19
Jun
2005
No Other Gospel
To be honest, this is preaching that I need to
be hearing on a regular basis. This message was the first in a series
of messages on having freedom in Christ, and I'm really excited to hear
the rest of the messages.
During lunch we had an
interesting brief conversation on what the purpose and idea of missions
is. Is a trip that helps feed the poor considered missions? If you go
on a mercy based trip, is that missions? Or more specifically, can you
call it a missions trip if you do not preach the gospel there? Alan
brought up the point that while not every trip is necessarily
missions-based in that there is evangelism that takes place, most all
service trips from the church are "missions-oriented". That is, the
purpose of all these trips is ultimately to see people come to know
Christ. So if you are involved with preparing the way for people to
preach the gospel, or you are involved with following up after
evangelism, the purpose continues to be furthering God's Kingdom.
After
lunch I headed over to ACC and helped Chris set up John Sung in
preparation for next week's first service in the new building. Things
are coming along very well although there is still a LOT of work to do
in the next couple of days. I'm excited to see what everything will
look like, as well as visiting the service next week.
