Committing Mission

According to an article from Crosswalk.com's newsletter Tuesday, an Israeli court has said that Messianic Jews (or probably any Jews converted to Christianity) cannot be denied Israeli citizenship. A number of Messianic Jews had been informed that they could not become citizens because they "commit missionary activity."

That reminded me of the old question- If you were hauled into court and charged with being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you? Of course that begs the question of what evidence there might be available to use?

Do you pray... or do you pray for your enemies?
Do you react to slights... by turning the other cheek?
When robbed do you fight back... or give them your shirt, too?

Then there's that still revolutionary idea of visiting the prisoners and feeding the hungry and welcoming the stranger in your midst.

But then, to commit mission? The mind is overwhelmed by the idea. Three counts of committing mission and you go to jail. But then what is mission? Is it the narrow definition of spreading the Gospel to those who have never heard? Or is it deeper, broader, higher than that?

Just let it sink in.