Comments on: 3 Billion. http://www.agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/ Agent Tim's blog. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:52:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3-9826 hourly 1 By: Sola » Blog Archive » Pressing Toward the Mark 8/21/07 http://www.agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-51675 Sola » Blog Archive » Pressing Toward the Mark 8/21/07 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:57:16 +0000 http://agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/#comment-51675 [...] an enormous amount of people in this world that need the hope of Christ. (3,000,000,000 people have never even had a chance to hear the gospel). Who is going to bring the hope of Christ to [...] [...] an enormous amount of people in this world that need the hope of Christ. (3,000,000,000 people have never even had a chance to hear the gospel). Who is going to bring the hope of Christ to [...]

]]> By: fellow believer http://www.agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-47533 fellow believer Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:49:25 +0000 http://agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/#comment-47533 I once read, so I cannot claim it as my own, that part of the problem is that underneath our timid response to the command to go is a question. Do we really need salvation? Do they really need it? If we grasped the utter depravity of our condition, if we saw the gaping pit of hell beneath us we would KNOW that yes, we and they really need it. We have to examine our hearts, do we believe that we NEED Jesus? That there is no other way. If we believe that we did nothing to deserve it we would be overwhelmed with the desire to share such a precious gift. After all 3 billion is a really big number, but we can still make it smaller one at a time. I once read, so I cannot claim it as my own, that part of the problem is that underneath our timid response to the command to go is a question. Do we really need salvation? Do they really need it? If we grasped the utter depravity of our condition, if we saw the gaping pit of hell beneath us we would KNOW that yes, we and they really need it. We have to examine our hearts, do we believe that we NEED Jesus? That there is no other way. If we believe that we did nothing to deserve it we would be overwhelmed with the desire to share such a precious gift. After all 3 billion is a really big number, but we can still make it smaller one at a time.

]]> By: Tim http://www.agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-26776 Tim Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:38:50 +0000 http://agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/#comment-26776 Thanks for understanding, and thank you even more for that story. We've had some amazing one's here that I'm making sure to write down so I can share them in a speech sometime in the future. Especially that last one Lyndsay. Wow. Thanks for understanding, and thank you even more for that story. We’ve had some amazing one’s here that I’m making sure to write down so I can share them in a speech sometime in the future. Especially that last one Lyndsay. Wow.

]]> By: Lynsay Jones http://www.agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-26770 Lynsay Jones Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:07:07 +0000 http://agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/#comment-26770 Thank you for looking. It's not's earth-shattering if you can't find it, it's just that this is such an important topic I would like to know who came up with the number, and how. But again, if you can't find out where the statistics came from, it's not terrible. As a side note, I am reminded of something that happened to Hudson Taylor, missionary to China. After hearing about the Savior, a man named Nyi asked him, "How long have your people known of this?” Taylor hesitantly replied, “For... a long time - many generations.” Nyi was shocked. “Then why did you not come sooner? My father searched for this truth!” Nyi’s father had died without anyone to show him the way; how many more have gone since then? How many more will die searching for something, but not finding it, simply because we refuse to show them. Thank you for looking. It’s not’s earth-shattering if you can’t find it, it’s just that this is such an important topic I would like to know who came up with the number, and how. But again, if you can’t find out where the statistics came from, it’s not terrible.
As a side note, I am reminded of something that happened to Hudson Taylor, missionary to China. After hearing about the Savior, a man named Nyi asked him, “How long have your people known of this?” Taylor hesitantly replied, “For… a long time - many generations.” Nyi was shocked. “Then why did you not come sooner? My father searched for this truth!” Nyi’s father had died without anyone to show him the way; how many more have gone since then? How many more will die searching for something, but not finding it, simply because we refuse to show them.

