Our Last and Only Hope!

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:19-20)

Have you taken a good look at the world around you? As you do would you say that it is a better place or a worse place than just a few years ago? You will quickly see that our nation, our world, our culture, our economy, our politics and our families are in a steep decline.

As a Christian, do you also sense the impending return of our Lord Jesus Christ? Over the face of a lost world you may write despair, for that is what they are feeling. If we, with all of our modern technology, all our human philosophies, knew an answer to what we see, don’t you think we would have used it by this time? Our science has created as many problems as it has solved. It would seem that our last great hope lies somewhere outside of our human capabilities.

There is only one great hope for our world, our nation, our children and our churches. That hope is in the person of Jesus Christ and in no one else. We call it the Good News, the Gospel.

The Second World War has been over since September 1945, when it was discovered that there were Japanese soldiers still holed up on the Pacific islands. No one had gotten the news of surrender to them that the war was over. They could have been home with their families, but they had not received the news.

The last aging soldier was found, and upon hearing the news he refused to accept it. He thought it was just a trick to get him to surrender and lay down his weapons. Only after his commanding officer was brought personally to the island did the old soldier really believe that the war had ended and he could go home.

Our God Himself came to deliver us the Good News, to tell us that the war was over between heaven and humanity. He put on flesh and walked among us, and finally went to the cross to seal the message in His blood. This message, the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, is the last great hope for this world.

We have been given the power, the presence, and the authority to deliver the message of hope to a lost and dying world. Is it not time for us to wake up to the urgency of getting that message of salvation to all those who have no hope?  How many people do we encounter every day that are looking for hope and not finding it? Is that not what missions are all about? 

We have the message of hope. Are we so indifferent, so busy that we have no time to tell them?

"Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful." (Hebrews 10: 23)

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