{"id":1468,"date":"2019-12-06T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godspeaks2you.com\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2022-09-02T16:07:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T20:07:35","slug":"what-missionaries-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corneliascottcree.com\/what-missionaries-do\/","title":{"rendered":"What Missionaries Do – The Call of God"},"content":{"rendered":"

LISTEN TO “HERE I AM LORD”<\/strong>????<\/a><\/p>\n

My non-scientific estimate of the percentage of people who have no idea what a missionary does? \u00a0Maybe 95%, +or- 3%.\u00a0 Missionaries are change agents, and we know that human beings are resistant to change.\u00a0 If we tell them that up front, we\u2019d never get a single convert,\u00a0 so we begin with the culture.<\/p>\n

Liturgical Religion is not a mission goal<\/h3>\n

Most religions are liturgical; even those churches which are informal have a standard practice in public meetings. \u00a0The gathering together of like-minded people forms the whole basis of society \u2013 all societies \u2013 around location (geographical), religions- most of the original societies relied on a powerful god-person, or a soldier-leader who ruled by force, or most frequently by families, almost always language families. \u00a0<\/p>\n

This is not high-sociology, just an observation. \u00a0It is the link that Islam has with itself all over the world, a world mission to rule\u00a0 through\u00a0Sharia law and a ruling class tolerating no other.<\/p>\n

Christianity, based on Judaism follows much the same path, except that the Yahweh is not Allah but a person who identified Himself as \u201cI Am.\u201d \u00a0Originally Yahweh set standards for his people \u2013 a set of rules and \u00a0a common master, Yahweh Himself.\u00a0 But the manner in which this religion is lived is based largely on local culture. \u00a0The Eskimos (Inuits) gather around a fire, Catholics gather in formal grand churches, some African groups gather at the river with no formal structures in sight. \u00a0Today there are large churches which meet only on the internet.<\/p>\n

Culture is the Contest for Understanding<\/h3>\n

Within the context of culture missionaries examine the situation and pray for guidance on how Yahweh may be understood and known. \u00a0In China, for example, all the assumptions about western religion are false such as the notion that Christianity is for white people \u2013 an Anglo-God so to speak, based largely on English-speaking standards since most of the missionaries to China came from that part of the world.<\/p>\n

The Yahweh of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is originally identified with the Semitic Peoples of the Middle East. \u00a0Yahshua, because he died for the whole world, does not and has not limited himself to one cultural standard. \u00a0You find Menorah and 7 branch candlesticks (they are not identical) in Messianic churches, but only occasionally in other buildings. \u00a0Some churches have dancing, and music \u2013 others not. \u00a0Some have communion every Sunday, many only as the minister feels moved to do so, others once a month. \u00a0That is because Yahshua wants us recognize His world-wide persona.<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 5:16 (CJB) So from now on, we do not look at anyone from a worldly viewpoint. Even if we once regarded the Messiah from a worldly viewpoint, we do so no longer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Learning out about Yahweh starts with a small group<\/h3>\n

Knowing Yahshua Christ only through one\u2019s individual congregation is referred to in scripture as knowing Yahshua \u201cafter the flesh\u201d a term from the King James version.\u00a0 But later on, it is a sign of spiritual maturity to leave behind the notion of denominational practices that are limited to local churches. When this does not happen churches become repositories for the children of the original members who may or may not be believers, having never been presented the same powerful gospel their fathers and mothers heard. These churches waste away. Today 30% of Christians do not go to church, disinterested and unchallenged, depending unfortunately on TV which may not move them forward.<\/p>\n

Missionaries must first understand the people they are reaching<\/h3>\n

The missionary is first \u00a0a Watchman on the Wall \u2013 see Ezekiel. This person or persons spy out the land for a shred of concern for eternal things. \u00a0Occasionally there is a zealot (like Paul) who is already motivated and one needs to get him moving in a better direction. \u00a0There may be desperately dissatisfied and unhappy people who do not appreciate what is happening around them. \u00a0They can make good converts too.<\/p>\n

The least available are those who are self-satisfied or content with the status quo. \u00a0Ronald Reagan defined the status quo as \u201cthe mess we are in,\u201d\u00a0 sand many people are too inert to change.<\/p>\n

Reality is the ultimate goal of religious training<\/h3>\n

The church is ultimately about reality \u2013 or looking at life through Yahweh\u2019s eyes, using the Bible and the testimony of believers. \u00a0It will always meet head-on culture and use it for its advantage to introduce Yahshua as a person. You know girls who grow up thinking marriage will solve all their problems. Men may think, if i can only find a girl. Yahweh has a mate for you, and He\u2019ll do a better job of finding one for you.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yahshua is not a movement, an idea, a system or a benevolent dictator; he is a person separate from the cultural assumptions which cloud people\u2019s minds. \u00a0Since repentance is about \u201cchanging one\u2019s mind\u201d the missionary must start there. \u00a0Of course there is opposition.<\/p>\n

For those who believe that unbelief is a valid position I can only say you cannot prove a negative. \u00a0It is futile. \u00a0If you must hold on to your position you must do it by faith \u2013 that is you must say \u201cI have faith that Yahweh does not exist.\u201d\u00a0 This is the same group that says a falling tree does not make noise in the forest simply because no one hears it. \u00a0That defines the humanist\u2019s position on reality. No human need be present in order to verify or negate what is happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The universe has both absolutes and truths<\/h3>\n

However, what is real is real regardless of who knows, sees, hears, or understands. \u00a0In fact, the whole notion of immutable standards needs resuscitation so people can deal with the real world; all else is illusion. Reality cannot be defined by what you think; that is the best definition of neurosis: \u201d my notion of what reality is, makes it real.\u201d \u00a0These people are not dangerous (usually) just dysfunctional.***<\/p>\n

We do not need to push the demonic on people for them to get a whiff of evil; we must show them that evil does not go away simply because we wish it would. \u00a0 Yahweh allows evil to remain as part of our training. \u00a0An athlete repeats over and over certain moves until, when he is under extreme pressure from a contender, he makes exactly the right moves to win.<\/p>\n

After the missionary has done his job, he moves\u00a0 on and leaves the congregation to a pastor or a group of leaders.\u00a0 There are new fields to plow.<\/p>\n

The opposite of reality is neurosis\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Neurosis, from the standpoint of a theologian, is the imposition of a false narrative on the truth. Frequently this is where the unbeliever begins \u2013 with an assumption that must be removed and replaced, a missionary\u2019s job.<\/p>\n

*** I had a friend years ago who was neurotic. \u00a0She had three marriages but she honestly believed that all previous marriages did not exist and that her third husband was the true father of the two sets of children from her previous two marriages. \u00a0You can call this nuts if you wish, but it is a good example of neurotic behavior.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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