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Direct Answer Based on Taylor’s quotation of Dirks, a serious Christian should respond by honestly asking whether love for Christ is producing active participation in mission, because Dirks links refusal to a lack of love. “Taking part” can include going, supporting, praying, and sharing in a church-wide mission burden—since Taylor stresses mission as corporate and unavoidable for those who love Christ.

Support from Transcript:

• Dirks’ metaphor shows inner revival spilling outward: “Fire spreads quickly…wherever a spark comes to rest, it sets off a new fire.”
• He applies it directly: Jesus fire “will drive us out…with the torch of the gospel in our hands” to “pagans, and the Muslims.”
• He emphasizes overcoming relational pressure: “no parents, no brothers, sisters, or friends will dissuade us.”
• The key claim is universal participation: “If we love him, none of us will fail to take part in the work of missions one way or another.”
• He sharpens it morally: “For the one that refuses does not love the Savior, or at least not very much.”
• Taylor elsewhere defines mission participation corporately: the Great Commission is “corporate,” every member is a missionary, and congregations support through prayer, letters, and sending.