The Great Why of God

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The Great Why of God

• Gods Global Purpose from the Beginning Till Today

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Missions supporting church

• I would just as soon God annihilate all those
  people and send them to hell.

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Makes you think...

• Could it be that this deacon and this pastor
  expressed what most professing Christians in
  American today believe but are not bold enough to
  say?

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Why Did God create us?

• 1 Enjoy His Grace
• Genesis 126-27
• 2 Extend His Glory
• Genesis 128

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Why would God bless Abraham?

• God blesses Abraham - Genesis 12

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Why would God bless Abraham?

• Sponge or Conduit?

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Why would God redeem Israel from slavery?

• Exodus 144

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Why would God let these 3 men be thrown alive
into a furnace?

• Daniel 328-29
• Notice the kings reaction...

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Why was God merciful to Israel?

• Psalm 233 67
• Isaiah 431-13

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Ezekiel 3622-23

• Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says
  the Lord God It is not for your sake, O house of
  Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake
  of my holy name, which you have profaned among
  the nations to which you came. 23 And I will
  vindicate the holiness of my great name, which
  has been profaned among the nations, and which
  you have profaned among them. And the nations
  will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord
  God, when through you I vindicate my holiness
  before their eyes.

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Revelation 79-10

• 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, 10 and crying out with a
  loud voice, Salvation belongs to our God who
  sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!

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What is the message of Christianity?

• The message of Christianity is that God loves
  me.
• The message of Christianity is that God loves me
  enough to send his Son, Jesus, to die for me.

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Biblical?

• ...Me...
• If true, then what is the object of Christianity
• Song - When He was on the cross, I was on His
  mind

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Me Christianity?

• What do I look for in a church?Me?
• How do I choose a career? Me?
• How do I choose to live? Me?
• Q Is this biblical Christianity?

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Message of biblical Christianity

• God loves me so that I might make him-his ways,
  his salvation, his glory, and his greatness-known
  among all nations.
• Who is the object?
• Who is the end of the Gospel?

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Missions?

• To disconnect Gods blessing from Gods global
  purpose is to spiral downward into an unbiblical,
  self-saturated Christianity that misses the point
  of Gods grace.

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Very Important

• To take the Gospel into all nations is not a
  Calling, it is a Commandment

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Church Excuses Im not Called

• Church phrase Not everyone is called to foreign
  missions.
• Q Where in the Bible is missions an optional
  church program?

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Church Excuses Im not called

• Does this apply to?
• Matthew 1128 Come to me, all you who are weary
  and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• John 1010 abundant life
• Q Acts 18?

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Different spiritual gifts?

• Same mission

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Do you find this ironic?

• A majority of individuals supposedly saved from
  eternal damnation by the gospel are now sitting
  back and making excuses for not sharing the
  Gospel with the rest of the world.

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But what about the needs here?

• Are we regularly witnessing, feeding the hungry,
  visiting those in prison, helping the sick,
  building up the local church?

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But what about the needs here?

• So when we say we have a heart for the US, we
  are admitting that we have a meager 5 of Gods
  heart, and we are proud of it.

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• Either/or?
• Both/and?

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What does this look like in your life?

• Email from a Mom on missions in
  Guatemala...p.83-84

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Radical Part 5

• The Multiplying Community
• How All of Us Join Together to Fulfill Gods
  Purpose

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How?

• How did Jesus prepare to take the Gospel to all
  nations?

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John 174, 6, 10, 12, 13, 19

• Notice great acts in Jesus ministry that he does
  not mention in this prayer

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Matthew 2818-20

• Command make disciples

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How?

• According to Jesus , people are Gods method for
  winning the world to himself. People who have
  been radically transformed by Jesus

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How?

• How can you impact the world for Christ?
• What has God given us?

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• School
• Work
• Roommates
• Neighbors
• Home
• Weekends
• Vacations
• Money
• Facebook

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• The plan of Christ is not dependent on having
  the right programs or hiring the right
  professionals but on building and being the right
  people-a community of people-who realize that we
  are all enabled and equipped to carry out the
  purpose of God for our lives.

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How? Disciple-making involves

1. Going - intentionally taking the Gospel to where
   people live, work, and play

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How? Disciple-making involves

• 2. Baptizing - clear, public, symbolic picture of
  the new life we have in Christ

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How? Disciple-making includes

• 3. Teaching - not classroom settings
• Q What is the most effective way for a new
  believer to learn to study the Bible or pray?
• Sudanese Christians vs. U.S. Churchgoers
• Receivers or Reproducers?

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Two Questions about studying the Bible

• 1 What can I get out of this?
• 2 How can I listen to His Word so that I am
  equipped to teach this Word to others?

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Counterintuitive to Church Culture?

• 1In our Christian version of the American
  dream, our plan ends up disinfecting Christians
  from the world more than discipling Christians in
  the world.
• 2 A community of Christians each multiplying
  the gospel by going, baptizing, and teaching in
  the contexts where they live every day
• Is anything else, according to the Bible, even
  considered a church?

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Radical - Chapter 6 How Much is Enough?

• Gospel Demands Radical Giving - Luke 1619-31
• The Gospel Demands Radical Abandonment - Mark
  1017-31
• Faith Risks - James 214-26
• Faith Sacrifices - James 214-26
• Faith Acts - James 214-26

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