Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-11-23

Golden Text: 1.-THE Son OF man
came to seek and to save that which
was lost" Luke 1910.
The great heart Of Jesus Christ
could not be confined to one nation
or to one place, so today we are to
consider Jesus Christ, the great mis-
sionary, as He went through village
after village, preaching and showing
the glad tidings of the kingdom of
God. We shall discover His meth
cd, His message and His ministry
as we proceed.
The Great Missionary
A missionary is lone who is sent"
Ordinarily our minds think of one
who has gone into a foreign land
or to one of the destitute places of
our own land to preach the gospel
of the grace of God. These are mis-
sionaries, it is true, but they are
not the only ones. The demoniac
Of Gadara, after he had been heal
ed, was a missionary-he was sent
back to his home to tell how great
things God had done for him. The
place is not the essential thing, but
the fact of being sent. So Jesus
Christ was a misSionary-He was
sent by His Father to do a definite
work, to destroy the works of the
devil. He was sent, it is true, to
a foreign country; He had to leave
His home with all that it involved;
He had to live among an alien PEG.
pie who did not understand Him;
He suffered much at their hands,
and finally gave His life for them.
Other missionaries have done these
things to a degree, but not in the
same way that He did. We must
always bear in mind that the differ.
ence between Jesus and other men
Of kind. He was unique in every
respect. Like other men, but vastly
and UNNECESSARILY different.
His Methods
AS He set about the task of per-
forming His mission, He adopted a
method which is different from the
one which man would have chosen.
Our method is to stay in one place
until we have finished the job. He
was doing most successful piece
of work in Capernaum; crowds were
tlocking to hear Him; many were
being healed; hearts were being
made glad; all begged Him to stay
but His word was, 81 must
preach the gospel to other cities
plso." So He left the crowds at
Capernaum, and went from village
to village, preaching and showing
the good news of the Kingdom of
God.
AS an integral part of His meth,
cd He took with Him the twelve
that He had chosen to be with
Him. His plan was to train them
them. The best training that they
and it is rather significant that
after He left them, every one OF
them except Judas Iscariot became
missionary to some other people.
If we can credit tradition, Peter
went to Babylon; Andrew to the
southern coast of the Black sea
the church at Constantinople claims
him as it's founder; James stayed
at Jerusalem and was beheaded by
Eerod; John. his brother, was min.
lister to the churches of Asia; Phil
ip labored in Phrygia; Nathaniel
Bartholomew in Armenia; Thomas
went to India, and converted the
three kings who brought gifts to
the Infant King; Matthew labored
between Damascus and the Eu
pirates; James, the son of AL
phaeus, became the head of the
church at Jerusalem; Judas, not
Iscarlot, labored in Syria and died
| at Beirut; Simon the ZealOt preach
ed in the Parthian Empire; anG
Paul, who was chosen for the place
of Judas Iscariot matthias was
mans choice, not Gods, and is
never heard Of again. labored al
over the known world Of Rome.
With Jesus also were Mary Magda-
Lone, Joanna and Susanna. Each
had some special reason for want.
ing to be near Him. He had cast
seven devils out of Mary Magda.
lene; there is no, evidence that she
was ever an impure woman as she
ls commonly reputed to have been
But she had been delivered from a
/ terrible case of demon possession.
She seems never to have left Jesus
| long at time after that-no won.
der that she wanted to keep near
Him. Joanna was the wife of Chuza
who was Eerod's treasurer-a WON
an, therefore, Of culture and wealth
who had found in Him what the
glory Of Herod's court life could not
give her. She esteemed it greater
riches to journey in His company
from village to village than to enjoy
the pleasures of the royal palace
for a season. OF Susanna we have
no knowledge.
There were with Him also many
others who "ministered unto HIM
of their substance" That is one OF
the most pathetic things in the wor0
Of God-The Son of God who had
all the wealth of heaven and earth
was so poverty stricken that He
would have starved to death had it
not been for those who were with
i'm and shared their bread with
HIM! 1t is just one of those little