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States o f A m erica
Because God created the world, there­
by showing that the whole world is his
sphere of love and interest.. . .

GENESIS 1 1
Because God created man in his own
image, thereby showing that man is
the supreme object of God's love.. . .

GENESIS 1:26
Because God's first command to man
was to "be fru itful and multiply, and
fill the earth," thereby showing that
he intended for man also to take the
entire world as his sphere of activ­
ity. . . .

GENESIS 1:28
Because God repeated this command
to Noah when it was time fo r the
human race to make a fresh start. . . .

GENESIS 8:17
Because when God called Abraham he
clearly stated his love for the entire
human race by expressing a desire to
bless all families of the earth through
Abraham's descendants. . . .

GENESIS 12:2-3
Because, all through the Old Testa­
ment record, God acted on behalf of
Israel "so that all the peoples of the
earth may know that the hand of the
Lord is mighty," thus showing that his
love was not limited to his chosen
people but was to extend to all peo­
ples. .. .

JOSHUA 4:24
Because the Psalmist exhorts Israel to
"declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the
peoples!" . . .

PSALM 96:3
Because the prophets call their people
to "declare this with a shout of joy,
proclaim it, send it forth to the end of
the earth. . . . T he Lord has redeemed
his servant Jacob!' " . . .

IS A IA H 48:20
Because Jesus Christ reached out in
his personal ministry to all mankind
on all levels of society: to religious
leaders and to prostitutes, to Pharisees
and to lepers, to Jews and to Samari­
tans, to Greeks and to Romans. . . .

THE GOSPELS
Because Jesus Christ refused to be
bound by geographical limitations, re­
gardless of the unfulfilled needs in any
one place, when he said, "I must
preach the good news of the kingdom
of God to the other cities also; for I
was sent for this purpose.” . ..

LUKE 4:43
Because Jesus Christ looked beyond
his immediate friends when he said,
"A n d I have other sheep, that are n o t
o f this fold; I must bring them
also." . . .

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V.

JOHN 10:16
Because Jesus Christ left his final and
unequivocal command with his fo l­
lowers that they were to carry the
good news of salvation beyond their
immediate borders "in Jerusalem, and
in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the
end of the earth." . . .

ACTS 1:8
Because the Holy S pirit pushed the
early church out o f Jerusalem so th a t
the message o f the gospel would go to
those other parts.. . .

ACTS 8:1-4
Because the Holy Spirit forced Peter
beyond the ethnic lim itations of
Judaism so that the Gentiles could
also become the children o f God. . . .

ACTS 10:1-11:18
Because the Holy S pirit instructed the
church at Antioch to send fo rth the
best leaders they had (Paul and Barna­
bas) so that the regions of Asia and
Europe might also learn the gos­
pel. . . .

ACTS 13:1-3
Because the early church was obedient
to these proddings o f the S pirit, thus
opening the way fo r the spread o f the
gospel around the world. . . .
Because our own church today has the
gospel only because godly men o f
other ages carried this message to
lands beyond th e m .. . .
Because countless people in many
parts o f the world have not yet heard
the name o f Jesus Christ fo r the first
time. . . .
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