Missions and Preaching

In the previous article we discussed the first principle of missions, viz., that missions is emphatically and exclusively the work of God in Christ by the Holy Spirit of Christ. This is plainly taught in Scripture and by our Reformed Confessions. The Heidelberg Catechism perhaps sums it best when it says: "The Son of God gathers, defends, and preserves unto himself a church chosen to everlasting life . . ." (L.D. XXI, q. 54). That missions is the work of God is also obvious from the fact that...