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As far as God is concerned, someone is unemployed if the person is not working for Him, said a Latin American mission leader at a global missions conference in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Many people argue that they have a job and have plenty of work, said Obed Alvarez, international director of the New World Mission Association in Peru. However, the landowner (God) is calling those standing idle to work for him, he pointed out as he read from Matthew 20 about the parable of the workers in the vineyard.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should understand that all are unemployed if we are not living out God\u2019s plan for us,\u201d said Alvarez at the Tokyo 2010 Global Missions Consultations this week. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if you are a doctor, a senator or the president, you will always be idle as far as He is concerned if you don\u2019t have a part in missions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The missiologist and church planter continued, \u201cThe president of the republic is just as idle as far as the Lord is concerned, if he is not doing anything to advance the missionary cause. What is his investiture worth if he is still a sinner and his destiny is hell?\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAlvarez \u2013 who founded the Latin American School of Missiology, the first school of missions in Latin America \u2013 said people can have other jobs but they should have the identity that first and foremost they are a missionary.\n

via Mission Leader: You\u2019re Unemployed if Not Working for God | Christianpost.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"