Global Christians Serving a Global God

“...Those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all (as it is written, ‘I have made you a father of many nations’).” [1]

“I pray that these words, ‘a father of many nations,’ may be written on our hearts. It reveals the living God of the Bible to be a missionary God.” [2]

God said to Abraham, “I will bless you.” [3]

“God... sent Him [Jesus] to you first, to bless you,” echoed Peter. [4]

“God’s attitude to His people is positive, constructive, enriching. Judgment is His ‘strange work.’ His principal and characteristic work is to bless people with salvation.” [5]

“After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.” [6]

God wants people from every nation to hear the blessed Gospel and experience His salvation.

“How dare we adopt a hostile or scornful or even indifferent attitude to any person of another color or culture if our God is the God of ‘all the families of the earth.’ We need to become global Christians with a global vision, for we have a global God.” [7]

[1] Romans 4:16-17
[2] Quote from “Perspectives on the World Christian Movement”, chapter by John R. W, Stott

[3] Genesis 12:2
[4] Acts 3:26

[5] Quotes from “Perspectives on the World Christian Movement”, chapter by John R. W, Stott
[6] Revelation 7:9
[7] Quote from “Perspectives on the World Christian Movement”, chapter by John R. W, Stott