To preach the Gospel of Grace is a precious responsibility. It is a work which matters not only for time but for eternity. It is God's message and God's means by which He draws out His elect in every generation from the nations of the earth. It is wrong therefore to think that the magnificent truth of election in anyway circumvents our duty as believers to preach Christ crucified to every creature. Read for a moment these wise words: 

"Occasionally it is suggested that election makes evangelism superfluous. The question is asked: "If the decree of election is unchangeable and therefore renders the salvation of the elect completely certain, what need have they of the gospel? Will not the elect be saved whether or not they hear the evangel?

The premise of that argumentation is altogether true. Divine election makes the salvation of the elect unalterably certain. But the conclusion drawn from that premise reveals a serious misunderstanding of the divine sovereignty as expressed in the decree of election...Instead of rendering evangelism superfluous, election demands evangelism. All of God's elect must be saved. Not one of them may perish. And the gospel is the means by which God bestows saving faith upon them. In fact, it is the only means by which God employs to that end. "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God" (Rom.10:17)...

The church consists of "elect from every nation", and in no period of history have God's elect perished from the earth, nor will that occur in the future. God wants the evangel proclaimed throughout the world and throughout time in order that the sum total of His elect may be gathered in. Again let it be said, election demands evangelism.¹