Bible Studies with coworkers of Tanzania UBF
January 7 (Monday) afternoon - several of us visited prison island (where they used to lock up prisoners) where we saw turtles.
January 8 (Tuesday)
Missionary Timothy took us to "Amaani Bungalows" a place with beach where I served a few Bible studies on Bible Tanzania and World Mission.
Lesson I. Is indeed Tanzania a horrible palce to live/evangelize?
In Tanzania UBF native leaders are yet to be established. One might think that Tanzania is a hard place to plant church. Why then does the Scritpure say, "When times are good be happy, but when times (or mission fields) are bad, consider this: God has made this as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future." Ecc 7:14
The answer is hidden in the "Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future."Why no one?
It is because their future (your future, my future, the future of Tanzanians as well as Tanzanian UBF coworkers) will all depend on what you think of who God is. Isn't it God who has made the land as hard as it is now? Then why did God make the times of life in the land this way? And who do you think God is - the God who made the land that way, and why has God made the land that way?
Consider then that God is the good God. For those who believe he is good and good all the time. So even when the times are bad, inasmuh as God is a good God, oen is called to operate with absolute faith believing in God who is good and good all the time.
Lessson 2 - What should one first and foremost remember in serving the flock of God in any mission fields?
Daniel 7:14, 28-29; Ecc 12:13; Col 3:3
Beginning this coming Sunday Missionary Timothy Chung decided to serve the Sunday worship messages in English. One should expect/believe that the Lord God would do mighty work in the years to come.
So I was encouraged to serve a Bible study based on the above referenced Bible passages.
Daniel saw in a vision the end of the matter, that is, as Jesus comes back, he will ensure that the dominion, powers, soverignty of all kingdoms will be taken away from the wicked and given to the saints.
Solomon talks about the conclusion of the matter, that is to say, man's whole duty is to fear God and obey His commands.
But on his own, man cannot do this, so the first thing one needs to do is to be in Jesus, for life eternal, so he could participate in his eternal kingdom.
For this reason, the Apostle Paul says 'You died in the Lord, so your life is now hidden in Christ, so when Christ appears [at the end of the matter] your life also will appear."
So the firrst for one to do is to lead the flock of God to Jesus Christ. Then one can learn to live a life fearing and obeying God.
3. Lesson 3 - The call for Real Time Synchronization, revisited
John 14:9-10
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Rule of operation No 1 for a missionary (or pastor) is to keep himself in sync with Jesus in real time.
But I see many (myself included) goes out of sync so often just as was the case with Philip in John 14.
So check yourself whether u r in or out of sync with Jesus real time called now.
Otherwise you cannot not expect any work of life arising in and through you, neither today nor tomorrow.
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