Wednesday's Words of Wisdom...David Platt on the Motive for Missions

"If we believe Revelation 5:9, if we believe that Jesus died to purchase people from every tribe and tongue and nation, then we will go to every tribe and tongue and nation. We will go and make disciples of all people groups.

"Why? Think about it. Because we feel guilty that we’re reached? Because we feel guilty because of all the resources that we have? People say, 'Aren’t we just guilting people into going overseas, guilting people into going to unreached peoples?'

"No! What drives passion for unreached peoples is not guilt: we feel bad so we go. No! What drives passion for unreached peoples is not guilt, it’s glory—it's glory for a King. It's people who believe that our king deserves the praise of every single people group on the planet, not just select ones here and here and here and here."
David Platt
Together for the Gospel, 2012