The spread of the Gospel.
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you every day, until the end of the world. Amen. " Matthew 28:19-20.
The last command of our Lord, just before his ascension, was spread the Good News of Salvation to the ends of the world. His disciples received the commission directly and we with them, being founded on the doctrine of the prophets and apostles.
There are two fundamental reasons which all Christians should be compelled to proclaim the Gospel of Life. First, love God and God has ordained. Out of respect, love and obedience we are to fulfill their requirements and as a direct order, so that there is no room for doubt, is "go and make disciples", a genuine Christian will feel the need to do what your Lord commands . Second, we love our neighbor. We illustrate with an example, suppose you have someone shout middle of the night a house where a fire has broken out and is certain that because of the time all the family is sleeping soundly ignoring the terrible threat that hovers over them. If that person will notify your neighbors of the danger their attitude could be seen not as mere laziness but as a criminal activity. In this same way, a Christian, aware of the blessings that a person has to receive Jesus as Lord of your life and knowing the horrific fate of men without God, need to report urgently to all, that being warned to be saved from the eternal flames. Ignoring this need would be too lazy and cowardly. We love God and love our neighbor as we ordered the Lord of our lives, so we preach.
However, despite the commandment and the willingness to obey, external obstacles, if not prevent, hinder the Church's missionary work in our country. To be fair, we must recognize that in the Cuban church last decade as we have enjoyed greater openness and acceptance by the authorities, although it is still much ground to gain. This issue is not at all matter up.
know that everywhere there are people, which, as a costume, take positions and "beliefs" to get them benefits and dividends. The Church is not exempt from this danger, but over-regulation that slows the healthy performance of the Christian community is not the answer. We do not advocate anarchism, the laws are useful and necessary, but we defend the position of allowing greater flexibility on the regulations for the planting of new missions and the acquisition of new temples.
The Church of Jesus Christ has a social function, to show God to the community, through the exercise of mercy and the proclamation of the Good News of Salvation. Neither of these two forms of action may be harmful to society. Winning the Kingdom of God Christian families earn better fathers and mothers. Young sons the Lord wins the country citizens obedient to the laws, people with high principles and values \u200b\u200bwho will be a positive influence on their colleagues, friends and neighbors and will serve as an example in a society which seeks precisely to rescue and ethical values moral. It is not, nor can it be bad that the Kingdom of God expand and grow because they grow the Kingdom of God increase your love and peace, that ultimately all human society needs.
people of God How can we do to overcome the barriers and the gospel flow like a mighty river? The answer is simple: Preach the Word. Calls in season and out of time. Not only in the temples is the Lord. God is with each of his sons in a bus in a queue of pharmacy or in agriculture, in a conversation with your neighbor, know that what Jesus did on it, and can carry the hope of salvation that now encourage the downcast heart and desperate. The early church did not begin its expansión construyéndose templos fastuosos que luego se llenarían de fieles, su eclosión tuvo lugar en los hogares de los hermanos, reunidos en lo que hoy llamamos células de oración. Cada creyente que tiene un techo tiene la responsabilidad de convertirlo en un templo.
La iglesia no es un edificio. La iglesia es la comunidad de fieles que se reúnen en el nombre del Señor bajo un árbol, en un parque, en una azotea o en la sala de una casa. Lo que nos hace iglesia no es la posesión de una personalidad jurídica (algo de lo que no niego su necesidad) ni la posesión de una edificación llamada templo (tampoco niego la comodidad que esto representa y sus ventajas).
Porque Jesús es la "piedra alive, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, "about the true church is built, which is grounded in the doctrine of the apostles and prophets and mystical head is only the Nazarene who bought their blood, for this reason the Church of Jesus Christ is a living organism, expanding and challenging time constraints and will only announce the truth, which was commissioned in the glorious final day of His second coming. This body, which we belong, wishes with all his might to reach all the elect in God's rest. Christian Reformed Church, get up, dust it and preach. Nothing will stop. Reformed Christian give your house to be born in it a church, founded a cell and the Lord's blessing be with your home and your family. Be strong and very courageous for the Lord your God is with you (Joshua 1:9).
Author: Rev. Henry M. Alvarez Cepero. President of the ICR in Cuba. Phronesis written for the magazine.
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