November 29, 2020
The MISSION is EVANGELISM! In the simplicity of this mission statement stands the purpose of the church. How easy it is in the modern church to lose focus on the primary and to spend an inordinate amount of time in the periphery. With the many programs, activities, social functions, ministries, prevalent in the modern church, too often there is not a passion for the lost. We, in the church, expend a tremendous amount of energy doing “things”. We are a busy people, as well as we should be. However, we must focus on the mission. Please understand Dear Ones, programs and ministries are important and needful, but the mission is most important.
The mission of Christ is stated in Luke 19:10: “For the son of man is come to seek and save that which was lost”. What a significant statement the compassionate Savior made about Himself. Jesus uses as a title for Himself “Son of Man” which in His own thought stood for divine Messiah-ship and human solidarity. As divine Messiah, He was able to save; and as Son of Mankind, He could be a sympathetic Savior who Himself was tempted in all points like as we, but without sin. He “came” to this people planet with a mission to do the will of His Father who sent Him.
Know this, Dear Ones, “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but in longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). Jesus gave Himself as a sacrifice for our sins. We have now been empowered to be witnesses unto Him. God’s gospel has not reached its final destination if someone in your family, your workplace, your school, at the gym, or in your community hasn’t heard about Jesus Christ. On this fifth Sunday, let us do a mission check-up. Do we have a passion for the lost? Are we effective in our witness? Do we see the Mission as evangelism? Friendship, the task is now ours. Let us continue…
Pastor J. Amos Jones
