Have you ever read a list of famous people’s last words? You know, the last phrases or word that a person will utter on planet earth. I have, and it is uncanny how these words tend to be a summation of the life and pursuits of the individual giving them. Check out these quotes from Wikiquotes on last words:

This is the last of Earth! I am content!

• Who: John Quincy Adams, US President, February 21, 1848.
• Note: John Quincy Adams died on the floor of the U.S Capitol Building, as he had become a U.S. Representative from the 11th District of Massachusetts after his presidency.

To the strongest!

• Who: Alexander the Great
• In response to his generals asking the heirless Alexander which one of them would get control of the empire.

Wait a minute…             (This is my personal favorite.)

• Who: Pope Alexander VI

France, army, Josephine

• Who: Napoleon Bonaparte

I’ll finally get to see Marilyn.

• Who: Joe DiMaggio, talking about his former wife, Marilyn Monroe

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

• Who: Nathan Hale, American spy, hanged in 1776,

Die, my dear? Why, that’s the last thing I’ll do!

• Who: Groucho Marx

It’s hard to miss the profundity of that last statement. I couldn’t have said it better myself!

As you can see, last words are important in the regard that they reveal to all the priorities and passions of the person dying. For Christians, it would do us well to review the last words of Jesus, our Master, on this earth.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.  Mark 16:15 (KJV)

These words were spoken for every believer. We all share the responsibility to preach the Gospel to our loved ones, friends and neighbors. This duty doesn’t only belong to the evangelist or pastor. We are here as Christ’s ambassadors to this dying world. As such, we are to clearly communicate the priorities and passions of our Sovereign to this world.

At Tabernacle of Praise, we recognize the command that our Lord has given to us. We will allows encourage and enable our members to share the Gospel with others. We will continue to make a big deal out of it. Why? Because it is a BIG DEAL. We must share to obey.

What do you do to share the Gospel with others? How does it make you fell to share?