Good News to the Rescue

“Go and preach the good news to everyone in the world.” Mark 16:15 (CEV)

Props: toy fire truck, fire fighter outfit, and/or video clip of fire fighters in action

Pop quiz.  What do you do if you are in an emergency, like a fire? (Allow for response).  You would call for help, usually by dialing 9-1-1 on the phone.  Now imagine that you dial 9-1-1 and tell the operator that your house is on fire, and he says, “Come to the fire station, and we’ll be happy to help you.”  That would be crazy!  And it wouldn’t help you at all; the fire fighters are supposed to come to you!  You would be in a life-threatening situation and you would need someone to come to you and rescue you!  That’s their job. 

Mark 16:15 gives us a command from Jesus: Go!  He said, “Go and preach the good news to everyone in the world.”  A lot of times, we sit in church and wait for people to come to us so we can tell them about God’s love.  But that’s not what Jesus told us to do; He said, “Go!”  People are dying without hearing about or accepting God’s love. We have the life-saving good news they need, but we must go and share it with them.  We can’t just wait for them to come and ask us about it. 

Don’t let someone die without hearing about God.  Do your job and share the good news!