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Aug 22, 2021 · Jesus had to wrestle with all the incessant demands that cried out for his energy and attention, just as we have to in the 21st century—but he stayed focused on his mission. This episode examines HOW.
Jan 4, 2022 · Several times in Jesus’ life, He shows that He was a man on a mission. He had a purpose, which He intentionally fulfilled. Even at a young age, Jesus knew that He “must be about [His] Father’s business” (Luke 2:49, KJV).
To fulfill the mission of His first coming, He did not want to spark a popular uprising of Jews anxious to establish their own independent kingdom against the despised Roman rule at that time.
Jesus’ message had four essential parts: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel” ( Mark 1:15 ). Since the time was fulfilled , Jesus taught that the Kingdom is “at hand”—that it is truly coming and should be a top priority for us now.
- Jesus Sends Uslink
- Why We’Re Sentlink
- His Ultimate and Utterly Unique Sendinglink
- Incarnation Inimitablelink
- Our Mission Echoes HisLink
- The Centrality of Worshiplink
- Our Eternal Theme: Worship, Not MissionLink
Make no mistake about it, Christians are sent. Jesus prays to his Father in John 17:18, “As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.” In identifying with Jesus, we are not only “not of this world,” but also sentright back into it on redemptive mission. The classic text is Jesus’ commission at the end of John’s Gospel: “As the...
This is where the Advent reminder is so essential. We are sent as representatives of the one born in Bethlehem and crucified at Calvary. We are sent to announce with all we are — with mouth and mind and heart and hands — that the Father sent the Son. We are sent to say and show that Jesus was sent into the world to save sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). Wh...
That the Father sent his Son to share fully in our humanity is no mere model for mission. It is at the very heart of the gospel which our mission aims to spread. Christian mission exists only because the Message still needs to be told. Jesus’ mission is unrepeatable. His Incarnation is utterly unique. We are meager delegates, unworthy servants. The...
Because he was in the very form of God, Jesus “did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross” (Philippians 2:6–8). Is there something ...
What is the place then, if any, for the talk and tactics of Christians living incarnationally? So far our plea has been that we not obscure the important distinction between Jesus’ matchless Incarnation as Message, and our little incarnational attempts at being his faithful messengers in word and deed. But are there any applications to make? Donald...
Christmas reminds us that our life’s dominant note must not be our witness for Jesus, but our worship of Jesus. Mission is a critical rhythm of the Christian life, an essential season of redemptive history. Our mission of extending Jesus-worship to others, local and global, should be a frequent check on the health of our own Jesus-worship. But miss...
If the chief theme of our lives is not worshiping Jesus, enjoying God in him, and being freshly astounded by his grace toward us sinners, we have no good business endeavoring to bring others into an experience that we ourselves aren’t enjoying. And so it is not only the most missional among us, but all of us, who need reminding again and again, tha...
Aug 12, 2021 · Jesus was always abundantly clear about His mission. In the first few days of His public ministry, He stood up in a Jewish synagogue and proclaimed it. He read Isaiah 61:1-2, acknowledging that He was the fulfillment of the prophet’s words. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.
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Jesus is still fulfilling His mission. He has anointed us with the Spirit to bring the message of good news to you. Now, we are helping fulfill the mission of Christ.
