May 15, 2018 Show with Joseph Jacowitz on “Christian Missions: The Call to Them & Endurance in Them”

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This is Chris Arns and your host of iron sharpens iron radio wishing you all a happy Tuesday on this 15th

day of May 2018 and I'm delighted to have back on the program

someone who has become a very special friend and also who is the founder of

firstlove radio the network that iron sharpens iron radio

has recently found its home and he is also founder of first love publications and

pastor of Christ Bible Church in Dublin, California.

We are addressing the theme Christian missions the call to them and Endurance in them

and it's my honor and privilege to welcome you back to iron sharpens iron radio pastor Joseph Jackowitz.

Oh.

Good to be with you.

Chris glad I really appreciate it.

And I know that you have been on the program before as I've already said, but there are new listeners It

seems joining the iron sharpens iron audience every week I'm hearing from people that I've never heard from before

from all over the world.

So for their benefit why don't you let our listeners know something about Christ Bible Church in Dublin, California

and then We'll move on to first love publications and first love radio because if I'm not mistaken I

have a feeling and I could be wrong but I have a feeling this is the first time that you've been on since the launching of

first love radio or at least Since the addition of iron sharpens iron radio to the roster there.

That is great.

So let's let's hear about Christ Bible Church in Dublin, California, and then we'll hear about first love

publications and first love radio and First love missions.

Yes.

That's right.

Yes.

The theme today is very connected to that.

Yes.

Yes for Christ Bible Church was founded in 1990 by four families

Myself

and

my

wife

being

five

miles.

You

can

find

out

more

information

about

and

I

know

that

you meet at

the.

Pleasanton Evangelical free church.

I said Dublin, California earlier.

But that's your mailing address your actual physical location where you worship is the Pleasanton Evangelical free church

on North Valley Trails Drive in Pleasanton, California.

That's correct.

The actual physical site where we want to

mail things to us.

Our mailing address by

the way.

I'd like to ask our listeners for a word of prayer right now as you're listening that we remain on the

air because there is a pretty hairy Thunderstorm brewing outside as we speak and Who

knows if we lose power or not during the midst of our program if we disappear from the airways?

You'll you'll know why that happened, but Now let's hear

about a first love publications.

I was So thankful and so thrilled that your team

Or at least a portion of your team for first love publications made the trip all the way out here

To Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and I believe it was January.

For my last or most recent I should say a pastor's luncheon and you set up a booth

there giving away Thousands of dollars worth of books for free

and that is nothing Unusual for you because first love publications always gives away

everything that they publish for free.

If you could tell us about first love publications.

First love a library

junior.

Yeah, the hollered.

Yep a

friend of

mine.

Yes.

Yes mutual friends.

It's a small world, isn't it?

Yes, and.

But

the

fondness

and

loves

as

well

is in

the local

church.

I bury so

patient on

the

past

systematic theology

counseling

men will bring

out usually Line up

and just

each one and

they most of them will

leave with

a stack of

our

publications web

again

that

website

851 publications.

We presently offer in

for good books to

print not just any books.

We want each title to be

up to mind and really

chow about.

We also

will bring our

offense as

well.

We've done that actually we have a grow present first

love public and then after

the take public

Bible Conferences and pastors conferences name

would like to

have a

foot first love

publications and

all is

all

about.

We also have brochures and Catalogs you

type

and for people who might

be thinking in their minds.

Well, if they they're giving these books away for free, they must be pretty shabby looking.

They may must be printed on the real garbage.

As far as the paper and stuff.

These books really rival in their appearance the quality of their appearance and the cover artwork and

everything.

They rival the the biggest publishers out there.

Right now they are very high quality books.

We have worked hard and God has helped us to find a very cheap

design the cover design as well

as the font

size.

The

there with one

-time gifts or and I

was delighted that.

You had the booth right next to mine at the last g3 conference in Atlanta, Georgia and

It was so great to be able to have fellowship with you and that's where.

Over lunch you gave me the honor and privilege of Extending an

invitation to me to join the roster of the

Broadcasting lineup there at first.

Love radio.

And it is such a joy to have joined your lineup knowing especially

that they're the fine brethren in Christ that you work with and And

The the fact that we all share in common a the same doctrines of sovereign grace and same

passion to spread them.

Yes, well a providential match

that God made in ministry between you and I since not only do we basically

Embrace the same theological perspective in the major teachings even in

many of the secondary areas of the faith.

But also you and I are from the same area of the country from the East Coast, New York City, New Jersey

Metropolitan.

It's amazing.

Many of our friends are the same and we never met until about a couple years ago I think so.

Yes, we and I feel that.

You coming on board with first love radio was a real blessing for

us and

brought being

a guest a

few

times.

