From the Field
The nations are in our backyard! The nations of the world
are coming to university campuses in the United States , so
you don't have to go across the globe to get to the unreached
peoples of the world - just reach out to the international
students on your campus.
In Matt. 28:18-20, Jesus tells his followers to "disciple
the nations." The word nations is ethne
[eth-nay] in Greek and we get the word ethnic from
there. So, basically Jesus is telling us to make disciples
of the ethnic groups of the world, not only the people who
are like us in look and language, but those who are very much
not like us who still need the love and forgiveness
of God through Jesus Christ.
Of international students who study in the USA for 4 years,
80% of them never get to enter an American home. They want
to visit our homes, but we don't invite them. Look at some
of the current world
leaders who studied in the USA who are now the leaders
of nations. What if a Christian family invited them over for
dinner and befriended them? That family would be able to share
Jesus with them in word and action and the world literally
could be a very different place!
Read
about the leader of Zambia becoming a follower of Jesus!
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