Mark 16:15-20 New Living Translation 15 And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. 16 Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned. 17 These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages. 18 They will be able to handle snakes with safety, and if they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them. They will be able to place their hands on the sick, and they will be healed.” 19 When the Lord Jesus had finished talking with them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand.20 And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them, confirming what they said by many miraculous signs. Incarnational ministry is a phrase I'll never forget. As a new believer the Bible and the Christianese (stuff Christians say) that people were speaking were all new to me. But they not only said it, they explained it and lived it! Incarnational means that you physicallly go into the world you want to reach. Jesus is our greatest example. He did not send a message, He came and was born, lived and died as one of us, for us and so He sent the 11.
If you remember our devotional from yesterday the Stubborn 11 just refused to believe any testimonies that Jesus was risen from the dead. It wasn't until Jesus Himself came and rebuked them for their unbelief that they finally believe but part of the good news is that He wasn't finished with them yet. It was NOT their great faith that qualified them to do what Jesus asked, it was Jesus Himself. Jesus told them, " “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. " This Good News would go into all the world not just Jerusalem, Judea and Galilee where the Jewish people lived. They had to go so this meant the ministry had to be incarnational as they had learned from Jesus. Anytime someone is reached with the Good News it means that someone took time and energy out in order for this to happen. Mark tells us that, "the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them." These Stubborn 11 became the Trusting 11. Thank God the Gospel of Mark did not end with a rebuke but with Jesus working mightily in and through His 11. Know this, He will never waste His time but rather accomplish what He set out to do in and through you even if He has to knock you straight first.
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Alan Cruz
1/7/2017 10:46:23 am
Amén! Thank you for the devotional😇
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Beatriz
1/7/2017 03:57:30 pm
Good news! Thank you.
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sofia grace
1/7/2017 05:30:19 pm
finally got to check out this blog!!
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Miguel Crespo
1/7/2017 06:28:17 pm
:)
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