One of the most important things in Christianity is mission. In Acts1:8, Jesus tells us of the great commission to go to the ends of the earth and tell people about Him. Christians have the obligation to prepare for the coming of the Christ by spreading God’s faith and love. One great way to tell other cultures and faiths of God is by showing love. By us showing the unconditional love of God to them, they will see that there is something different and special about Christianity. Elisabeth Elliot is a missionary who showed this unconditional love to the people in Ecuador. While her mission in the savage place, she had to experience losing her husband by Auca warriors in Ecuador. She still went back to the same people who killed her own husband with loving and forgiving heart. When the people of Ecuador saw the love that seems impossible in her, they opened and accepted their heart to Jesus. Elisabeth didn’t give up or hold grudge on them even when they killed her own husband; instead she went back to them with love and forgiveness to bring gospel to them. But one thing we have to be careful of is that we don’t offend their cultures by insisting only our way of believing God. Offending them will automatically shut their heart and it will be hard for them to accept anything we say. For that to not happen, we have to truly love them and understand them. By then, we would be able to open their heart to Jesus.
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hey lucy!
i liked this blog, i especially liked the story of the woman in equador. where did you hear this? I also Think that we shouldnt offend others but that we should be loving unto others even when the do horrible things to you. This is the epitome of a christian, and if we are loving in this way eventually people will be open to what god wantsthem to hear.