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1 MISSIONS SUBJECT----,t ~Le~w=Mz,_,_f~s~o_,f- TEXT '-"L=uk=e'-=10~:~2~5_-~3~7' TITLE~----ES_s_ E_NT_IA_ L_ELEME NT_S_ I _N MISSIONS SCRIPTURE READING E.F-- - f~_ class1f1cat10n:/1.isstc;v --EXPOSITORY --BIOGRAPHICAL ---TEXTUAL --TOPICAL ---DEVOTIONAL DELIVERIES: Tabernacle Southside First Baptist First Bapti st Date 12/7/58 12/6/59 'J:2/2/62 2/7/ 65 Hour Place Gainesville, Texas Palestine, Texas Chickasha, Oklahoma Ponca City, Oklahoma XXX XXX XXX** XXX+++ Results and Comments: BIBLIOGRAPHY _

2 Scripture: Luke 10:25-37 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN MISSIONS Intro: H OF E SAMARITAN IS ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN STORIES, TOLD BY OUR SAVIOUR. THIS I UE EC U J HAS SO MANY IMPLICATIONS ABOUT SO MANY GREAT TRUTHS. AMONG THE MANY LESSONS TtJAT IT TEACHES US ARE THOSE ON THE PROPER INTER-. PRETATION OF THE BIBLE, THE PROPER RELATION OF MAN WITH HIS FELLOW MAN, AND THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF CHRISTIANITY TO EVERY DAY LIFE. BUT THE PARTICULAR LESSON IN WHICH WE ARE INTERESTED TODAY IS ITS EMPHASIS ON MISSIONS. WITHIN THIS PARABLE ARE FOUND THREE WJRDS THAT REVEAL THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS IN MISSIONS. APART FROM THESE ELEMENTS, MISSIONS CAN NOT BE CARRIED ON IN ITS NEW TESTAMENT SENSE. I. COMPASSION ",, --vss. 30-~ CQ.tl~AS510.,V l. Which Grows Out of Your Realization of Their Ira ic Condition : This beaten Jew would have surely died! realized this fact. are blinded by a false religion Lo t~rd 'F.sm~. : Buddhism, Islam, Catholicism, Paganls..., (2) They have no real goal in life ==~= Hinduism says life is a v1c1ous cycle of re-births, only hope is escape through absorptbn into Bramah-Atmam (3) They are plunging daily into Hell by thousands --John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.",a:;i,;;,;;.,r. Royal Service -- 2 billion lost years --f to file by at l per second. 20 years at present --~ ~= rate to reach them.no-r 'b://,.,.. y,,.i""t!j ;-,,,J fq"jtf t-~ Ts. t;lot Me:,;ely "Professional" b:t,t. 1!>.s+. The Priest and Levite -- they had a "professional" compassion which would be expressed to fellow-jews and in their services. (L) That is content simply to talk about need (2) That is expressed only in religious service 3.which Ext ends A Helping Hand : Samaritan asked no theological question "Who is my neighbor?") but rushed to extend a helping hand (1) By praying daily for our missionaries (2) By being willing to go ourselves, if called - _lo,.,..:,1~,c <"'- A-- '- -- U.r_,..,r,t.

3 (3) By being willing to give children to call. : Aged mother who gave only boy and ente~ed old folks home. (4) By giving of our means r.. II. OONIRIBUT ION --vss , " '' Ir _ Tll'o /" Kc~ 1. ~=~~::G~ }l&.q Out of Your Need TOO o <t 7 AIB'~ SamaTitan took his own oil and wine which he needed for his journey and used them to quench Jew's thirst and dress his wounds. He put Jew on his donkey and walked. He paid inn-keeper and pro mised to pay any additional expense. (1) Since we sacrifice so little at any other time of the year (2) Since Christianity is a religion of self-sacrifice --"If any man will come after me, let him " (3) Since sacrifice is one means of Christian growth --:i)lus: Envelope with "my gift for missions" opened has ½ carat engagement ring. A 50 piece and man's watch in another one. --BJ '.: Mrs. Graham's story of refugees in Lebanon who saved flour and sugar to make cookies to sell in rain for Mission Offering 2. ~ - _,,t,,,l'..l,,.,_.:,o...lill.j-.,.a:n_j,ln.pr j uci,i~~ LQ'la : Samaritan's contribution ignored racial, t ension between Jews and Samaritans -ro,..,, /1,1 5,,-,1,, s ( 1) That sees all as equal before God T J r.:r/lttllv'/ --Peter said, "I perceive that God ;is no '' (2) That acknowledges only one mark of difference - saved or lost (3) That sees the real value of a soul D : Missionaries killed by Incas in South America -- wives and children recently returned to tell story of Jesus 3. I G... Q~. r,-,.,,a,-;-wr ;,y lhpj,;i,: Wine to quench Jew's thirst (water of life); oil to heal his wounds (balm in Gilead) (1) That comes by hearing the Gospel --Rom. 10: 17 "So then faith cometh by lh:e>.al:iit!g, and hearing by the word of God." (2) That is proclaimed by those whom you send --Rom. 10: 14b "And how shall they-believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall the~ hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent?

