Saturday, March 30, 2024

Unsaved Or Unreached?

Romans 1 says that the gospel is the power of God for salvation. Romans 10 says that faith comes through hearing. Since 45% of Kentuckians claim to be evangelicals, we can guess that 95% of them will hear the gospel at least once before they die and have a friend who is a born-again believer. We should not be surprised when those around us reject the gospel, for Jesus told us in Matthew 7... "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few."

You can see here that the only Arab people group that is considered "reached" (>3% evangelical) are Egyptians, who are barely "reached" at 5%. That means that the vast majority of the Arab world will not hear the gospel at least once before they die, nor will they have a friend who is a born-again believer. This is the tragedy of the unreached. The vast majority of them are Muslims, who will begin fasting during their holy month of Ramadan next week. Would you click here to pray for them?

Jesus said in Matthew 28 to make disciples of all nations, or ethnos meaning people groups. He said in Matthew 24 that the end will come when the gospel is proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all people groups. There are still 7,000 unreached people groups representing 42% of the world's population. Would you pray regularly with Christian friends for Jesus to receive the worship that He deserves among all peoples?

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