In October I listened to a few of the plenary sessions from the Desiring God 2011 Missions Conference. I wish I could've gone but Minneapolis is pretty far away...
One of the talks was by David Platt titled "The Glory of God, The Lostness of Man, the Gospel of Christ"
Here are some quotes:
The glory of God among the nations is not just the reason for which we have this conference. The glory of God among the nations is the reason for which we have breath!
We have an indescribably urgent mission.
At the 43 minute mark Platt develops 3 reasons answering to the question why must we go to them?
1) Because there knowledge of God is only enough to damn them to hell
"Every man in the African jungle or in an Amazon rainforest, every woman in an Asian village... all of them have the knowledge of God... It's clear in Romans 1. The knowledge they have shows them that God is glorious and they are guilty and that's all they've got.
You say well what happens to the innocent guy in Africa who never hears the gospel?
My answer to that is easy, based on the authority of God's Word, the innocent guy in Africa will absolutely go to heaven. Even though he's never heard the gospel... The only problem is, the innocent guy in Africa does not exist!
If he were innocent, which is the way the question is normally asked, why would he need the gospel? If he has no sin, of course he'll go to heaven. The problem is there are no innocent people in Africa waiting to heard the gospel. There are guilty people all over the nations, ready to hear the gospel that's why we must go to them!"
Platt's other points were that we must go to them...
2) Because the gospel of God is powerful enough to save them for heaven
3) Because the glory of God is good enough to satisfy them forever.
It's a good message.
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