Title What is Mission? (Mt 28:19-20)
Content Everyone has an identity and is responsible for following that identity. You and I both have status and have responsibilities according to status, so when you know your status, keep your status, and take responsibility for your status, you will be praised and blessed as a precious person.
1. What is mission?
(1) What is the difference between evangelism and missions? Evangelism often means preaching the gospel to the same people in the country, and missionary means evangelism to people in other countries abroad. In that sense, missions and evangelism have different meanings.
(2) We will think about the necessity of missionary work. Mission is, in a word, war. Mission is to fight with the devil and save those who are being dragged from hell to move them to heaven. Therefore, missionary work is a battle and hard work. When you start a war, you have to win it. Because if you lose to war, your life, property, and freedom will all disappear at once.
(3) Mission is God's command. God has commanded you to go and evangelize, so you must practice even if you are struggling and suffering. Jesus has asked us many times to bear witness to the gospel. Also, the Holy Spirit exhorts us to constantly do missionary work.
(4) Mission is the earnest wish of souls who have gone to hell. Luke 16 tells the story of a rich fool and Lazarus. What did the rich man who fell to hell say? It was so hot that he said, “Abraham, have Lazarus wet your fingers with water and apply it to my tongue.” It was not allowed, so the rich man said he had one wish. It was to either send Lazarus or send me back to my hometown so that I would not come here to believe in Jesus before I die, since I have five brothers. At this time, God said, there are missionaries in the world, so he refused not to worry about that. Everyone! Now, those poor lives in Hell are crying out to my people and all my family members to evangelize. can you hear it?
2. How should missionaries prepare?
(1) It is prayer. As the Son of God, Jesus came with all authority in heaven and dominion over the earth, but he prayed a special prayer for 40 days before starting evangelism. How much less is the help of the Holy Spirit when we are stained without prayer ....