Delighted when

you've been a

while visit

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Oh great.

I knew it was coming, but I didn't know it was coming this Saturday.

Yes, so it's it's Scheduled to air this Saturday at 1 o 'clock.

I believe that and

then actually it's oh you're you're airing it at 1 o 'clock.

East Coast.

West Coast time.

Or or the show airs live between 12 noon and 1 p .m. East Coast.

So I don't know if you're airing it live or not.

I.

Don't think it's going to be live.

We inquired about that bail.

Okay, we we

certainly can server.

That's no problem.

Okay, so but until then.

The the pre -recorded version will be airing at what time.

On first love.

One o 'clock one o 'clock Pacific time.

Okay, and that would be four o 'clock p .m. Eastern

Time, right?

Well, that's it.

That's a great program.

Pastor Bill Shishko is a dear friend going back to the 1980s.

I met him not long after he first took Or accepted the call to the pastor at the

Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Franklin Square, New York.

He has since retired from that post and is now running Reformation Metro, New

York which is a power church organization under the oversight of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and I'm just

I'm just thrilled that you two now know each other and.

You I know that you were aware of him from your

old days with family radio.

Yes.

Yes.

I I

know of good

conversations and We're looking for a visit

to the pastor study.

Yes a visit to the pastor study.

Yes.

Yes, and.

I am delighted about that and I our listeners should know also about your history in

Radio and you can hear more about that.

We've had other interviews with Pastor Jackowitz on iron sharpens iron radio so if you go to

the iron sharpens iron radio website iron sharpens iron radio dot -com and you go to the archive and type

in Jackowitz.

J a C O W I T Z.

That's J a C O W I T Z.

You can hear all of the interviews we've had and there was one in particular where we go into his history of

involvement with family radio before Harold camping became a full -blown apostate

and also we've had Mutual involvement with

Salem media.

I worked for Salem media for 15 years and I know that you were employed there as well.

Yes,

I

have one.

There's

San

Francisco

down.

I'm not

gonna go.

We might even be able to

have.

Well.

I'm very excited about that.

And you know that I am all on board with that.

Well, I am going to.

I am going to go to our first station break right now because I don't want to interrupt you mid -sentence and we might as well

take the break now and when we return I want to hear about your trip to the Philippines because it makes

Perfect sense to talk about that in regard to our topic today Christian missions the call to them

and endurance in them.

And then we'll move on from the Philippines trip Specifically to our general discussion on this issue.

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And I just had a humorous Comment from Ted and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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Well, yeah that they even the folks at Salem thought it was unusual that I remained there that long because of the

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but now coming up this Saturday God willing starting off With a pre -recorded version

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first love radio first love missions and One of two pastors at Christ Bible Church

in Pleasanton, California.

We are discussing Are going to begin discussing I should say Christian missions the call to them

and endurance in them.

And by the way, I am elevating my prayer request earlier To the fact

that I just received on my cell phone one of those automatic warnings that there

is There are tornado warnings in my area until 4 45 p .m. Eastern

Time.

So that's 15 more minutes.

So, please pray that we remain unscathed as a result of this if indeed the

tornadoes come through here.

But pastor Joe you just returned from a missions trip to the Philippines.

And I'd love for to hear about that before we go on to the broader subject of Christian missions.

We've been going 2000 and each

time we go

out

of all

Asia is

one of several

people

that

we

witnessed but unlike

in America

and wouldn't give you the

time not so in

the quite a while and

while we want

to walk

through it and our

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it's not

your will

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because

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borrow

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subject of addiction is near and dear to my heart because But unfortunately affected my own personal

life and witness for Christ after having come to Christ and As

a as a drunkard as it went in my was in my early Mid to mid

20s I was sober for 18 years and then tragically fell back into the

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In fact, I've heard of him for years.

I have just never to my.

Memory interviewed him before.

I know he has a great and one

of the other things I wanted to ask you about is specifically

involving.

The Philippines.

What is the theological climate there.

I know that there is a lot of spiritism and occultism and paganism and false religion and

Islam and all kinds of things going on there and I know that it's.

While some areas may be safe.

I also know that there's some areas that are very dangerous to to visit.

Can you tell us something about?

These things that I've brought up.

Duterte is

Luzon

and

Visayas Island the

theological atmosphere

on

it on

their

emotions.

It's not because they don't want the

lack of availability

from that

as well.

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State as well as dr

And

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as online

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in

Nigeria

in our

right now for

that.

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seems

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the less

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I

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that you

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Yes,

I believe

the.

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That you mentioned before all of the others.

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Iglesia Ni Cristo.

Yes.

I'm almost certain that he did.

