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God calls him to go to the mission field in Africa. He would have to sell all his stuff, uproot his family,
and go to a people he does not know and live in very difficult conditions – all to obey God. People
would look at him and say, “He must have put his brains in his back pocket to make that move!”

Thousands of missionaries over the 2000 years since Christ left have obeyed the Great Commission and
have done that very thing. Many have died on the mission field to bring the good news of the Gospel to
them. These missionaries didn’t seem to make rational decisions.

William Carey was a missionary to India. Shortly after arriving in India, his son died and his wife became
so distraught, that she had to be tied up in their home. He spent 7 years sharing the Gospel before his
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first convert was baptized. He spent 41 years in India without a furlough.

His mission could count only some 700 converts in a nation of millions, but he had laid an impressive
foundation of Bible translations, education, and social reform.

His greatest legacy was in the worldwide missionary movement of the nineteenth century that he
inspired. Missionaries like Adoniram Judson, Hudson Taylor, and David Livingstone, among thousands of
others, were impressed not only by Carey's example but by his words "Expect great things; attempt
great things." The history of nineteenth-century Protestant missions is in many ways an extended
commentary on the phrase.

Carey did not make a rational decision for following Christ. He made an obedient decision regardless of
the cost. The consequences…we will see in heaven as William Carey stands before his Creator to receive
his multitude of crowns.

For more information on logic, watch these videos:
The Laws of Logic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivnqB9DCqJ4
Three Laws of Logic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGoXXPvzP8M

Let’s Practice …

1. Define what knowledge is.

2. Explain how human knowledge is limited.

3-5. What are the three ways a person can glean knowledge?

6-9. What are the four laws of logic?

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