A New Tribe!

The front page on Yahoo! today showed pictures taken of a tribe of indigenous people as they received their very first contact with the outside world. A plane flew over and snapped pictures and its fascinating to see them looking up at the sky with bows drawn at what must have looked like a huge, growling bird overhead. These people are living the same way they have been for hundreds or maybe thousands of years. It’s amazing to think that it’s the year 2008 and there are still indigenous natives living in remote places who have been totally isolated from the world. It occurred to me that if this tribe of people has never spoken to anyone from the outside, that means they probably don't believe in God and have never heard of this person called "Jesus."

In Matthew 28, Jesus says that Christians are to go into the world and make disciples of “all nations.” In Acts 1:8, the Disciples of Jesus are told that the Holy Spirit will empower them to spread the gospel from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. Revelation 5:9 says that people from “every tribe, tongue, people and nation” will be in heaven. These pictures are just a reminder that we still have work to do!