Anaheim, CA – Singing during a gospel picnic on May 6, 2017. via J.Z.
The method of preaching the gospel in the third stage is to compel people. The stage of preaching the gospel to the Jews has been fulfilled; the stage of preaching the gospel to the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame has also been fulfilled. Now we need to go to the roads and the hedges to compel people to come in (Luke 14:23). The roads refer to the main thoroughfares where there is traffic, and the hedges refer to the houses where people dwell. Now when we preach the gospel, we go to the places where there is much traffic and where many people reside. We should compel whomever we come across to come in. This means that whenever we meet someone, we compel him to come in. We are born in the age of compelling people to believe in the gospel. (Crucial Words of Leading in the Lord’s Recovery, Book 5: Concerning Various Aspects of Church Service, Chapter 10)
Luke 14:23 – And the master said to the slave, Go out into the roads and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.
