Lesson 8

Missions in our DNAGlobal Church

Missions: The Church’s Marching OrdersOur Lord Jesus gave the church global “marching orders” which involves each one of us. It is precisely because this mission is world-encompassing that it has local implications. Know this global mission well in order to understand the commission graciously given to Proclamation and my particular role in it.

1.The Real Problem – The Real Solution2.The End Game – The Objective of Missions3.Common Ground? The Challenge of Unbelief4.It’s Dangerous Over There! Suffering and

Persecution5.You Will Receive Power! The Holy Spirit &

Missions6.Mission of Mercy – Word & Deed7.Something More? Scripture as a Guide8.Missions in our DNA - The Global Church 9.Does the Church Need Missions? Summary

Joey’s Story

Mission Objective

Revelation 21:2–3 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.”

God’s Plan

Ephesians 3:10–11 so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord

HOLY KINGDOM INAUGURATED

HOLY KINGDOM CONSUMMATED

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Coming of the Last Adam

The Body of Christ

• Historical: Participation in Christ’s work• Ownership: Belonging to Christ• Headship: Under Christ as Husband, Lord• Solidarity: One in Spirit with Christ

Nicene CreedWe believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

One Church – One Mission

• One Commission• One? Are you kidding?• Increasingly visible unity• Self sufficiency?

Holy Church – Holy War

• Holy warfare• Self deception• Peace training

Church Catholic• Church as One and Church as Catholic• Multiplicity of gifts• “my brothers, whom I love and long for, my

joy and crown”• ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the

city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

Apostolic Foundation• [the church is] built on the foundation of

the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone. (Eph 2:20)

• Passing the torch: “I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received”

We are not discussing a "platonic state which exists only in the imagination and which never becomes reality." It will not do for us to leave to the Holy Spirit the work of creating some "universal and invisible" Church, while leaving to man the work of establishing a faltering human organization.

Summary – The Church DNA:

• One – Commissioned as a unity• Holy – Locked in combat• Catholic – Beautifully diverse• Apostolic – Faithfully constituted