Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20
If you read your bible this was to a world that wanted nothing to do with Jesus. Today I will continue the discussion on missionary/missions. Now we know from yesterday what a missionary is, today we will look at the price of doing missionary work.
We are to go forth to all nations and teach them all that Jesus commanded. I believe the price is so important to talk about before we talk about how we do missionary work and what that looks like. The bible is very clear about this that the disciples who went out and did missionary were stoned or killed for Proclaiming/ glorifying the Name of Jesus. an example of this is in Acts chapter 14:19 it says, But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead. another example of this even though this wasn't a missionary trip it was a local missionary expedition was Stephen, He was put to death by stoning. Then he fell on his knees and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” Having said this, he fell asleep Acts 7:60. I don't know about you, but I'd be like no thank you God I'm good.
If you read your bible, this road that you walk with Jesus will not be an easy road. not everyone is called to be a missionary, but we can all have a missionary mindset. Would you go knowing that you would die? That is tough one for me to answer even for me. I have a wife and kind to think about so I'm not sure I would sign on to that but if God told me I had to go, I would probably be life Moses and try to talk to God and say why me. I mention this to say this is real not something you read about and that it is at our front door. People die every day for their faith in Jesus Christ. There is story I heard in high school youth group, there was a picture of man, and they keep asking him to denounce his faith as they keep slicing off his ears then his arms and his legs and he would not denounce his faith (I do not remember if he died or not it's been a long time since I heard the story).
So, what is the price for being a missionary I already given the answer to that but will plainly spell it out. if you choose to become a missionary you may be killed, stoned, ridiculed, kicked out of where you are, tortured or even spit on for Jesus. I will mention here that this will not happen all the time there are missionaries I know that nothing like this happen to them, but it could have.
Missionary work is hard work. so why do it? the answer is simple and that is to win souls for Jesus and his kingdom. The life you preach/proclaim/glorify the name of Jesus could save that life from a lifetime of being hell. That good news you tell them could save their life from killing themselves. it could like their spirit to become from sadness to joy. it could be life changing for them.
So go forth and become a missionary or have a missionary mindset.
All verse taken from the NASB
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