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What is Our Mission in this Life?
What exactly is our mission in this life? Is it too have and to lead a good life, get married, have a family, raise children, have a good job, go to church, get rich, do a little better than our parents did. I believe all of these things we can do without too much trouble. But these are not a mission. These are dreams and desires that everyone has. It is part of our nature to want these things. But what is our mission that we are commanded to do from God? What did the great King Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 12:13 "Let us hear the whole conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."
The word gospel is mention almost 100 times in the New Testament; there are many verses to confirm this; it tells us to preach the gospel to everyone and every nation in this world so that every person will hear it. Are we doing this? NO, I dont believe we are; too many people are afraid to talk about their religion or have anything to do with God; they believe that it is a personal thing between God and them; friends, they are very wrong; according to scripture we are suppose to spread the good news of the gospel to everyone. We are commanded to spread the Word of Jesus Christ to the whole world. Yes God could do this himself with no problem, but He wants us to do it for him. While our mission is sharing Christ, the power and results come from the Lord. He gives us the wisdom, strength, and desire to witness! Through our witness, He works repentance and faith in the unbelievers heart.
Here are just a few Bible verses that tell us what we must do.
Acts 1:8 8" But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."
Matthew 28:19, 20 19 "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
Mark 16:15 15 "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
Luke 24:47 47 "And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."
Lets' say you went to church on Sunday and heard a very good sermon about spreading the word of God. I mean that hearing this really turned you on! What did you do about it? Did you tell your neighbor about it, your relatives, what about your buddy at work? Or the people across the street from you, or across town, in the next town from you? Do not keep this a secret to yourself. It is much too important to keep to yourself; as you can see in the above verses, the Lord is commanding all his children to spread the word, not keeping it to ourselves. Some people tell me that their religon is personal and it is between them and God. Well, this is the way they look at it and they are wrong about it. All of God's children should be a witness for the unsaved.
If you would say anything to someone, what would you say? What would you tell them? Would you tell them to read the Bible, tell them how Jesus suffered for all of us; how he died for us on the cross; why he took upon himself all of our past, present, and future sins? Christian missions, is not limited to other countries; while believers should faithfully support those who go to the unreached, all Christians have this mission to share Christ on the home field with family, friends, coworkers, and the community.
The problem is not that people are going to hell. The problem is people are living in rebellion to God and going to hell as a consequence to that sin. Can we help them? Yes, we can; how? By telling them about what the Bible tells us; by spreading the good news of the scriptures, how God doesn't want any man to fail to get to heaven; we are his children and he only wants the very best for us; just like we only want the very best for our children; but most of us are a stiffed neck and rebellious people; we don't like anyone telling us what to do, not even God; even if he knows what is best for us.
In a short summery; Christian missions is obeying Christ, sharing Christ with others, and relying on Christ. Specifically, God sends missionaries through the support of the church to the unreached. All believers, however, have the mission of witness to do. The Lord works through them to rescue the unbelivers. Let us get busy and do the Lords work.
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