"This Good News about the Kingdom must be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations and then shall the end come.... to us has been committed the most meaningful and worthwhile task of any human institution. This gives to my life an eternal significance, for I am sharing in God's plan for the ages. The meaning and destiny of history rests in my hands."
"If God's people in the English-speaking world alone took this text seriously and responded to its challenge, we could finish the task of world-wide evangelization in our own generation and witness the Lord's return."
"My concern is not with closed doors; my concern is with the doors that are open which we do not enter. If God's people were really faithful and were doing everything possible to finish the task, God would see to it that the doors were opened."
"Our responsibility is not to insist on defining the terms of our task; our responsibility is to complete it."
"Our responsibility is not to save the world. We are not required to transform This Age."
"Here is the motive of our mission: the final victory awaits the completion of our task.... When is Christ coming again? When the Church has finished its task."
When Will the Kingdom Come?
Quotes from The Gospel of the Kingdom by George Eldon Ladd - Chapter IX
