SOME GREAT CLEAR MARKS OF A COMMITTED AND SURRENDERED MISSIONARY OF CHRIST TO FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
( Acts 11:19-26 ) [19]Now they which were scattered
abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as
Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews
only.
[20]And some of them were men of
Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the
Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
[21]And the hand of the Lord was
with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
[22]Then tidings of these things
came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth
Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
[23]Who, when he came, and had
seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of
heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
[24]For he was a good man, and
full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
[25]Then departed Barnabas to
Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
[26]And when he had found him, he
brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled
themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were
called Christians first in Antioch.
* INTRODUCTION:
Some good model of committed and surrendered man of God in the Bible.
1. Moses is a surrendered and faithful man of before God.
( Hebrews 3:3-5 ) [3]For this man was counted worthy
of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more
honour than the house.
[4]For every house is builded by
some man; but he that built all things is God.
[5]And Moses verily was faithful
in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to
be spoken after;
2. Noah was found a surrendered God fearing and obedient man of God.
( Hebrews 11:7 ) By faith Noah, being warned of God
of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of
his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the
righteousness which is by faith.
3. Abraham is also a surrendered and obedient servant of God the bible
said.
( Hebrews 11:8 ) By faith Abraham, when he was
called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance,
obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
4. The Bible gave us the record of so many surrendered men and women of
God that gave life for the sake obeying God in fulfilling the mission work gave
to them even it cause for them to suffer and lost their life for God the glory.
( Hebrews 11:32-40 )
[8]By
faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after
receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he
went.
[32]And what shall I more say? for
the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of
Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
[33]Who through faith subdued
kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of
lions,
[34]Quenched the violence of fire,
escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant
in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
[35]Women received their dead
raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that
they might obtain a better resurrection:
[36]And others had trial of cruel
mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
[37]They were stoned, they were
sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in
sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
[38](Of whom the world was not
worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of
the earth.
[39]And these all, having obtained
a good report through faith, received not the promise:
* SOME GREAT AND CLEAR MARKS OF DEDICATED AND SURRENDERED MISSIONARY OF
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. *
1. DENYING OF SELF
AND SERVE THE LORD WITH HUMBLENESS AND WITH MANY TEARS IS A CLEAR MARK OF A
SURRENDERED MISSIONARY OF CHRIST JUST TO FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION OF THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST.
(Acts 20:19) Serving the Lord with all humility
of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in
wait of the Jews:
a. Paul who was committed and surrendered to fulfill the great
commission of the Lord Jesus Christ. Humbled himself and serve the Lord with
humility of mind and with many tears.
* Paul as our good example of self-denial just for the sakes to be
effective in winning more lost people in his time.
* He made himself servant unto all.
( I Corinthians 9:19
) For though
I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might
gain the more.
* He made himself acceptable and fit to all level of people that he wants
to share the gospel of Christ.
( I Corinthians 9:
20-22 ) [20]And
unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are
under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
[21]To them that are without law,
as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,)
that I might gain them that are without law.
[22]To the weak became I as weak,
that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by
all means save some.
b. Tears in committed to fulfill the great commission of the Lord Jesus
Christ assured harvest of many precious souls.
(Psalms 126:5-6) [5]They that sow in tears shall
reap in joy.
[6]He that goeth forth and
weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing,
bringing his sheaves with him.
c. Tears of the soulwinners touch the heart of God and open the heart of
lost sinners.
(Acts 16:14) And a certain woman named Lydia, a
seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira,ended
worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended
unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
c. I Believed Paul spend more tears for the salvation of the prisoners
and also the Warden of the prison house.
( Acts 16:25-33 ) [25]And at midnight Paul and Silas
prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
[26]And suddenly there was a great
earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately
all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
[27]And the keeper of the prison
awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his
sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been
fled.
[28]But Paul cried with a loud
voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
[29]Then he called for a light,
and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
[30]And brought them out, and
said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
[31]And they said, Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
[32]And they spake unto him the
word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
[33]And he took them the same hour
of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his,
straightway.
