Christian Responses to Terrorists

This is a tough issue. Believers have always suffered for the faith. There are more, many more, martyrs today than ever before in history. With the rise of Terrorist Islam the rate of martyrdom is increasing rapidly.

Despite the risks, Missionaries are still traveling to foreign nations to preach, teach and minister God's love along with nationals. In Luke 10 Jesus lays out a plan for evangelism.

1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2 He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

This is the very first mass example of Jesus modeling that which He would later say in Matthew 28 and which we call, "The Great Commission".

Here are the guidelines:

1. The harvest is plentiful. There are many, many people who want to follow Christ. It is a lie that evangelism does not work or is not needed. There are a billion Muslims in the world. Many want to know the story of Jesus.

2. The block to evangelism is a lack of workers not a lack of grain. This is not very apparent until we get involved in the harvest ourselves. Then we see just how many people want to know about God but we do not have enough time, energy and money to stay and tell them the story.

3. Pray for harvesters, (missionaries) who will tell the story. Pray not only for the harvest, (Muslims) but for evangelists as well. In Russia there are many former Muslims who are preaching the gospel. Can we not support them in prayer?

4. Go as lambs among wolves. This is tough. I prefer to go as a roaring lion not a gentle lamb. Wolves eat lambs. Lambs are weak and unprotected. They have no horns. Go in peace with love and hope. This is the way of the Master.