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I know that you would want this caveat To be mentioned when you

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No, we we absolutely deny that that right meaning of free grace.

Oh, yes.

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Jackowitz founder of first love publications first love radio and first love missions and one of two

pastors at Christ Bible Church in Pleasanton, California, we are discussing Christian missions

a call to them and endurance in them.

That's chrisarnsen at gmail .com and I know that you are having an event pastor

Joe this week.

So I would love for you to let our listeners know all the information they need to know about that

Pastor Joe, are you there?

I.

Think so.

I'm here.

Sorry about that.

We're going to be love

missions.

You can

actually register for the conference as well.

Believe it or not speakers along with

I'll be

representing.

Let's

see.

It'll

be held

disciples

of all

nations.

That's

the

message

we're

mandate

to

be

involved

during

the gospel

and dr J

given by

doctor.

And then I

will conclude if you want to attend

of the Bible in

Washington DC and

then you will

be able to

link

on first

and that will

take you to the

website

that

you can read you Will be giving

away tons

and by might

org we're giving away to but I

wanted to hide primarily

for you don't have to be a few to

get it and give it

By.

And then

what

I did

two volumes that

trial.

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what a

classic.

It's a

classic

Chris many

of your

listeners

are that

I can go to the website

org one word

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personal

publications

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can register for

come on

down and visit

us your while and what a tragedy it is that so many.

Episcopalians and Episcopalian ministers or as some of them call themselves priests

Are totally unaware of the existence of JC Ryle, I mean, it's just mind -boggling and

well, you could understand why those who are either in the left wing of apostate Episcopalianism

or in the Romish Oxford movement would not be aware of him since he was a

solidly sovereign grace driven man and

What a biblically saturated Work that that you are

promoting by him.

In fact, my my grandmother's Episcopal priest who's a very Romish

man.

Very nice man.

Very opposed to the liberalism and apostasy in regard to

Homosexuality and all these other things within the Episcopal Church so he is right on those issues, but he had

never heard of JC Ryle, so I Popped a Booklet that Chapel library one of the booklets the

Chapel library publishes by him.

I popped that into his mailbox hoping that something would happen but To my knowledge.

He's still a very Romish Episcopalian priest, but you never know what could happen.

But well, thank you for that Joe and before we go into some of your own commentary

I think it'd be wise for us to at least take a couple of our listener questions first.

Sure, we have Murray in Kinross Scotland who's asks on the basis that someone doesn't

suddenly become Evangelistic when they arrive at where they have been sent as a

missionary Would it be fair to say that they should be seen to be actively engaged in

evangelism, etc in their home Situation before being considered for service

elsewhere.

Hmm.

That's very very good question.

Of.

Extended

missions

where

people know that

needs to

take conflicts and the trials that will come Against us

and call that middle

evangelism.

And we

also

have.

Ted in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Does Joe speak?

Tagalog.

TAG a LLG.

How difficult is it for English speakers to learn it?

And how important is the knowledge of that language to your ministry?

That language is not important to to our ministry to the Philippines because as I mentioned earlier, we're able

to speak in English and Pretty much every attendee of our conferences and our church

meetings and seminars Understands our American English.

I have found that most

eight American English because there's not as many idioms in

American English as their forms of English that

are kind of twisted because the native The native slang and vernacular and

accent kind of mutilates the English a little bit.

And it's difficult to understand that form of English in third world countries.

But everywhere I go people people love in the third world the American English, but I have to tell our team members.

Look slow down and

Slow down enunciate your words Carefully and usually we have no

he was just saying how

important is the language to?

Your ministry and you.

Obviously you answered that right off the bat.

You said it's not important at all.

It's not that important to Gallup is a Latin based language.

It's a mixture of Spanish and other another part of the language.

Which I don't know.

The real languages that are rooted in Latin like German and French

and English Are not that difficult to learn.

German is a little hard for

me.

I know of America to Golic and

pidgin English and.

We have.

Let's see here.

We have Christopher from Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.

Who asks.

I know that there are many minutes?

Missionaries in lands where Christianity is a tiny minority.

Who are tempted to work hand in hand with others who would deny the doctrines of sovereign

grace?

I know that there might be some level of cooperation that you might want to have with Brothers in Christ who

disagree on non -essential issues, even if if even if they are Arminian.

But is is it not very important that there are certain lines that cannot be crossed

when it comes to?

The gospel itself like those who work hand -in -hand with Roman Catholics and others who deny the

biblical gospel of Christ.

Absolute

non

-compromising

and

terminology

Related

to Cal

the

doctrines

of grace

because

true

context for mostly

our

pastors

will

to get into

their

minds and

hearts with

in

truth.

Like

blackboards,

they're like

blank slates.

