TOPIC-Mission;
There is but one mission the church has in the world. That
mission is Matthew 28:19. First of all, who is the church? It is not
the buildings that church people meet in. It is the people
themselves who comprise and make up the church. Of course, the only
ones that includes is those who have been born-again by the blood of
Jesus Christ that was offered at the hill of Golgotha over 2000
years ago. It is the ones who have been born-again by the Holy Ghost
of God Himself. We cannot do the work ourselves or change ourselves.
It is submitting to the work that God wants to do in us and He is
the only one who can change the heart of any human being on this
earth. That is the church. The mission then, of that church, is
found in the Lord's own words in the book of Matthew 28:19. "Go ye
therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost; 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".
The mission of born-again believers
is first, to GO! Without us going, the world will not be saved. They
will not come to us. We have to go to them. That will be wherever He
leads each of us to go. It may be our job site, our neighborhood,
our home, our family, our state, our nation, our world. Wherever it
is, that is the mission of the church. We have to go to accomplish
the mission. The only way to accomplish that mission is to first,
Go. If you're not willing to go, the mission will not get done and
others will not be saved. The second thing we have to do to
accomplish the mission is to, TEACH! Who teaches? The born-again
believers. What do we teach? The only thing we have to teach! The
Holy Word of God. Paul said in the book of Acts 20; "I have not
shunned to declare unto you the whole counsel of God". We are to
teach the whole counsel of God. Not just bits and pieces that we
want to teach or adhere to. But, all the Word. From Genesis to
Revelation. From doctrine to doctrine; line upon line, precept upon
precept. We do not build a following on one aspect of the Word of
God which may tickle the eye of mankind. We build the kingdom of God
on all the Word of God. That is why the church is not functioning
like it should today, but is failing in it's calling and mission.
We have not taught the Word of God as
it should be taught. But, we have let the world into the church and
the world's leaders come in and tell us what to teach and what to
preach and we have caved in to what they have asked us to do.
Remember what Paul told Timothy; in the last days, they shall heap
to themselves teachers having itching ears and shall turn their ears
from the truth unto fables. Just because some will not listen, that
does not excuse us from the mission. GO and TEACH!!
Number three, is to BAPTIZE them. Once the Holy Spirit
baptizes them in their heart and they become born-again, it is up to
us to get them to the water baptism that is commanded by the Word of
God. Does the water save? No! It is only a witness to the world and
to those who witness one's baptism, that they have given their life
to Jesus and they have went from death to life. From going under the
water in dying to their self and raising out of the water to live
for Jesus. It is only a witness and does not save. The Holy Ghost
has already done that work that man or water cannot do. We do this
in the name of God Jehovah our Father, His blessed Son Jesus-who
left heaven to die for our sins and the blessed Holy Ghost who
changes our heart and lives inside of us. The three beings operate
as one unit-the Godhead. God Himself being the Father, Jesus Himself
being the Son, the Holy Ghost Himself being the Spirit. The fourth
part of the Mission is, TEACH OTHERS TO
OBSERVE ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER JESUS HAS
COMMANDED US. The last part of our mission is to teach the
commandments of Jesus. First, we go. Then, we teach the fundamentals
of Christianity. Third, we baptize in the name of the Holy Godhead.
Next, we teach the growth principals of being holy and sanctified.
What did Jesus command us? In Matthew 22:37, Jesus said the first
and greatest commandment is to love the Lord God with all our heart,
soul and mind. The second is like unto it. To love our neighbor as
ourself. He said that on these two commandments, hang all the law
and all the prophets. The whole Word of God is found in these two
commandments and we are to teach them as we go, as we teach the
basics of Christianity, as we baptize and as we give others, the
growth principles of the Word of God. As we do this, the mission of
the church, He said He will be with us all our of lives unto the end
of the age. Yes, this is the mission of the church. Again, the
church is His children and they have a job or mission to do. THIS
IS THE MISSION of the church or your personal mission. AMEN!!!!