Grubb Mission Report –
February 2018
“Go into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).
A Work of the Chestnut
Mountain Church of Christ, Chestnut Mountain, Georgia USA
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PLEASE PASS THIS REPORT
TO THOSE YOU THINK MIGHT HAVE INTEREST IN OUR WORK!
If any congregation
would like for me to come and give a report of our work, please let me know so
that we can schedule it.
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Indonesia Trip
On February 5th, I will begin my 67th
overseas mission trip. Please pray for my travels to many Indonesian cities and
for the lessons we will be able to deliver. Brother Alex Daniel will be going
with me to the cities of Manado, Lampung, Palembang, Bandung, and Jakarta.
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WHERE IS OUR EMPHASIS?
John M. Grubb
The
population of the world has now passed the seven billion mark. The majority of
the people who populate this earth have never had the opportunity to hear the
gospel of Christ. What are we doing about it? Jesus came to this earth “to seek
and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). Before going back to heaven,
Jesus left instruction to preach the gospel to the whole world (Matthew
28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16). The Christians
in the first century took this responsibility seriously, and got the job done!
(Acts 8:4; Colossians 1:23).
The
church has the responsibility to work in three areas: evangelism, benevolence,
and edification. The Bible clearly tells us to discharge our responsibility in
all three areas. It seems that more emphasis is being placed upon “so-called”
edification of the body instead of evangelism in many places in our
brotherhood. Also, some congregations are always ready to fulfill their
responsibility in the area of benevolence, but when opportunities are made
available for preaching the gospel to a lost world, the reply, “our budget is
set,” is given!
We
need to be reminded that the most important thing in the world is to obtain
eternal life. Paul said, “If in this
life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable” (1
Corinthians 15:19). He also wrote, “Set your mind on things above, not on
things on the earth” (Colossians 3:2). The inspired apostles knew that helping
the needy was important but said, “It is not desirable that we should leave the
word of God and serve tables…. we will give ourselves continually to prayer and
to the ministry of the word” (Acts 6:2,4). This does not mean that benevolence
and edification are not important, but that preaching the gospel to the lost is
more important.
It
seems that if brethren want to raise millions of dollars to build church
buildings or gymnasiums, it is no problem. However, challenge the Lord’s church
to raise a large amount of money to carry the gospel to the lost in a faraway
place and it is a big problem! Our emphasis is in the wrong place. This is not
a new problem. It has been a problem for a long time.
Brethren,
there are faithful men who want to go to the mission field to preach the gospel
of Christ but cannot go, because our emphasis is in the wrong place. There may
be brethren already in the field who cannot properly do the job that needs to
be done because of the lack of funds. It may be that they will have to leave
the field for that reason.
We are not suggesting that
congregations stop doing good work that they are already doing, but to make
sure that their emphasis is in the right place. “Go into all the world and
preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).
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USEFUL WEBSITES
http://www.grubbchinese.org
http://www.wvbs.org
http://www.gbntv.org
http://www.ibtministries.org
http://www.oabs.org
http://ChineseBibleSchool.org
apologeticspress.org/OL_Chinese.aspx
Grubb Mission Reports can
be read here:
http://grubbmissionwork.blogspot.com
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SPEAKING SCHEDULE
2018
Feb. 5 – Mar. 8 –
Indonesia
7 Feb arrive in Manado.
8-18 Feb teaching in Manado and Swaan.
19 Feb fly to Lampung
20- 25 Feb teaching and preaching in Lampung.
26-28 Feb fly to Palembang and teaching.
1-2 March teaching in Bandung
3 March fly to Jakarta.
4-6 Teaching and preaching in Sunter Jakarta.
7 Fly to Singapore.
8 Go home.
April 15-19 Gospel Meeting
– Shelbyville Rd.
Apr. 22-25 Gospel Meeting
– Collinsville, IL
May 6 – GSOP Lectureship
May 10 – June 11 – CABL,
Malaysia, Camp
September – China
Oct. 11 – Gospel Meeting –
Franklin County
Nov. 19 - Dec. –
Singapore, Batam, Taiwan
– John M. Grubb
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