THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF MISSION IN ACCORDANCE TO PAULINE PERSPECTIVE

      

THE FUNDAMENTAL  PRINCIPLE  OF MISSION IN ACCORDANCE TO PAULINE PERSPECTIVE

By : Bishop Albert B. Gran

2 Corinthians 5:19-21

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁹ To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

²⁰ Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

²¹ For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

1 Timothy 2:3-5

King James Version (KJV)

³ For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

⁴ Who WILL ALL MEN TO BE SAVED, and to COME UNTO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.

⁵ For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Nowadays, the traditional scheme of mission was 

colored with untidy objectives when most preachers aimed at undermining the factual truth based on Pauline perspective. Many are swayed into the classics of secular trend where the purpose of gathering people is all not due to and for the sake of the gospel however, designed to cause malady to the right perspective of Christ’s saving knowledge  and the purpose why grace had set for the salvation of those who had faith and those after got saved shall be established in the name of truth for the gospel’s sake.

TEACHERS HAVING ITCHING EARS

 2 Timothy 4:2-4

King James Version (KJV)

² Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

³ For the time will come when they WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINES; but after their OWN LUSTS shall they heap to themselves teachers, HAVING ITCHING EARS;

⁴ And they shall TURN AWAY THEIR EARS FROM THE TRUTH, and SHALL BE TURNED UNTO FABLES.

Religious pulpits in our times if you noticed were used by preachers described by the verses stated above. In most cases, today’s modern preachers instead of clinging to the sound doctrine, they resort to lustful purpose by being fruitful in words of lies and stories to sound out as though based on Christ’s and the gospel  but seasoned with FABLES contrary to sound doctrines. The mission’s objectives were classified as to how to develop strategy through which more people could be gathered and be used according to their group’s LUSTFUL PURPOSE other than SOUND DOCTRINE. Having clearly observed, most preachers forgot to focus the main objective which is to frame the SOUND GOSPEL how men could be saved. Many diversions today contested the GOSPEL OF THE GRACE OF GOD wherein less people gathered in the church clung and embrace for the sake of it. Contrarily, many people today are gathered together just because of other means instead of the sole reason by the gospel of salvation. People were gathered today through witty words of man’s wisdom and speeches; affection set through any given privileges and physical opportunities to mean just because of personal affection and comfort; inner promptings through supposed divine manifestations based on Israel’s promises. Latest trend make youth more active and alive through music and live concerts. These schemes sprung out in the religious society everywhere else in the community.

The truth of the gospel was marred by the their own purpose through which they build up different missions no longer the right mission where salvation and it’s establishment was properly set through sound doctrine which is of course in accordance with Pauline perspective based on the mystery truth. The message of being Christ’s ambassadors and the real purpose set by Christ for us today as his saints.

I heard someone said: “Why can’t you go out and find your own members whom to disciple”? Of course this principle cling on to establish how many religious preachers disciple people to conform their own religious purposes other than imploring the true perspective of discipleship through the saving knowledge of grace with the SOUND DOCTRINE through which the same knowledge shall be passed through others who would be willing to communicate based on sound doctrine to the lost. It may gave us the idea that those who departed from the essential principle of SOUND DOCTRINE for the sake of the world’s view system and rudiments had to be manned face to face to stick on the truth of the SOUND DOCTRINE OF SALVATION and for believers ESTABLISHMENT through SOUND DOCTRINE.

SOUND DOCTRINE OR WORLD SCHEME?

Have you observed this concurring observation how the “Church became worldly and the world became churchy”? This idea incurred mixed principle how both sides were of no difference as to the system they used. Actually, the church embraced the worldly pattern which according to Paul the system of ‘WILL WORSHIP’ after the rudiments of the world apart from SOUND DOCTRINE.

As sensible believer today, it’s really high time to perceive what is that religious mission which they thought Christ’s mission by which many preachers’ objective is not to render mission for the lost instead the lost render their mission for their religion’s mission.

True missionaries or ambassadors were those who after SOUND DOCTRINE perceived THE GRACE OF GOD which restored the losts' lives back to him and laid their lives for the SAKE OF SOUND DOCTRINE. An ambassador has bound with the mission through the GIVEN SOUND MESSAGE but not through the message with the purpose designed from any religious group how they could gain from their disciples. A true missionary or an ambassador is willing to LAY HIS LIFE for the LOST, to suffer for them without any return but not serve the lost asking in return for them and their so-called ministry.

Grace and Peace