Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Young World

It was a great honor to be one of the 10,000 participants at Billy Graham's Amsterdam 2000 conference for evangelists. One Great Commission challenge I just could not get out of my mind that week: almost half the world is under 25 - three billion young people! That's why I was literally moved to tears by the way this historic conference ended. We heard the music of a choir of young people from 50 countries all in their native dress. It was really impressive. As 10,000 representatives of Jesus Christ joined in singing "Go Tell it On the Mountain," those young people carried the banner of the cross high above their heads, through the crowd, and out to a world that desperately needs Jesus.

I couldn't help but think of Acts 2:17 : "In the last days," God says, "I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams."

God says that just before the return of His Son, His last-days army will be led by young people, "Your sons and daughters, your young men." And who's empowering them - older people who share the dream and the vision that the young people have for the world.

This prophecy takes on more significance than ever in light of a world where half of it is under 25! And when you consider that 75% of those who ever come to Christ do it by the age of 18, they are the half of the world who are by far most likely to come to Christ! So do we, as Christ's people, have anything more important to do than to introduce young people to Jesus Christ?

If you want to throw your life into something exciting, then get involved with the young army Jesus is building - an army that will hold high the banner of the cross and carry it to the world Jesus died for!