A few years ago there was an eye-catching commercial on television sponsored by the United States Marine Corps. They had one that shows a young man fighting, and then slaying a fire-breathing dragon with an Excalibur-like sword.
At the end of that commercial, with that sword gleaming in the light, decked out in that resplendent dress blue uniform, the commercial ends with these words: “The Few-the Proud-the Marines.”
Do you know what the Mission Statement of the Marine Corps is? On their Website that I pulled on my computer, I discovered this was their Mission Statement: “We make Marines. We win battles.” That is not only the mission of the Marine Corps, it was the mission of the Lord Jesus Christ when He was on earth, and that is still His mission through the church today.
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