{"id":3188,"date":"2010-10-15T06:19:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T14:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/wordpress\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2010-10-15T07:19:50","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T15:19:50","slug":"the-key-to-the-missionary%e2%80%99s-work-2-10-15-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=3188","title":{"rendered":"The Key to the Missionary\u2019s Work (2) 10-15-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Key to the Missionary\u2019s Work (2)<\/h2>\n<p><!-- module-wrapper-id --><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-812\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>October 15, 2010<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"key-verse-box\">He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/biblia.com\/bible\/nkjv\/1%20John%202.2\">1 John 2:2<\/a><\/div>\n<div><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"333\" height=\"222\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/O7bD02ZmTqk&amp;feature\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"333\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/O7bD02ZmTqk&amp;feature\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The key to the missionary\u2019s message is the propitiation of Christ Jesus\u2014 His sacrifice for us that completely satisfied the wrath of God. Look at any other aspect of Christ\u2019s work, whether it is healing, saving, or sanctifying, and you will see that there is nothing limitless about those. But\u2014 \u201cThe Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!\u201d\u2014 that is limitless (<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+1:29');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+1:29\">John 1:29<\/a>). The missionary\u2019s message is the limitless importance of Jesus Christ as the propitiation for our sins, and a missionary is someone who is immersed in the truth of that revelation.<\/p>\n<p>The real key to the missionary\u2019s message is the \u201cremissionary\u201d aspect of Christ\u2019s life, not His kindness, His goodness, or even His revealing of the fatherhood of God to us. \u201c. . . repentance and <em>remission<\/em> of sins should be preached . . . to all nations . . .\u201d (<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+24:47');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+24:47\">Luke 24:47<\/a>). The greatest message of limitless importance is that \u201cHe Himself is the propitiation for our sins . . . .\u201d The missionary\u2019s message is not nationalistic, favoring nations or individuals; it is \u201cfor the whole world.\u201d When the Holy Spirit comes into me, He does not consider my partialities or preferences; He simply brings me into oneness with the Lord Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>A missionary is someone who is bound by marriage to the stated mission and purpose of his Lord and Master. He is not to proclaim his own point of view, but is only to proclaim \u201cthe Lamb of God.\u201d It is easier to belong to a faction that simply tells what Jesus Christ has done for me, and easier to become a devotee of divine healing, or of a special type of sanctification, or of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. But Paul did not say, \u201cWoe is me if I do not preach what Christ has done for me,\u201d but, \u201c. . . woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!\u201d (<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+9:16');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+9:16\">1 Corinthians 9:16<\/a>). And this is the gospel\u2014 \u201cthe Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>October 15, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Journal Entry for Today-JDV<\/p>\n<p>When I awoke I reached out for God with a prayer for His love, grace and provision and a request that He make me a man after His own heart. For a while I did not feel or hear Him. I wondered where He had gone. Where was the still small voice of comfort and reassurance? And then I started worshipping God and His presence became very clear. He spoke to me and reminded me of the Israelites in the desert for 40 years for a month long journey. Of how they cried out for Egypt and their previous lives as slaves because they could not see their future provision. They did not \u201csee\u201d God and His future promises for provision. Consequently, they wanted to go back to what was familiar even though they would be returning to bondage.<\/p>\n<p>They could recall the miracles of God and the presence of God, but still they were worried and concerned for their future. They did not trust God. They only trusted what they could see, touch and feel. Their senses ruled over their faith. They did not trust His future provision and move ahead in faith, they needed constant reassurance.<\/p>\n<p>I am embarrassed to say that sometimes I feel just like the Israelites. I am full of faith as long as God makes Himself known to me.<\/p>\n<p><em>And God says&#8230;\u201dAnd so it is when there are pressures and demands of life that you cannot address. You must turn to Me and trust me to deliver you. You can attempt to return to your old ways\u2026\u2026.but that is unlikely as I have removed all of your safety nets and self-supporting mechanisms. I have brought you to a place where there is no \u201cgoing back\u201d. I have brought you to a place where you are dependent on Me and where you must trust Me. I have brought you to a place where you can be conformed and shaped by your circumstances to become transformed into a man after My own heart. Trust Me and rest in my promises.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;But whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm&#8221; Proverbs 1:33<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.&#8221; 1 Cor. 2:9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Key to the Missionary\u2019s Work (2) October 15, 2010 \u00a0 He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world \u20141 John 2:2 \u00a0 The key to the missionary\u2019s message is the propitiation of Christ Jesus\u2014 His sacrifice for us that completely satisfied the wrath [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3188"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3191,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3188\/revisions\/3191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}