would lose their lives - lose their own personal plans and dreams - and follow Christ on that lonely road that crucifies self and selfish ambition?
There are no sleeping bags laid up in heaven, and no couches for spiritual slobs. Only the valiant and faithful and true will be there.
The curse of modern-day Christianity is that it has no heart, no fire, no destiny, no zeal, no vision, no daring, no love for the lost, no concern about hell, no faith that moves mountains, and no meaning or relevance to the communities that see only the greed, selfishness, and spite of a people who say they know God, but can not, and do not love as Christ loves.
