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We see the very first instruction – the women were chosen to go to His disciples and tell them the wonderful news that our Lord had risen from the grave, and the scripture says, they ran. So it must be with the Mission labour. We should have an urgency to go and tell the world that our Lord has risen from the grave, He has overcome sin, hell and death, and a new way is now available for mankind, the way of grace that can be given to each and every one who calls upon Him. There is no exemption now. Everyone can partake of this wonderful blessing. We see in that urgency the women ran. We should have that same desire that each time we are blessed we should feel that we would like to tell somebody else about this.
The English Apostles from which this church has become re-established said that the first Apostles anointed by God had a mission to go into the world and tell the world of the resurrection of Christ. The world knows that now. There are very few who do not know the story that was taken by those women on that day. They taught the churches that in the latter days the role of the Apostles is to go and tell the world of the coming resurrection of the church. Many in the world do not understand God’s plan yet: How the church will resurrect when our Lord returns and be able to live in the Kingdom of God. That is why the Mission labour is so important within this church. Many others are taking the Gospel of Christ, but we are entrusted to take the Gospel of the resurrection of the church and the return of Christ into all parts of the world so that all can have this hope, and to know that the Grace of Christ can save everyone, and the blessings that stand before them.
For this to be done also requires a sacrifice. The greatest example of this sacrifice occurred when our Lord was on the earth where He and His disciples were followed by thousands of people, and it came to the time when they should be fed, Our Lord asked His disciples – How shall they be fed? One of His Apostles said that we only have a small amount of money, how can we do it? The Scripture records that our Lord did that to test them. The answer should have been – With thee all things are possible. They then said there is a small boy here who has a few barley loaves and a few fishes, and he is prepared to offer them to you so that the multitude can be fed. Imagine that, thousands of people and a small boy with 5 small loaves and fishes in his hand. He had the faith and the trust. He had heard Christ’s teaching. He was prepared to offer that unto our Lord so that He could use it to fulfil a great miracle. Our Lord took the loaves and fishes, and we might say the first Church Service took place. It was in order. He told the disciples to have everyone sit down in lines in order. There was not the disorder that we see in many of the churches today. They sat in lines and waited patiently. Our Lord blest these loaves and fishes unto His Father. He then gave the result of that unto His disciples. They then took it and fed it to the people who were hungering for His word in an orderly manner. They were all fed to abundance, 5000 men without women and children it is recorded. Our Lord then said – Go and take up the fragments so nothing will be lost. They gathered the fragments and there were twelve basketfuls left over, signifying that even the smallest mission offering, there will be given unto the Apostle Ministry basketfuls of food to go forth and orderly distribute this to all of those who are hungering. Without that sacrifice that would not have been possible on that day. Without the mission sacrifices it is not possible today.
Let us always be thankful, truly thankful for the blessings of grace that have been dispensed unto us and in that thankfulness ask the Lord to allow that grace to be distributed through our efforts into every corner of the world.