[34]And when he had brought them
into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with
all his house.
* Christians we need to deny ourselves is a good mark of a surrendered
Missionary of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen and amen.
2. SERVING WITH DEDICATION
TO SHARE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST WITH SINCERETY IS A CLEAR MARK OF A SURRENDERED
MISSIONARY TO FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
(Acts 20:20-22) [20]And how I kept back nothing
that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you
publickly, and from house to house,
[21]Testifying both to the Jews,
and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus
Christ.
* Dedication: dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a
deity
//a tree sacred to the gods
b: devoted exclusively to one service or use (as of a person or purpose
a. Paul's sincerity for the salvation of fellow Israelites. He prayed
for the salvation of their souls.
* Paul was very sincere in doing his job for God to win lost people at
any.
* Good practical example of dedicated is our dear Tatay or Father in the
flesh are very dedicated to support the needs of his family this is reason why
he needs to work every day to provide his family's needs
(Romans 10:1) Brethren, my heart's desire and
prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
b. The sincerity of the Warden in the prison leads for the salvation of
his whole family.
(Acts 16:30-33) [30]And brought them out, and
said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
[31]And they said, Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
[32]And they spake unto him the
word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
[33]And he took them the same hour
of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his,
straightway.
e. Jerusalem Church was dedicated and very courageous to share the
gospel of Christ even they were warned to be imprison again and again.
( Acts 5:17-20 ) [17]Then the high priest rose up,
and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were
filled with indignation,
[18]And laid their hands on the
apostles, and put them in the common prison.
[19]But the angel of the Lord by
night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
[20]Go, stand and speak in the
temple to the people all the words of this life.
* ( Acts 5:26-29 ) [26]Then went the captain with the
officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest
they should have been stoned.
[27]And when they had brought
them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
[28]Saying, Did not we straitly
command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled
Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
[29]Then Peter and the other
apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
f. Antioch Church experience the Hands of God in their commitment to
fulfill the great commission of the Lord Jesus Christ.
( Acts 11:21-23 ) [21]And the hand of the Lord was
with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
[22]Then tidings of these things
came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth
Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
[23]Who, when he came, and had
seen the grace of God, was glad,
* Antioch Church experienced the grace of God abounds and many lost
people got saved.
* Philip was dedicated to follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit to him
to win to Christ the Eunuch in the wilderness.
( Acts 8:26-35 ) [26]And the angel of the Lord
spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that
goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
[27]And he arose and went: and,
behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of
the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to
Jerusalem for to worship,
[28]Was returning, and sitting in
his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
[29]Then the Spirit said unto
Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
[30]And Philip ran thither to him,
and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou
readest?
[31]And he said, How can I, except
some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit
with him.
[32]The place of the scripture
which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb
dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
[33]In his humiliation his
judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is
taken from the earth.
[34]And the eunuch answered
Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself,
or of some other man?
[35]Then Philip opened his mouth,
and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
* Dedication is a good mark of a surrendered Missionary of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Amen.
3. MAKING FIRM DECISION FOR FACING HIS PERSECUTION WITH
COURAGE ISPITES THERE IS WAS A THREATH FOR HIS LIFE IS A CLEAR MARK OF A
SURRENDERED MISSIONARY OF CHRIST.
(Acts 20:22-24) [22]And now, behold, I go bound in
the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:C
[23]Save that the Holy Ghost
witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
[24]But none of these things move
me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course
with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify
the gospel of the grace of God.
a. The soulwinners like who are surrendered and committed to fulfill the
great commission of the Lord Jesus Christ are always ready to face the
consequences of his choice to obey God
to fulfill the great commission of the Lord Jesus Christ.
b. Paul believed God was with him and will protect him. Because what he
is doing is for God's glory and praise.
* (II Corinthians
1:9-10) [9]But we
had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves,
but in God which raiseth the dead:
[10]Who delivered us from so great
a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
c. God is glorified in the sacrifices of the Christian are experiencing.
(I Peter 4:13-16) [13]But rejoice, inasmuch as ye
are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed,
ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
[14]If ye be reproached for the
name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon
you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
[15]But let none of you suffer as
a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's
matters.
