All were missionaries

Austin Gardner • July 11, 2022

 the one who didn’t become a missionary became a traitor

John Phillips in his commentary Exploring Colossians & Philemon shares some wonderful truths for you to think about today.


The early church was a missionary church.


Almost every book in the New Testament was written by a foreign missionary.


Every epistle in the New Testament addressed to an individual was addressed to the convert of a foreign missionary.


Every epistle addressed to a church was addressed to a foreign mission church.


All of the apostles, except one, became a missionary; the one who didn’t become a missionary became a traitor.


The disciples were first called “Christians” in a foreign land.


 

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