Dear mga Igsoon,
Ako na pud ni ipa ibabaw ang atong Hisgot Hisgot.
Here below, was sharing about how we are bonded in the Navs, that one of the weakness we have is we are not bonded by the vision God gave us in the Navs, but rather we are bonded by the name Navs, and the Kingdom and with the Glory of God. I do not know if the NLT would agree with this but that is my observation. Is there something wrong with this? I think nothing wrong, because its gives us diversification in the larger part of the Kingdom of God. Its the reason why we are invovlve in the different minstries. Edith and mely are with the children.. Cris Malecdem are with Mangyans, James and Joker are with Bible translation, Jonthan and thelma with the prostitutes, Roy and kuya Philip are with equipping Chrurch leaders and many others are in local churches both in protestants and Catholic. like vivian and Sis Tirsa. Its amazing How the Lord produced workers in His harvestfield in order to expand His Kingdom through the Navs. So, as we continue to trace our ancestry and legacy with the Navs it is good to look at what God wants Navs to do and i believe we can always integrate the nav vision to whatever we are doing and continue to influence our sphere of ministry with the Nav distinctives, this is if we believe that God has established the Navs with certain role to play in the Kingdom of God.
Quickly going back to the Nav vision, I think it can easily be integrated to whatever ministry we are in.
“We envision loving communities living out and proclaiming the Gospel of God's Kingdom, leading to the transformation of hearts and lives, families and nations, from one generation to another”
From this Vision I see Three Big Words which are the core of this vision.
1. Communities
2. Gospel
3. Trasformation
Of these three THE GOSPEL is right at the center. it is the reason for the existence of the communities (Where the communities has to live-out and proclaim) it it also the prime mover or the reason/cause of the transformation of heart, lives, families and nations.
What is the Gospel then? - I believe that if we have a clear understanding of what the Gospel is then there is a reason for the community to exist and we will appreciate the transformation of ones life.
When Pastors and theologian are asked what is the Gospel, 1Co 15:1-4 ( Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures), will come as the scriptural difinition. Yes this the Gospel and if you look at it closely the Gospel all point to JESUS. Jesus was the one who died for the the sin, Jesus was the one who was buried and Jesus is the one who rose again, therefore JESUS is the GOSPEL, the GOODNEWS that man could ever have.. So Knowing Jesus is knowing the Gospel, accepting Jesus is accepting the Gospel. So living out the Gospel is living out Jesus and proclaiming the Gospel is proclaiming Jesus. That is why for me it is important that we should not reduce Jesus of who He is. He is both Saviour and Lord. - Saviour because He was the one who died and paid the penalty of our sins, Lord because He is God. He was Lord even before he became a Savior, He is Lord Now and will be Lord forever.
When we accept Jesus we can not say that we didnot accept Him as Lord, because our act of surrender, our act of giving up our path of gaining salvation (good works and others...) and accepting the work of Christ in the cross are indications of accepting Him as Lord and Savior. so we have accepted Jesus as our LORD!!! and I want us to remember that. So as we go on our struggle with sin, with selfishness and tendencies to on our own ways its always good to recon and remind ourselves that we have made that decision already when God opened our eyes and see Jesus and accepted him into ourlives.
So I believe when God told us in the Navigators to live-out the Gospel it means we should live out JESUS, His teachings, His Lordship, His character His Person, or simply we imitate Christ. and when He told the Navigators to proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom, we simply proclaim Jesus, lead people to come face to face with Jesus, the same as the way we see Jesus, both the Savior and Lord.
Taas na. next time na pud.
RG