[16]Yet if any man suffer as a
Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
* Jerusalem Church are ready and very willing to face the consequences
of obeying God in fulfilling the great commission of the Lord Jesus Christ.
( Acts 5:26-29 ) [26]Then went the captain with the
officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest
they should have been stoned.
[27]And when they had brought
them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
[28]Saying, Did not we straitly
command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled
Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
[29]Then Peter and the other
apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
* Firm decision to obey God to fulfill the great commission of the Lord
Jesus is a good mark of a surrendered Missionary of Christ.
4. SHOWING DETERMINATION TO FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION
WITH SINCERITY IS A GOOD MARK OF A SURRENDERED MISSIONARY OF CHRIST.
*Determination -: the act of deciding definitely and firmly
also : the result of such an act of decision
(Acts 20:24) But none of these things move
me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course
with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify
the gospel of the grace of God.
a. Paul was committed and
decided to reach the lost at any cost and praying for the salvation of his
fellow Israelites.
(Romans 10:1) [1]Brethren, my heart's desire and
prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
b. Paul chose to be servant of all for the sakes of winning the lost at
any cost.
( ICorinthians
9:19-22) [19]For
though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I
might gain the more.
[20]And unto the Jews I became as
a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the
law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
[21]To them that are without law,
as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,)
that I might gain them that are without law.
[22]To the weak became I as weak,
that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by
all means save some.
c. Paul assured to himself to recieved the crown of rejoicing for being
committed to fulfill the great commission of the Lord Jesus Christ.
(I Thessalonians
2:19-20) [19]For
what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the
presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
[20]For ye are our glory and joy.
* Christians are all spiritual runners in the sight of God and we are
determined to continue running until we reach the finish line of our spiritual
race
( I Corinthians
9:24-27 ) [24]Know
ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So
run, that ye may obtain.
[25]And every man that striveth
for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a
corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
[26]I therefore so run, not as
uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
[27]But I keep under my body, and
bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to
others, I myself should be a castaway.
( Hebrews 12:1-2 ) [1]Wherefore seeing we also are
compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every
weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience
the race that is set before us,
[2]Looking unto Jesus the author
and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of
God.
* To have a determination in fulfilling the great commission of Christ
is a good mark of a surrendered Missionary of Jesus Christ. Amen!!!
5. GIVING DOUBLE TIME AND EFFORT TO FULLFIL THE GREAT IS
A GOOD MARK OF SURRENDERED MISSIONARY OF CHRIST.
* The Jesus Christ is our prime model for this.
* ( John 9:4-5) [4]I must work the works of him
that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
[5]As long as I am in the world, I
am the light of the world.
( John 15:16) Ye have not chosen me, but I have
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that
your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my
name, he may give it you.
a. God is glorified in a surrendered and fruitful life of God's servant.
( John 15:8) Herein is my Father glorified,
that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
b. God design the life of Christian to be fruitful even in old age.
( Psalms 92:12-15 ) [12]The righteous shall flourish
like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
[13]Those that be planted in the
house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
[14]They shall still bring forth
fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
[15]To shew that the LORD is
upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
c. God design His Church to be very fruitful.
( Acts 6:4-7 ) [4]But we will give ourselves
continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
[5]And the saying pleased the
whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy
Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and
Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
[6]Whom they set before the
apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
[7]And the word of God increased;
and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great
company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
d. Antioch Church also follow the steps of Jerusalem Church to be
faithful in the ministry of the Lord in fulfilling the great commission of the
Lord Jesus Christ. Big Amen and Amen.
e. Paul also is a good example of giving double time to reach and win
more precious souls for Christ as good mark of a surrendered Missionary Christ.
( I Corinthians
9:19-22 ) [19]For
though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I
might gain the more.
[20]And unto the Jews I became as
a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the
law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
[21]To them that are without law,
as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,)
that I might gain them that are without law.
[22]To the weak became I as weak,
that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by
all means save some.
* God bless you all always *
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