The basis of the missionary\u2019s work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the unsaved. We tend to view our Lord as someone who assists us in our projects. Jesus Christ puts himself as the absolute sovereign over his disciples. Jesus doesn\u2019t say that other people\u2019s salvation depends on us, that if we don\u2019t preach the gospel, the unsaved will be lost. He simply tells us to \u201cgo and make disciples of all nations.\u201d That is, \u201cGo on the revelation of my sovereignty; teach and preach out of a living experience of me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCome to me, all you who are weary and burdened\u201d<\/em> (Matthew 11:28). Before I can go, I must learn how to come. If I want to know the universal sovereignty of Christ, I must know him for myself first. I must know how to get myself alone with him. I must take time to worship the Being whose name I bear. Am I weary and burdened, as so many missionaries are? Then, says Jesus, \u201cCome to me.\u201d We banish these marvelous words to the footnotes when they are the main text. They are the words of the universal sovereign of the world, the words of Jesus to his disciples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTherefore go.\u201d<\/em> \u201cGo\u201d simply means \u201clive.\u201d The description of how to go is found in Acts 1:8: \u201cBe my witnesses.\u201d To live bearing witness to Jesus is to fulfill your mission as his disciple. He will organize your goings himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf you remain in me and my words remain in you . . .\u201d<\/em> (John 15:7). This is the description of how to keep going in your personal life. Where God places you is a matter of indifference. God engineers your goings, while you remain steadfast in him. That is the way to keep going until you\u2019re gone.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The basis of the missionary\u2019s work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the unsaved. We tend to view our Lord as someone who assists us in our projects. …<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2312,"template":"","collection":[],"class_list":["post-2719","modern-classic","type-modern-classic","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic\/2719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/modern-classic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic\/2719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=2719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}