Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-20

ana unto the uttermoSt part or the
EARTH" Acts is.
Last week we learned that Jesus
was missionary, one sent; that He
had the heart of a missionary; that
He realized that prayer is the great
solution of the missionary problem:
that He spared not Himself in serv-
ice in order that the One who sent
Him might be known and honored
and loved.
l wonder if we appreciate at all
thea depth of the meaning Of those
words of His, spoken to His Father
in that great High Priestly prayer
the night before He was crucified'
''As thou hast sent Me into the
world, even so Rave I sent them into
the world" "As-even So" Think
them through bit. God sent Him.
a, willing ambassador, to do His will,
10 glorify His name, to make Him
known. He supplied Him with er
erything that was necessary to ac-
complish that purpose and protected
Film against the most subtle and
lersistent attacks of His enemies
6ntil He had aC-.mplished His mis-.
sion, "As-even So" Every Chris
tian-yes, every Christian is COM
UNSIGNED likewise. Too many have
notion that some are called to a
life of self-sacrifice, a life of sepa-
ration from loved ones and all that
is dear. while others are called to
lives of ease and luxury and self
seeking; or more often that they are
not called at all. That some are for
sacred service and some for secular.
Never was there a greater error.
When one begins to appreciate that
to be- Christian means to live a
life in union with Christ the distinc-
tons between sacred and secular
disappear, and questions OF where
and how become matters for His de-
cision. The man who goes to the
foreign field to preach the gospel
whose life is not surrendered to the
viii of God is just as much out of
place as the man who stays at home
and males money to squander upon
his own selfish indulgences; or we
might reverse it.
We repeat, therefore, that every
eVery-Christian is commissioned to
do what Jesus did. Every Christian
Is one sent, one sent to make the
Father known, one sent to do the
will OF the Father, to glorify Him
in His way and in His strength. And
in doing it every Christian must
put himself or herself as completely
at the Fathers disposal as did Jesus,
and must be willing to give even life
Itself, if necessary, in order that
The Fathers purpose may be accom-
plished. This must be done just as
willingly as Jesus did. OF course. no
one can ever again be ransom for
others, becau~ He has already paid
the debt in full and no one else but
Christ could ever have done that.
What a dignity this confers upon
every Christian! AS God sent Jesus,
even so Jesus sends you. Straighten
up,o therefore, and receive the honor
which He confers upon you.
Marching Orders
It was many days later-that is,
after that High Priestly prayer, the
real Lords P--yer-that He said to
the disciples gathers on a mountain
in -Galilee by appointment: "All au-
thority has been given unto me both
in heaven and on earth. Go We,
therefore, and make disciples of ali
nations, baptizing them in the name
the Holy Ghost: teaching them to OBJ
serve all things whatsoever L have
commanded you: and 10, I am with
YOU always, even unto the consum-
nation of the age
And then forty-three days after
that prayer, these same eleven men
were on the Mount of Olives with
Him, and discussing the things per-
when they received further orders.
they, were to wait at Jerusalem I'M
til they were fitted to the task as
signed them by being filled with the
Holy Spirit; then they were to go
out and be witnesses unto Him in
Jerusalem and in Samaria and in
Ludea, and unto the uttermost part
Of. the earth.
But unless we think that these Or
ders were given only unto the eleven
apostles, let US be reminded of the
fact that He included every Chris
tian today in them; for in verse 20
OF John II He added, neither pray
| Tor these alone, but for those also
VINO shall believe on me through
their word. We are included in the
prayer; we are included in the
marching orders. To every sin-bur-
dened heart the invitation to come
IS extended. He holds out His low.
ING arms to receive all such, and
not only offers to, but does actually,
Jake away the load of sin. To all
such His gracious word is Come. !"
Come unto me all ye that labor and
are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest" And to all who come, His
gracious word is GO" Yes, that
word is gracious. 1t is a wonderful
privilege which He extends to ev-
eryone Of His followers to go the
same way He Travelled, to do the
same work He did, to be His repre-
sentative on earth, to witness for
Him. One of the highest honors in
the gift Of our people is to be ap-
pointed ambassador to the court Of
st. James. It Is higher honor to
be an ambassador from the court
" heaven to the men in dire need
What then is our task?
Our Task
To make disciples, to baptize into
the name of the Triune God, to
teach them to observe all things
that He commanded, to be witnesses
unto Him, everywhere! Now this
is not an easy task; it entails diff
ficulties of time, oe distance, of mum
bers, of customs, of traditions, of
superstitions, Of mental inertia, and
resistance, Of spiritual death, and
Of spiritual opposition. These eleven
men were not staggered by this,
however. They simply obeyed,
With the balance of the 12O dis
cjples they tarried for ten days IN
prayer, waiting for the promised
spirit. And when He came upon
them in His strength, they went out
and witnessed. They were not call
ed to do an impossible thing; for
nothing r. impossible with God, and