{"id":1900,"date":"2018-01-14T04:29:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T04:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2019-07-23T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T14:37:19","slug":"gods-kingdom-welcomes-poor-outcasts-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2018\/01\/14\/gods-kingdom-welcomes-poor-outcasts-world\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Kingdom Welcomes the Poor and Outcasts of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By: Doug Beacham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am grateful that the IPHC is so deeply committed to serving the poorest peoples and nations of the world. Through the various avenues of World Missions Ministries, we are sharing Good News through word, deed, and presence. We stand with thousands from various Christian communions who pray for, give to, and go to our brothers and sisters in Christ who live in those nations.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we lament the local and global policies, corruption, and cynicism that keeps so many of these nations in economic and spiritual slavery. But as followers of Jesus, we find ways to bless them; we do not curse them.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti, El Salvador, South Sudan, and Democratic Republic of Congo are among the poorest nations on earth. You can view a list of the 30 poorest nations at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-25-poorest-countries-in-the-world-2017-3\">http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-25-poorest-countries-in-the-world-2017-3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Like some of you, I\u2019ve had the privilege, and yes, I said it that way, it\u2019s a privilege to visit our fellow believers in those nations. We eat together, listen together, pray together, and worship together. It\u2019s also a privilege to welcome them to our shores in Christ\u2019s name when they arrive as visitors, refugees, and immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there are nations with abominable social, political, and economic policies that keep them in such bondage. The United States and the other \u201cdeveloped\u201d nations have our own abominations and bondages. That\u2019s the way of the spirit of the world: some nations are exposed in their darkness; other nations use distractions to masquerade their darkness.<\/p>\n<p>But as followers of Jesus, we are in this world as representatives of another Spirit, another Kingdom, another King. Our King says, \u201cCome unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest\u201d (Matt. 11:28). Our King says, \u201cInasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me\u201d (Matt. 25:40).<\/p>\n<p>The apostle Paul, recognizing the global and cosmic dimensions of the Gospel, reminded the Ephesian believers that their purpose was to live in such a way that \u201cthat now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places\u201d (Ephesians 3:10).<\/p>\n<p>The power of that witness is manifested in the various forms of reconciliation accomplished and initiated in the death, resurrection, ascension of Christ, and sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. First, there is the reconciliation of lost humanity to its Loving Creator. Second, as Ephesians 3 witnesses, it is revealed in the unity of Jew and Gentile in the faith, being in the church the first-fruits of ethnic reconciliation. That power continues to be manifested in each generation as the global work of reconciliation continues between races, between male and female, between poor and rich, between weak and powerful.<\/p>\n<p>Nations and their leaders make their declarations. Sometimes their words are wise; sometimes their words are foolish. It is our task as citizens of the Kingdom of God, to declare and make manifest God\u2019s Good News in deeds and words to \u201cthe ends of the earth\u201d (Isaiah 45:22; 49:6; Acts 13:47).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[510,134,425,693,517,518],"class_list":{"0":"post-1900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bishops-blog","8":"category-general","9":"tag-510","10":"tag-bishops-blog","11":"tag-christs-kingdom","12":"tag-dr-doug-beacham","13":"tag-immigrants","14":"tag-reconciliation","15":"entry"},"title_es":"El Reino de Dios recibe a los pobres y marginados del mundo","content_es":"<strong>Por: Doug Beacham<\/strong> Estoy agradecido de que la IPHC est\u00e1 tan profundamente comprometida a servir a los pueblos y naciones m\u00e1s pobres del mundo. A trav\u00e9s de las diversas avenidas de los Ministerios de Misiones Mundiales, compartimos las Buenas Nuevas a trav\u00e9s de palabra, hecho y presencia. Apoyamos a miles de diversas comuniones cristianas que oran, se rinden y se dirigen a nuestros hermanos y hermanas en Cristo que viven en esas naciones. S\u00ed, lamentamos las pol\u00edticas locales y globales, la corrupci\u00f3n y el cinismo que mantienen a muchas de estas naciones en la esclavitud econ\u00f3mica y espiritual. Pero como seguidores de Jes\u00fas, encontramos formas de bendecirlos; no los maldecimos Hait\u00ed, El Salvador, Sud\u00e1n del Sur y la Rep\u00fablica Democr\u00e1tica del Congo se encuentran entre las naciones m\u00e1s pobres del mundo. Puede ver una lista de las 30 naciones m\u00e1s pobres en <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-25-poorest-countries-in-the-world-2017-3\">http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-25-poorest-countries-in-the-world-2017-3<\/a> . Como algunos de ustedes, he tenido el privilegio, y s\u00ed, lo dije de esa manera, es un privilegio visitar a nuestros compa\u00f1eros creyentes en esas naciones. Comemos juntos, escuchamos juntos, oramos juntos y adoramos juntos. Tambi\u00e9n es un privilegio darles la bienvenida a nuestras costas en nombre de Cristo cuando llegan como visitantes, refugiados e inmigrantes. S\u00ed, hay naciones con pol\u00edticas sociales, pol\u00edticas y econ\u00f3micas abominables que las mantienen en esa esclavitud. Los Estados Unidos y las otras naciones \"desarrolladas\" tienen nuestras propias abominaciones y ataduras. Ese es el camino del esp\u00edritu del mundo: algunas naciones est\u00e1n expuestas en su oscuridad; otras naciones usan distracciones para enmascarar su oscuridad. Pero como seguidores de Jes\u00fas, estamos en este mundo como representantes de otro Esp\u00edritu, otro Reino, otro Rey. Nuestro Rey dice: \"Venid a m\u00ed todos los que est\u00e1is trabajados y cargados, y yo os har\u00e9 descansar\" (Mateo 11:28). Nuestro Rey dice: \"En la medida en que lo hiciste con uno de estos mis hermanos, me lo hiciste a m\u00ed\" (Mateo 25:40). El ap\u00f3stol Pablo, reconociendo las dimensiones globales y c\u00f3smicas del Evangelio, record\u00f3 a los creyentes de \u00c9feso que su prop\u00f3sito era vivir de tal manera que \"que la sabidur\u00eda m\u00faltiple de Dios pueda ser dada a conocer por la iglesia a los principados y potestades en los lugares celestiales \"(Efesios 3:10). El poder de ese testimonio se manifiesta en las diversas formas de reconciliaci\u00f3n realizadas e iniciadas en la muerte, la resurrecci\u00f3n, la ascensi\u00f3n de Cristo y el env\u00edo del Esp\u00edritu Santo en Pentecost\u00e9s. Primero, est\u00e1 la reconciliaci\u00f3n de la humanidad perdida con su Creador amoroso. Segundo, como lo testifica Efesios 3, se revela en la unidad de jud\u00edos y gentiles en la fe, siendo en la iglesia los primeros frutos de la reconciliaci\u00f3n \u00e9tnica. Ese poder contin\u00faa manifest\u00e1ndose en cada generaci\u00f3n a medida que el trabajo global de reconciliaci\u00f3n contin\u00faa entre las razas, entre hombres y mujeres, entre pobres y ricos, entre d\u00e9biles y poderosos. Las naciones y sus l\u00edderes hacen sus declaraciones. Algunas veces sus palabras son sabias; a veces sus palabras son tontas. Es nuestra tarea como ciudadanos del Reino de Dios, declarar y hacer manifiestas las Buenas Nuevas de Dios en obras y palabras a \"los confines de la tierra\" (Isa\u00edas 45:22; 49: 6; Hechos 13:47).","author_name":"","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/05\/Bishops-Blog-2016.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb62Bx-uE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}