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  WHAT ABOUT MUSLIMS, HINDUS, BUDDHIST, AND JEWISH PEOPLE?
  by John Piper
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Summary: Jesus' desire to save everyone, regardless of their background,
calls us to share the Gospel in difficult contexts and to follow His
example of sacrificial love.

Duration: 3:22 Topics: "Evangelism", "Salvation"
Scripture References: Matthew 28:19, John 14:6, Acts 4:12

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DESCRIPTION
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This sermon emphasizes the challenge of sharing the Gospel in a
pluralistic and multicultural world, where beliefs are diverse and
conflicting. It encourages believers to authentically express their
faith in Jesus, despite the discomfort or opposition they may face. The
message underscores the universal salvation offered by Jesus to all
people, regardless of their background or religion, and urges a
compassionate and urgent approach to sharing this message with others.

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CONTENT
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In a pluralistic, multicultural, relativistic, shrinking world, like
ours, this will be harder and harder and harder to believe. Because
they're not just in Africa and Asia, they're right next door. Buddhists,
Hindus, Muslims, and Jewish people.

You know them at work. They're your friends, for goodness sakes, and you
want them to be. And when they ask you, So, you're saying, if I don't
embrace your Jesus, you think I'm going to go to hell? What are you
going to say right there? Well, it's kind of complex, and there are
disagreements in the church, and there are a lot of scholars and a lot
of opinions, and weasel, weasel, weasel.

We got out of that last week, right? We're done with that. We are done
with that. We are real.

With tears rolling down our faces. I don't want to believe that about
you. I want you with me.

I'm just a beggar. I have nothing. I'm nothing.

Jesus came into the world to save everybody. He wants Samaritans, and
Muslims, and Jews, and Hindus, and Buddhists, and every race, and
ethnicity, and socioeconomic. He wants us.

He's reaching out. I'm talking to you right now. I want you in heaven
with me.

Go there. Don't get into an argument. Go there.

Plead, so that they see this is not an argument. Look, which mountain?
It's not about mountains. It's about Christ, God's Son, came on a rescue
mission to every religion.

Which is why Paul, and Jesus, and Peter, all laid their lives down to
reach the nations, the religions. All missions is going today to places
that don't want you to come. You're going to say, well, if they don't
want us to come, we shouldn't go.

Baloney! There wasn't a city on the planet that wanted Paul to come,
which is why he spent half his life in jail, beaten with stripes five
times, with rods three times, shipwrecked over and over. He went into
synagogue after synagogue where they drove him out. You don't go where
you're wanted.

You go where you're needed. You die if you have to in order to show who
He is.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/QU8UUgXJuyE.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/john-piper/what-about-muslims-hindus-buddhist-and-jewish-people/
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