4 III. Q)MMENDA,TIQN Con: c=a::: --Vss Because You " - -vs. 36 llt'_e:r H. :Jesus said, "Here are 3 men, Priest, Levite, Samaritan" - He commended only~ of the three. (1) Thus you feel your responsibility for them Ezek. "If the watchman blow not " (2) Thus you reflect the spirit of Christ Samaritan woman; Zacthaeus; thief; etc. 2. Because You Have Mere On Them --vs. 37a E Rl --Matt,. 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." 3.Jlecause You Become An Example --Vs. 37b ~" (1) Of an obedient child of God --Obey great commission (2) Of a living, loving, practical Christianity _.llili,ll;;"': Lawyer's religion was one of theory his question ',UI : Lottie Moon's Christianity was such an example that all others respected her. She passed through battle lines. (3) Which is a challenge to others : In closing months of Lottie Moon's missionary work in China, the worst famine of history occurred. She pleaded for funds from t he Foreign Mission Board -- it was in debt. Drew out all her savings and began to give it away. Gave her salary and her food. It seemed that Southern Baptists had forgotten the starving people of china. The 1st of Dec., 1912, Miss Moon was so ill that doctor sent for -- discovered.gradual starvation. Sent her home. On Christmas EVe when ship rode at anchor in Kobe, Japan, she began to open and close her hand~ and call names of Chinese converts long since passed on. - Death. Words on monument in Crewe, Va., reads: -'~Faithful unto Death"

5 ESS_E-NTIAL ELEMENTS I N MISSIONS USED: Tabernacle, Gainesville, Southside, Palestine, Firs.t, Chickasha F8C, _ Po,,,,u Cd'( 12/7/58; 12/6/59; 12/2/62; t Y?f a_?;' (XXX) (XXX) f..xxa++) {XX'f(.ff-V Jerold R. McBride

6 /)qv,'o j_ oc foll( d - /1-f /1. IC,4 I. 1 (1) A man get1 nothing good from a god which he or his ancestors has created. But he does receive through this pathetic practice a fear which is terrible beyond our imagination. You see something of this _ fear when you walk as I did on~ day down a path through the forest. As I ~ooked up into a tree I became almost petrified at the sight of a man's body swinging at the end of a rope which had been made from the bark of a tree. The people from this man's village expl ained this tragedy as the result of witchcraft. Just before we left for this present furlough, three huts were burned to the ground in our immediate neighborhood. In the two which caused death, it was generally accepted that witchcraft was responsible. Many threats which are made by the witchdoctor can be carried out by the witchdoctor or by someone he hires. I. 3 (2) Clark Scanlon, returned to his field in Guatemala this past summer. Just before he returned a lady in a church where he was speaking said, "Young man, why are you going to bury your life in Guatemala." Clark replied, "I am not- going to bury my life, but to plant it." Where would God lead you to plant your life? fl Just before Julius Hickerson returned to Colombia where he was shortly to lay down his life, he spoke his last message in America at his home church in Minden, Louisiana. His closing words that day echo the testimony of a great host of missionaries. "Don't ask me why I am going--ask yourself why you are not." /0,,/VI /t'/ "1s A k I - -;y-al'a!v II. 2. ILLUS: I went to the city of Hiroshima. As all of you know, the city of Hiroshima was bombed by the atom bomb. Two hundredthousand people were killed. In that city I met a man by the name of George Korokawa. This young man's family--father, mother, sister--were all killed. He himself was criticall~ i njured. He had scars on his face; all of his hair was taken off. This young man said that the only thing that kept him alive was his bitter hatred for Americans. He stayed alive because he wanted to kill as many Americans as he could when he got well. This young man, after getting well, walked down the street of Hiroshima one day late in the evening. He heard a few people singing in

7 I. Luke 10: 33 "COMPASSION" -- used to describe X's attitude toward the multitudes & toward sufferers; used in appeal of ather for demon possessed son; the father's attitude toward his prodigal son. II. Luke 10:35 He "took out" - { ; #,:Ar\w ) - "to cast out." A word rarely used in this manner. Describes the "throwing overboard" of a cargo in Acts 27:18 {Paul's voyage to prison in Rome) "'!WO PENCE" - "two denarii 11 = two days wagef.36(c~ III. Luke 10:36 1. "NEIGHBOR" - { -,r A? 0-1 ~ v from the adj. "near" Thus "the near one." Here is used to underscore the "helpfulness of a neighbor" & so used in Prov. 27:lOb "Better is a neighbor that is near than a BROTHER far off." ::,/ 2. "MERCY" - ( EA e S ) "The outward manifestation of pity. It assumes need on the part of him who receives it, and resources adequate to meet the need on the part of him who shows it. / 3. "00" - ( Tro 1 e1 ) "To adopt a way of expressing yourself thru thoughts, feelings & actions." i.e. Peter's proposal to express his feelings in Matt. 17:4 " Lord it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make ( ) here three tabernacles; one for thee, & one for Moses, & one for Elias."

8 a building, and they sounded so happy, and he was so sad. He walked into the building and sat in the back and heard Rev. Kimora preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. In the months to follow George Korokawa accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour. When I went there, this young man said, "I'll go with you, Tom, wherever you want to go." And we went into the rural areas of Hiroshima. -,

9 - 3 - "For some there is an open road; For some there is a gate; Some are meant to run ahead; Some are asked to wait. While some are called to go afar; The ways of the world to mend, Some have been commissioned To stay at home and send." Song: "We've a Story to Tell to the Nations" \

10 Luke #9 Elements of "Essential Elements in Missions" Luke 10:25-37