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1 Corinthians 9:22
To the weak I became weak,
to win the weak. I have become all things to all
men so that by all possible means I might save
some.
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August 21
Gift of Missionary
People with the gift of
missionary or missions have a heart for
evangelism but desire to bring God's word to
another culture. This is sometimes known
as the gift of apostleship which literally means
sent with a commission.
Missionaries must do as Paul
did, learn the culture they are trying to reach
and attempt to fit in and embrace the culture.
They don't come in telling everyone how stupid
and ignorant they are for not doing things the
right way and worshipping the true God.
Paul lived this when he went
to Athens in Acts 17. There he saw that the
people were very religious, even having an altar
to an unknown god so as not to offend any they
might have missed. Rather than tell them
how wrong their polytheistic ways were, Paul
used the opportunity to tell them about the God
they were missing.
Although missions is often
thought of as overseas, people can have the gift
of missions and use it locally as well.
These people reach out to a culture that is
different from their own whether it is through a
teen pregnancy center, prison ministry, or
multicultural church. |
