Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Prov1322

Yeah, whatever. Jesus didn’t say to breeze right by 350 million people closer as you travel 3400 miles to live on the beach to preach to morons.
They wasted money and were inefficient. Jesus dislikes that a lot.


30 posted on 03/13/2024 9:46:11 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ]


To: DesertRhino

What an evil spirit you are.


35 posted on 03/13/2024 11:29:56 PM PDT by Dave W
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies ]

To: DesertRhino

“Whatever you did for the least of these my brethren, you did for me.” Jesus likes that a lot.


47 posted on 03/14/2024 4:37:01 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies ]

To: DesertRhino

Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”


48 posted on 03/14/2024 4:59:43 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies ]

To: DesertRhino

To the contrary, they planted seeds, and that is exactly what Jesus preached. They weren’t wasting money at all.
There are thousands of missionaries right here in the US doing the same thing, planting seeds.
We plant the seeds, and God waters them.
With a bit of online research, you can find out just how many missionaries are working right here.


68 posted on 03/14/2024 11:40:33 AM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies ]

To: DesertRhino

“Yeah, whatever. Jesus didn’t say to breeze right by 350 million people closer as you travel 3400 miles to live on the beach to preach to morons.
They wasted money and were inefficient. Jesus dislikes that a lot.”

That’s not true. Christ traveled away from His hometown because it was far less fruitful than other places. This travel involved many disciples and all of the food and logistics to do it. So, it cost a lot of money.

Matthew 13:54-58 NKJV
When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?” So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.” Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

Luke 8:1-3 NKJV
Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him from their substance.

My father did exactly what you said when I was growing up in Memphis. He took me and my brother with him into the all-black housing project a few miles form our house to reach the kids and their families. He brought many of them to our home and church and even family vacations. He said to me that if the American church refused to go into the world as Christ commanded then God would bring them here to hear the Gospel even if this mass immigration was a judgment from God. And that’s what happened. Too bad America is continuing to fail at the mission to preach the Gospel. America might not have much of a purpose on this earth pretty soon.

God may be sparing a final judgment and end of America because of a few folks like these missionaries. Meanwhile, armchair quarterbacks have nothing to offer but criticism. What are you doing for the kingdom of God?


72 posted on 03/14/2024 2:34:54 PM PDT by unlearner (I, Robot: I think I finally understand why Dr. Lanning created me... ;-)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson