HAZARDING LIVES FOR MISSIONS
Memorise: Men that have hazarded their
lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 15:26
Within the space of a few years after the death and
resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, the gospel about Him had reached Rome , Alexandria , Antioch and all the great cities in Europe, Africa and Asia . The gospel had made great inroads into the
aristocracy and among intellectuals, and had already changed the lives of
countless ordinary men and women. How did this happen? Evangelism was a
priority among the first followers of Jesus. The Apostles and disciples of old
obeyed the Great Commission; they were also missionaries who gave their all to
missions.
I have heard people say to me, “Daddy, I am a pastor
but not a missionary” who is a missionary? The unscriptural but popular view is
that a missionary comes from a rich country that is advanced in education and
technology. Because of the advantages of his culture, he comes to help those
less fortunate by starting schools, hospitals, agricultural projects and also
preaching the gospel. The scriptural view on missions is different. A
missionary is someone who is sent with a message from a higher authority. ‘Mission ’ does not refer
to the society. In the New Testament, wealth, race and technological
advancement were not the basis of a missionary call. A missionary call is
rooted in the need for these who have the gospel to share it with those who do
not, whether they are rich or poor, advanced or primitive. Missions is
therefore the Christian Church trying to win others to the Christian faith
through a group of selected workers called missionaries. Every child of God
should be involved in missions. First, you can be physically involved in
missions, which could be either rural or urban missions. Rural missions is the
work of a people sent by God to bring
His work and power of salvation to people
living in rural areas while in urban missions, people are sent by God to do the
same work, but in urban areas. Mission work could be divided into two parts
namely, Home Mission work could be divided into two parts namely, Home Missions
and Foreign Missions. Home missions involves reaching out to people living in
hamlets, villages, towns and cities around your primary locale, while foreign
missions involves reach out that is cross-cultural in nature. A second way by
which you can be involved in missions is to give to missions by sponsoring
suitable volunteers to Bible Colleges or Missionary training schools; by
linking prospective missionaries with those that can plan and supervise their
work on the field; by organising financial, material and emotional support for
missionaries, and by organising outreach trips to visit missionaries from time
to time. Finally, you can organise prayer support for missionaries that go out.
Missionaries hazard their lives for the gospel, be involved.
Reflect on how you can be involved in
the work of missions and take practical steps on it.
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