]]> By: Kaylene http://www.agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-26552 Kaylene Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:18:00 +0000 http://agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/#comment-26552 As Jim Elliot once said- "We don't need a call; we need a good kick in the pants." (he was speaking of the call to missions.) It can never be stressed enough..or overdone... the witness spirit is severely lacking...in me... I want to be usable by Christ even if there was only one life yet to be saved on this earth. As Jim Elliot once said- “We don’t need a call; we need a good kick in the pants.” (he was speaking of the call to missions.) It can never be stressed enough..or overdone… the witness spirit is severely lacking…in me… I want to be usable by Christ even if there was only one life yet to be saved on this earth.

]]> By: Tim http://www.agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-26426 Tim Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:27:27 +0000 http://agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/#comment-26426 Lynsay, I'm still looking to pin point an exact location for those statistics. Lee, Excellent point -- and I have to agree -- that's even more convicting. Lynsay,
I’m still looking to pin point an exact location for those statistics.

Lee,
Excellent point — and I have to agree — that’s even more convicting.

]]> By: Lee http://www.agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-26394 Lee Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:18:55 +0000 http://agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/#comment-26394 Tim, Excellent points. I think there's another statistic, related to this one, that's even more convicting. One of my seminary professors, to make a point, used to throw two pennies across the classroom in pointing out that's the amount that the average member of a church in our denomination gives to missions each day. Two cents. There's no excuse whatsoever for those of us who live in this country, where 80% of all money given to the church in the world is spent, not to have made absolutely certain that everyone around us has had the opportunity to hear. Keri, you are so right. Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief! Tim,
Excellent points.

I think there’s another statistic, related to this one, that’s even more convicting. One of my seminary professors, to make a point, used to throw two pennies across the classroom in pointing out that’s the amount that the average member of a church in our denomination gives to missions each day. Two cents. There’s no excuse whatsoever for those of us who live in this country, where 80% of all money given to the church in the world is spent, not to have made absolutely certain that everyone around us has had the opportunity to hear.

Keri, you are so right. Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief!

]]> By: Keri http://www.agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-25983 Keri Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:49:16 +0000 http://agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/#comment-25983 Wow, that was amazing in that I just wrote about this same issue earlier tonight. We wait for a "calling" as if a rock were going to come from the sky with a note attached, smacking us on the head. There is no excuse except unbelief. My fearfulness in speaking to others about Jesus Christ is rooted in the unbelief of what He has done, what He can do, and what He has already said in His Word. Shame on me for my carelessness. Lord, I believe; help my unbelief! Keri Wow, that was amazing in that I just wrote about this same issue earlier tonight. We wait for a “calling” as if a rock were going to come from the sky with a note attached, smacking us on the head. There is no excuse except unbelief. My fearfulness in speaking to others about Jesus Christ is rooted in the unbelief of what He has done, what He can do, and what He has already said in His Word. Shame on me for my carelessness. Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!

Keri

]]> By: Moriah Strickland http://www.agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-25944 Moriah Strickland Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:56:31 +0000 http://agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/#comment-25944 Awesome post, Tim!!! I wrote a blog post about witnessing this past week if you want to check it out. Here's the link if you want to check it out... http://revitalizeouryouth.blogspot.com/2007/03/time-to-fight.html Awesome post, Tim!!! I wrote a blog post about witnessing this past week if you want to check it out. Here’s the link if you want to check it out…
http://revitalizeouryouth.blogspot.com/2007/03/time-to-fight.html

]]> By: Tim http://www.agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-25902 Tim Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:07:58 +0000 http://agenttimonline.com/2007/03/28/3-billion/#comment-25902 A hearty "amen" to that. That is where the rubber meets the road. It's easy for me to write about witnessing, but so much harder to get out there and to start a conversation with someone. I'd reccomend visiting www.thewayofthemaster.com for some tools that can really help you start conversations, and some great biblical material for sharing the gospel. It's only by the power of the Holy Spirit. A hearty “amen” to that. That is where the rubber meets the road. It’s easy for me to write about witnessing, but so much harder to get out there and to start a conversation with someone. I’d reccomend visiting http://www.thewayofthemaster.com for some tools that can really help you start conversations, and some great biblical material for sharing the gospel.

It’s only by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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