Moravian Missionary and Slaves
In this part of the sermon: The second qualification is Christ's unique person, beginning with his true humanity. Hebrews 2:17-18 and 5:1-2 show he became like his brethren to be a merciful, sympathetic High…
A Moravian missionary sold himself into slavery in the West Indies to empathetically identify with slaves and effectively communicate the gospel. This illustrates how Christ assumed true humanity to sympathize with and minister to humanity in its enslaved condition.
I may have told this story one time some several years ago, but I want to repeat it because most of you have forgotten it, I'm sure. Of a Moravian missionary who went to the West Indies seeking to work amongst the slaves who were there under the rules of men who had bought them and were putting them to work for their own ends. And he came as a missionary, left his home, left his country and everything to try to minister to these poor slave workers. And he sought to establish contact with and communicate the gospel, but he found he was getting nowhere.
31:12 - 31:46 Read in full sermon