THE
POWER OF THE MISSIONARY MANDATE
Memorise:
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye
shall be witnesses unto me both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the
earth. Acts 1:8
Read:
Mark 16:15-18, 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all
the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them
that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new
tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if
they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on
the sick, and they shall recover.
Bible in
one year: Deuteronomy 1:1-2:25, Job 1:13-19
MESSAGE!!!
The power
of the missionary mandate has been trivialized in many quarters of the church.
We need to constantly remind ourselves of the inevitability of this
qualification. It is amazing that the letters of the New Testament have been
reduced to mere words of counsel and not the law. We are so scared of the
phenomenon called the “law” that we try to avoid mentioning it, not to talk of
enforcing it. The “freedom gospel” that the devil preached to our first parents
has become the order of the day in the Church. The effect is our not paying
close attention to the inescapable instructions given to us by Jesus Christ who
is Himself, Grace Personified.
“And
beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue
knowledge… wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling
and election sure: for if ye do those things, ye shall never fall:”
2nd Peter
1:5, 10
When our
Lord Jesus Christ was going to be with His father,
He gave us
a mandate to reach the world with His gospel. However, He was not presumptuous
and we should not be too. We cannot afford to jump the gun. He said;
“wait for the promise of the Father …” (Acts 1:4). Pursuing missionary mandate
without the power of the Holy Spirit is suicidal. This is the reason why we
have casualties among the modern day missionaries because some of them are not
spiritually equipped. They have zeal without knowledge; the type Uzzah had when
the Ark of Covenant was in transit.
“And
when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark
of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of the Lord
was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he
died by the ark of God.”
2nd Samuel
6:6-7
Presumptuous
sin killed Uzzah. This is the reason David prayed that God should deliver him
from presumptuous sin (Psalms 19:13); the type that destroyed King Saul when he
performed the sacrifice before the arrival of the designated priest, Samuel (1st Samuel
13:9). We need to be endued in the Holy Spirit before we can be effective
missionaries. The irony of this is that the missionary mandate must be kept by
genuine children of God. So, this fact leaves us without the option of whether
or not to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. I pray that as many as are thirsty
for the baptism of the Holy Spirit will be satisfied with it today in Jesus’
name.
Action
Point
Ensure
you rid yourself of all impurities that may hinder Him from coming into your
life today. The Holy Spirit is willing to baptized you if you are willing.
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