Missionary/missions talk continued...

19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 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

Today, when you think of missions if you live in the USA, is going out and proclaiming the good news to others in the world. I have heard stories that missionaries from other countries have started to come here to the USA and proclaim the good news. we are supposed to be a Christian nation. Have we gotten as bad as that that we need others to come and preach the good news to us? I guess so according to what is going on. I'm going to be totally blunt here and say I believe that this country we live in is still a Christian nation. I never believe that things are so bad that this country is on a path going straight to hell. We as the church, need to stand up and proclaim this a nation of God once more.

If you look at the bible and what happens in the New Testament. In a Christian nation, the Jews did not believe and proclaim the good news they wanted the law and such. For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on a Sabbath. John 5:16. I say all this to come to the main point in my message and that is this no country, no place, the community is immune from this. Every place needs to hear the word of God even the places that are called Christian Nations. In this hour and on this day we need to be missionaries more than ever. we are called to be this and I believe we all can be this. 

I will prove it to you. If you invite the barista at your coffee shop to church you are a missionary. If you are at the checkout stand at the target and invite them to church you are a missionary. As I have said you do not need to get on a plane and go to a foreign country to be a missionary. anyone who wants to can invite someone to hear the good news or you can proclaim the good news.

We all need the good news that is given to us by Jesus Christ. So, I was talking about at the beginning of the message, I could get mad at that, and I was for a time and sometimes still get mad at this country we live in. But I realized this morning that all countries need to be reminded of the good news and that as we go out and proclaim the good news, we also need to hear the good news as well because we are not any better than anyone else who needs to hear the good news. we all fall short of the glory of God.  Romans 3:23 it says that for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Yes all of us have, even in America, who thinks we are better than everyone else. No person is better than someone else. we all need the good news and to hear the good news. So, I sit here today and say that we as the church need to step up and have a more missionary mindset and send out more missionaries and for us to receive more missionaries in our own country.

I leave it there for that last sentence to sink in.

Go forth and be missionaries for the kingdom today!!! 

All verses are taken from the NASB