He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world —1 John 2:2
Propitiation is God’s Wrath Appeased and it’s the key to the missionary’s message: His sacrifice for us that completely satisfied the wrath of God. That’s why it’s so important that we don’t shortcut the gospel message. It begins with God’s justifiable wrath for our SIN. Starting with anything else: His love or His “plan for our life” undermines the message. Christ’s work is multifaceted: healing, saving, and sanctifying. But— “The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”— that is limitless (John 1:29). The missionary’s message is the limitless importance of Jesus Christ as the propitiation for our sins, and a missionary is someone who is immersed in the truth of that revelation.
A missionary is someone who is bound by marriage to the stated mission and purpose of his Lord and Master. Paul did not say, “Woe is me if I do not preach what Christ has done for me,” but, “. . . woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!” (1 Corinthians 9:16). And this is the gospel— “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” God’s Wrath Appeased.
Nick
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