They're

not

aggressive

ideas and

there are

some on a blank slate now.

I assume that you would differentiate between Non -Calvinistic

Christians that you would have some level of cooperation with and anti Calvinist

Christians.

Anti -calvinist

Christian

between

Mental doctrines.

When we bring up

some of these, okay, we have to

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It's a much briefer one than the last one.

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Welcome back.

We are discussing Christian missions the call to them and endurance in them with our guest pastor Joe

Jackowitz founder of first love publications first love radio and first love missions and missions

and also one of the two pastors at Christ Bible Church in Pleasanton, California.

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We do have an anonymous Questioner for you Joe.

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Does first love? publications Provide free books upon request to those of

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It's one of my own particular burdens

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The finances

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India.

Well, I think we should begin to delve into the topic at hand in greater depth.

The call to missions.

There are some people who might think that they should go on a mission

trip or become a missionary.

Just because of a feeling of guilt.

They think that every Christian is obligated to do this kind of thing.

And in fact, I remember and I'm paraphrasing because I don't have the quote in front of me but a Lutheran

pastor said that I was very close to the actual quote of Martin Luther, but there was

a Shoemaker apparently that a cobbler that that approached Martin Luther he had a

wife and children and He said he asked Martin Luther if he would be

living in greater obedience to God if he were to uproot his wife and

children and go overseas to a mission field and Martin Luther's response to this

specific man was you're a cobbler make a good shoe and sell it at a fair price.

So, I don't know if you would respond the same way.

What are your feelings about missions and the call to missions, how do you know you have a call to missions and You know

some people use the cop -out that they don't even share the gospel with their neighbors or their Colleagues at work or anybody in their

family because that's not their calling and that's of course.

Ridiculous, but tell us about the call to missions and who you think has that and how should they

know that they have that call?

Response to and I believe

a lot of missions work and evangelism work is to be done Where

God has quicker a

wife a

mother

or if

you I just

freeze about

the gospel

Through your holy

life,

so

you

don't have

to go to

do missions work

when you're

sharing

in your own

at the marketplace among acquaintances.

God's

looking for

my

use

me a book of

Acts.

We're

fighting

them

in the

name

of the

Father and of

the Son of

the Holy Spirit.

I've commanded you and

lo I am with

you always

even to

the end of the

age from

there to having one

-on -one

Again.

The

calling

is

really

of

Christ

and we

talk

about

missionary to go hear the gospel.

Let's see here.

We have another anonymous listener who asks if you genuinely have a call of God

to be a missionary.

Do you think that it will be a very clear and unwavering? Conviction that

a person has and there will be little doubt about it.

Especially after the one praise and contemplates the situation for a considerable

period of time.

Well, I don't know what kind of confirmation and Definite affirmation somebody's looking for.

I don't know of anybody regardless of your

calling or your spiritual

in God's

on

the

other hand.

Yeah,

they're

God.

God give

us

the

issue that us

and mock

us and leave us guessing and wondering

all of our life.

I wonder if this is God's calling know.

The

Bible

says

in

scope

God

who

gives

doesn't

want us

waste by

pursuing

this

gift

one

thing.

I think you should clarify you were discussing a little bit earlier about

Living a godly life.

That's always very important obviously and that Will be used by God to draw people

to you to begin conversations about why you are living this way Why are you making these

specific decisions in your life and and etc, etc.

I think that we have to be careful that we don't confuse that With some who use

the phrase lifestyle evangelism where they don't use words I

really dislike intensely a quote that is often attributed to st Francis of Assisi

preach the gospel and if necessary use words I really intensely dislike that because that gives a lot of people

a cop -out to warn people specifically about their need for Christ and their need to repent and

Embrace his atoning death as their one and only hope for salvation.

Because if people Did not do that if for instance the Apostles and

Christ's disciples Only used a quote quote lifestyle evangelism. None of them would have been martyred.

In fact Christ Never would have been executed other than the fact that it was a decreed act of God

you know if people were just being nice and kind and godly and benevolent and Humble

and sacrificial and so on without preaching the gospel They would have remained unscathed.

Am I right?

Lifestyle evangelism by itself is I'm script

through my life and that's all

that.

That is a legit

by itself Lifestyle

evangelism it.

So yes

in our godly holy lifestyle

people can see Christ in us.

But that is

all

preacher.

The Bible says that people must hear so

Lifestyle

evangelism is not a

and the message itself.

Well, I want to give you now about.

Two and a half minutes just to summarize what you most want etched in the hearts and minds of our listeners today.

Before we run out of time We're gonna have to have you back on the program to delve into endurance and

missions.

But if you could just summarize what you've most want our listeners to remember.

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