Sunday, May 20, 2012

It is foolish for many ministries to attempt to reach people without any consideration for the culture they are trying to reach in which those people live. I know people who try to reach white collar cultures with a very blue collar approach. The good old boy act doesn't sell everywhere. I am not going to be very successful dealing in Hispanic, Chinese or Russian cultures. I have a few cultural paradigms that I am able to impact..the rest...not so much. Let's stay in our lane in ministry. We waste a lot of time and money doing things that take us no where by a foray into a culture without effect. I know full well that the word of God has impact no matter what, that there are people who come with an accent or a culture that is foreign can have influence ...yet this is a case where the exception proves out the rule. The Apostle Paul had it right. Stay in you lane.

1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (New International Version)
Paul’s Use of His Freedom
19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

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