The task of foreign mission has at its goal the establishment of healthy local churches that are lead by members of that specific people-group and culture. The bridge that spans these efforts are Spirit-led and empowered Christians who are willing to go and proclaim the good news: men and women who seek to become all things to all people that they may win some.
Observations & Conclusions:
- Promised Gift
Mission is driven by the promises of God fulfilled - Progressive Ground
Mission is displayed through distance & expansion - Prioritized Groups
Mission is dependent on a sequential redemptive strategy - Processive Goals
Mission is designed towards the direction of an end goal - Prejudicial Gaps
Mission is a determined effort to envelop all people groups into Christ
Application:
Missional Power comes from God through:
1. Prayer
2. Patience
3. Promise
4. Possession
Philippians 2:10-11
“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Revelation 7:9
“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands”
Revelation 5:9
“And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation”
Daniel 7:14
“And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.”
Revelation 14:6
“Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people.”
Matthew 8:11
“I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven”
Matthew 24:14
“This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.”
Isaiah 49:6
“He says, “It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
1 Corinthians 9:19-22
“Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.”