The Ohio Independent Baptist, November 1966

1 rtanc • • ome issions By Rev. Guy King l t1c .l ""· \'ll n t I t l1c I \,\1 r l 'f)l't, , 11 till' '''-~l!l' \ 1 \lt'tl 11.llf,\ll agai11,t \,.\111 - .1r1. , \t'I"\ r.,,11il1.,r tl) tlll' ' ' l,t \1\ t "ia, . lll:~a\t c the ,t\'t \ 1, t an1il1a1 l\ lll\,t 1111,tt,\ll~. ll )"tlll, lt\Clf ltl 11"-' l'.l.'~~11t .. \tll'll ,t a trt1th tl1al dc- 111,lr1"-i tht carn~,t ct,11,1 ic1 ..1ttL 11 l)I ,,ll l' '"'J , pc ,~1lc tl,li.. . l l1l. ,1ege t)l ,1111aria h,,d gone n - ~ t\ r ., ll r1g 11111~ an<.i pe )pie \\ierc . tar, - ing lt 1, tt,lti th,,t 111others , greed l .. h '°'' ii an i cat 0 ne ," o r11 an· ) n t da 1 ..,111..i the11 l.,n the n1 rr ,, the 1 \.\ ttld ll(' the ,,1r11e tl) the ,oc1 of the other ,, l. n1 ..111 Thi . er11pha. ize the terrihle need 111 the cit\. t .. ttch a t1111e thee ~ fotir leper decided to throw then1- ~e1, e n the n1ercy of the enen1y. PtJt ,, hen the , g t to the yrian can1p. the} di ' C vered that the enemy had gone and that all of their pro– , i.. 1 n had been left behind. G d had \\ rought a great deliverance for an1aria. but the good new had not ~ et heen given to the people in the . Ct(\. J I thi not a picture of the wo rld toda\!? od ha wrought a great vie- ., tor} on Calvar 1'. The enemy i routed. al\ at ion i obtained for all who will con1e to receive it but the ad ruth i that mo t of the people in the "' orld have not yet heard the good ne\.\ . Therefore they continue under atan· bondage when indeed they could be free. Wonderful Di scove ry Let u ee how our four lepers are behaving after thi wonderfu 1 di - cover)' . You would think that thi wa an account of a pre ent day happen– ing. wouldn't you. for we ee them entering a tent and there eati ng and drink1ng. and then taking ilver and gold and rain1ent and going to hide it. Then they would go to another tent and do the ame thing. They had for– gotten that the city of Samaria wa tar\' ing. JU t a they had before thi d1 co er)' · \Vhy do they not ru h back to pread the good new ? ure]y you and I ~ould have done this. wouldn t \1i;e ? We wouldr1"t be carried away \.\ ith uch awful greed. would we? J am glad that the <;tory doe not end right there. for the e men began to think and they realized what a terrible thing they were doing. '"The) aid one to another. ..We do not NOVEMBER, 1966 PAGE 6 ,,ell· tha, lltt\ is a <.l,1\ <.)1 gc)<.)<.i t,,1 - 111 1 !,. a11<..I \\.C 1<.)ltl <.lttr i1cacc : ... .. (.)h. th,\t l<.)(IH\' \\C n1ight real17c th ,1t \: c a , c lil) tng the \an1c thing. We arc \\. ithholding the C,ood New. fro111 tho e wh are dying and g ing to hr1. tie.. gr,1 cs. hecatt. c our gree(I hold · tt back f ron1 delivering the n1e . age that God h ,1~ wrought de– li erance thr ugh the Lord Jesu. ( hri t. Oh. that today we mi ght say. "Thi s is a day f glad tiding. a nct we hold our peace.' A .. y u go on in ver. e 9 you real– iie that they were aware of the fact that they would be puni hed if they did n t take the n1e age back to the c it y. I an1 very fearful that many of LI will find that we too will uffer rea l lo becau e we were more con– ce rned about laying up riche for elf than we were about telling the Gospel to Jo t men and women. One of the mo t need y area for the Go pel i our own United State . It eem that we have developed a call ou ne toward . or downright in– diffe rence to the need of our own people. We have been bles ed to be– long to Bible-believing Bible-preach– ing churche a nd we come to think that people a ll over America - yea, a ll over the world have the same privilege, and thi i ju t not o. It i doubtful if 180 mil lion of our people in the U nited tate are truly born again. To this number add the millions of un aved in Canada and you begin to ee why we con ider our outreach one of the mo t needy mi ion f ield in all of the world. Rev. Guy King \ l; c ()\ t 1(I t p I () I ( s I a I I s I i cs ( l ll I I 1 c i11cr :tsl: <ll JllV nil c t i ·li r1 <.1l1 ·ncy t1nd t11c inCl'l'a"l' tll cri 111c 1l1r()ltght)t1I l)ll l :<)tlntry. v\~ C<l ltlll ca ll at tcnti<lll l I l 1 c I<)\.\ c r I n µ < 1 I 111 < 1 r H I stn 11 c I ar ct s. I t cc1ttl (l he shclwn gra J)ll ica ll y that evi l is l1cC(lJl1ing J)rc1grcssivc ly wo t \C. We C<)t tl t l tl cn1on\ t ratc a ll of these things. l1t1t that wot tld he l{1 no avai l Ltn lcss t h crc co n 1 c, an awa kc n 1 11 g () n t he par I c.1r (jc.)tl'\ 11co 11lc t<.) 1ca lt1c that "we c. lc) not we ll .'' Into ALL the World It i \e lf-evide nt that 'hri <; ti a ns ,trc cont ent to have thing a<; they are . Ma ny pa tor are at fault for not pre'" si ng the chL1rc h's re<; pon\ih1 lit y upon their people. . o o ft en when a n emph a, i i placed on mi <; io nc; , it include. o nl y the o-call ed " For– e ign" n1i . ion . I ofte n wonder. as God looks down upon thi world. which part doe, He label HFo reign" a nd which part does He Jabel '4Home'' n1i ion ? Let u obey the Word which decl are, that the fi e ld is the world. Let ti s remember the "BOTH" in Act 1: 8. In twenty year of "Home' mis– . ion mini try, and fourteen years o f that time a the Director of the Hia– watha Bapti t Mi ion , I have ee n giant trjde forward in regard to the recogniti on of ' Home' ' mi ssion . Ma ny of our churche are beginning to gra p the truth that the future of "Foreign ' ' mi ion doe largely de– pe nd Ltpon the ucce of "H ome" n1i ions. I am convinced that if we fail to reach America for Chri t_we will fai l t o reach the world for Chri t . Friend , we are not reaching America. piritually speaking, we are going fron1 tent to tent, hoarding up the pi ritual ble sing but we are not laking the GOOD EW to tho e round about u. who do not know the Good New. It i not my purpo e to complai n of unfair treatment. My hope i to stir the hearts and mind of God people to realize that we are not do– ing well. HThi i a day of good tid– ing and we hold our peace :" that i , we are not getting the Go pet out the way we hould. We are altogether too . ati fied with thing a they are. May the Lord burden our hearts for the oul of men everywhere. May He open our eye and give u true vi ion. May we ee the need here at hon1e a well a off in ome far off land. Let' not be deceived. America i not a Chri tian nation. A we reach America, we will . be greatly further– ing the pro pect of reaching an un– reached world. Are we doing well? THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTI ST