Here's a quote for my missionary friends - I know they have seen this themselves...
The famous missionary from a previous era, E. Stanley Jones, described seeing "many a missionary leave loved ones, friends, home, business, prospects, and come to other lands and find that he had given up everything except - just himself. Self was still there, assertive and jealous of its place and honor. Jesus asks us to lay down that last thing."
On the mission field, this type can lay waste to entire ministries and, worse, bring dishonor on the Gospel. (In a place where it
They are more dangerous than "average" Christian who refuse to lay down their own lives - although these do their own share of damage in local churches and communities.
The missionary who has not laid down his (or her) own life is more dangerous because the result is a "believer" who feels a great sense of self-righteousness at having made so many other sacrifices.
And self-righteousness is a destructive force.
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