{"id":2720,"date":"2023-10-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myutmostforprd.wpenginepowered.com\/modern-classic\/the-key-to-the-missionarys-message\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T08:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:31:46","slug":"%d0%ba%d0%bb%d1%8e%d1%87-%d0%ba-%d0%bc%d0%b8%d1%81%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bc%d1%83-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%81%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8e","status":"publish","type":"modern-classic","link":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/modern-classic\/the-key-to-the-missionarys-message\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041a\u043b\u044e\u0447 \u043a \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044e \u043c\u0438\u0441\u0441\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The key to the missionary\u2019s message is the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Take any phase of Christ\u2019s work\u2014the healing phase, the teaching phase, the saving and sanctifying phase. There\u2019s nothing limitless about any of these. But \u201cthe Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world\u201d (John 1:29)\u2014<em>that<\/em> is limitless, and that is the missionary\u2019s message. A missionary is one who has soaked in this revelation and has made it the basis of his or her appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The key to the missionary\u2019s message isn\u2019t Jesus Christ\u2019s kindness and goodness. It\u2019s the great limitless significance of the fact that \u201che is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.\u201d The missionary\u2019s message isn\u2019t patriotic. It has no allegiance to nations or to individuals. It\u2019s meant for the whole world. When the Holy Spirit comes in, he doesn\u2019t consider personal preferences. He simply brings everyone he touches into union with Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>A missionary is one who is wedded to Jesus Christ\u2019s own message. A missionary has no desire to proclaim a personal point of view, only to proclaim the Lamb of God. It\u2019s easier to share personal stories of salvation. It\u2019s easier to be a devotee of divine healing, or of a special type of sanctification, or of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Paul didn\u2019t say, \u201cWoe to me if I do not preach what the gospel has done for me.\u201d He said, \u201cWoe to me if I do not preach the gospel!\u201d (1 Corinthians 9:16). What is the gospel? Only this: \u201cthe Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The key to the missionary\u2019s message is the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Take any phase of Christ\u2019s work\u2014the healing phase, the teaching phase, the saving and sanctifying phase. There\u2019s nothing limitless &#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2314,"template":"","collection":[],"class_list":["post-2720","modern-classic","type-modern-classic","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic\/2720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/modern-classic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic\/2720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=2720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}