Radical Outreach

I have been reading this book called "Radical" by David Platt, and it is one of the most inspiring works I've ever ran my eyes over, and I would HIGHLY recommend it to anyone who is anywhere in their faith. It talks about the true meaning of "doing outreach" and how our culture misconstrues the meaning of being an American Christian.
So  many people are so busy asking the question "why" would God send people who have never heard Christ's name to hell. This book talks about how we have the focus all wrong. Why do we sit around and beg the question when we should be going out and sharing the Gospel with those people. Take a look at this excerpt from the book:

"One of my good friends spent time recently among unreached and unengaged peoples in Southeast Asia. As he talked with villagers in one remote area, he tried to uncover their core beliefs. He asked them, 'How were we created?' They responded, 'We don't know.' He asked, 'Who send the rain for the crops?' They responded, 'We don't know that either.' The he asked, 'What happens when we die?' They looked back at him and said, 'No one came to tell us about that yet.'
Soon thereafter he found himself in another remote village with people who had never heard the gospel. They were warm and hospitable, and they invited him to share a drink with them. One man went into his small shop and reappeared moments later with a classic red Coke can. Immediately, it hit home with my friend. A soft-drink company in Atlanta has done a better job getting brown sugar water to these people than the church of Jesus Christ has done in getting the gospel to them." (Platt, pg. 158-159)


This was a huge WOW to me. And it is a sad truth. We don't have time to waste on a comfortable, safe, American dream when there are so many people out there who haven't even heard the Name of Christ!

Platt continues on with the following point: "Some wonder if it is unfair for God to allow so many people to have no knowledge of the gospel. But there is no injustice in God. The injustice lies in Christians who possess the gospel and refuse to give their lives to making it known among those who haven't heard. That is unfair." (pg. 159)
"The will of God is for you and me to give our lives urgently and recklessly to making the gospel and the glory of God known among all peoples, particularly those who have never heard of Jesus. The question, therefore, is not 'Can we find God's will?' The question is 'Will we obey God's Will?" (pg. 160)