What the Bible says about Mission(s)
Take a moment to prepare yourself to think about God’s mission.
Psalm 96:3-4 Declare his glory among the nations, his wondrous works among all peoples. For the Lord is great and is highly praised.
Principle God created all things for His own glory. He is worthy of all Creation.
Pray Take a moment to praise God for His awesome power and eternal love.
The Story Since Adam and Eve, humans have been sinful and strayed from God. Prophets couldn’t solve the problem.
The Story Since Adam and Eve, humans have been sinful and strayed from God. Kings couldn’t solve the problem.
The Story Since Adam and Eve, humans have been sinful and strayed from God. We couldn’t solve the problem.
The Pattern God provides
The Pattern people rebel
The Pattern God sends a call
to repentance
God sent Jonah God has always been faithful to provide for his people.
God sent Jonah Long ago, God spoke to our ancestors by the prophets at different times and in different ways.
God sent Jonah Long ago, God spoke to our ancestors by the prophets at different times and in different ways.
In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son.
God sent His Son For God so loved the world He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
Who do you know that hasn’t heard this? This is good news for all humanity!
God sent His Son For God
so loved
the world He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
Who do you know that hasn’t heard this? This is good news for all humanity!

John 3:16

For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

1 John 4:9-10

God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him. Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 4:14-16

And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent his Son as the world’s Savior. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God — God remains in him and he in God. And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
Disciples hear and respond to Christ, living for Him in community.

2 Corinthians 5:17–21

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! 18Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation. 19That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.

20Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God.” 21He made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.

Romans 12:5-10

In the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another. 6According to the grace given to us, we have different gifts: If prophecy, use it according to the proportion of one’s faith; 7if service, use it in service; if teaching, in teaching; 8if exhorting, in exhortation; giving, with generosity; leading, with diligence; showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

9Let love be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good. 10 Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honoring one another.
The gospel spreads as disciples are made, churches are formed, and people are sent out to all the nations.

Matthew 28:18–20

Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 19Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

John 20:21

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.”

Mark 16:15

Then he said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”
The local church is how God organizes and supports His people on mission.
A Global Effort The gospel spreads through the known world.
A Global Effort The gospel spreads through the known world.
A Global Church The church
is thriving and growing in cultures around the world.
The Glorious End One day,
people
from every tribe will gather
around Christ’s
throne to
worship Him. (Try reading this out loud)
The Glorious End One day,
people
from every language will gather
around Christ’s
throne to
worship Him. (Try reading this out loud)
The Glorious End One day,
people
from every nation will gather
around Christ’s
throne to
worship Him. (Try reading this out loud)
Prayerfully read this passage of Scripture
“Then I heard the voice
of the Lord asking: Who will I send? Who will go for us?
Prayerfully read this passage of Scripture
“Then I heard the voice
of the Lord asking: Who will I send? Who will go for us? I said: Here I am. Send me. And he replied: Go!

Isaiah 6:8–9a

Then I heard the voice of the Lord asking: Who will I send? Who will go for us?

I said: Here I am. Send me.

And he replied: Go!
Discussion
How can you be a part of God’s global mission? Discuss this question with someone from your church. Pray for openness to the opportunities God might have for you.
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