Reach the Ends of Earth for Mission (C)

Read: Hebrews 11, 12: 1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses. (from Hebrews 11 the great men and women with their faith)

Hebrews 12: 1

       I hope that my car will be fixing and I can drive home today. I have many dishes which need to wash and the floor needs to be mopping. No one does it, I will do it. Even although I am not so good in house work, but I still do it!

      Today we will finish "Reach the Ends of Earth for Mission". I will give one point and one testimony of David Livingstone.

(7)  A great cloud of witnesses. (Hebrews 12: 1)

      When we read Hebrews 11 whole chapter spoke about "By faith" as Abel, Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, Moses, Moab woman Ruth and the prostitute Rehab.... etc. Then next chapter 12 and verse 1 says, "Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses). We keep our faith for God, we are witnesses of God, we give our testimonies to other as our faith to act.

      I has been born again about 30 years, I have served God for 32 years and I have been a missionary for 29 years. Because God loves me first, then I serve him every day until last.

(8)  Missionaries' Testimonies.

       David Living stone, he had missioned to Africa. He was born in Scotland, and he came from the poor family in the childhood. He, his brothers and father worked in the same factory. Then he finished the night school until High School. All Livingstone family was devoted to God, his father was a holy man and taught David and his brothers and sisters in Godly living. It has affected David's missionary life deeply.

       One day, David preached that Jesus died on the cross for Africans. The Africans could not understand what does it mean? When David cam to this village, that village had attached by lions, each night, they heard people who cried, because they were eaten by the lions. One night, David and his fellows waited for the lions which were appeared. A lion cam to attack David Livingstone and bit his left shoulder, David was laying on the ground and fight with this lion with all his strength until his fellow man shot a bullet into the lion which lay beside David. And he was wound very badly, he lay down on bed for two months, his left hand never lift anything up. Later, his shoulder left the scars' of the lion teeth for rest of his life. The Africans understood that what is mean Jesus died on the cross for their sins. Because it was same as David protected the village people, even died for them as Jesus did.

       One day, David Livingstone preached that "our sins, Jesus cleanses as white as snow." The Africans did not understand, they had never seen the snow as white. One afternoon, David sat outside, He thought the cows that bathed on the river, when they stood up and sun has shun on the skins of the cows as very shinning as very clean. Later he told Africans, your sins were clean as skins of the cows which were shinning under the sun.

       David Livingstone is a white man, a doctor, a pioneer, a evangelist, a hunter and the one who is full of love for Africans. When he died with kneeling on bed with open Bible. One of fellow men Susi took his heart out and buried on the tree of the central African, his body was carried by Africans from one African land to others, they shipped him to England, the airport man organized the teeth of the lion, and approved he was David Livingstone.

      Because of David Livingstone death, England officers decided to free African slaves. The reason: David wrote many letters to England government's officers, he appealed for Africans and stopping all slaves' trade. Tanzania was one of African countries. No David Livingstone, there were no Tanzanian Christians. You have owned the debts of Gospel as Paul said.

        Who do you want to be black African as David Livingstone to go to the ends of earth to set the white men and women, yellow skin people, red skin people and brown skin people (Latins) free in the Name of Jesus? I challenge you today, Macedonia calling has called you as Paul's experience in night vision. (Acts 16: 6-10) Then the Lord saying, "whom shall I send? And who will go for us? (go to the ends of earth)" And you say, "Here I am. Send me!"

Conclusions

     Unknown white male and single missionary, he had never come to Tanzania, he died in outside of Indian Ocean. He had never achieved his mission's goal for Tanzanian people. But his bible in front of page, he wrote, "No turn back, no give up, no forsake." And a single white missionary lady died one the small African hut with her six adopted African children, she knel on the bed with open Bible in her age 58.

      I got save by belief in Jesus, because this white missionary lady Carol Wilson who talked me that Jesus loves me with unconditional love. I have been the missionary for 19 years. Carol and her husband Haydn pry for me every day. I am their spiritual daughter. I am the missionary seed which grew up, and heed after David Livingstone and many white missionaries men and women who poured our their lives for Africans. When is it the right time for you? And are you  willing go to the ends of earth? I hope that you will surely say, "I am here and Send me!" and returning Jesus love to others. As God is calling now, do you listen? Then Go!

Good testimony is your one!

Author: Rev. Rebecca Sun