Part 4:Door for the Nations

INTRORevelation 3:8 I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name

3 DOORS1. Door of HOPE2. Door for the GOSPEL3. Door to the Nations

GOD’S DOOR:1. Great and effective – multiplied and multiple 2. Challenges ahead 3. Lead others through it

Door for the nations

Acts 14:27 And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the nations.

Habakkuk 2:14 For as the waters fill the sea, the earth will be filled with an awareness of the glory of the LORD.

God’s purpose since the beginning

Genesis 1:28 Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it

Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

God’s purpose since the beginning

God’s purpose since the beginning

Genesis 11:4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

God’s purpose since the beginning

Genesis 11:4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

Genesis 11:8 So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

The Disciples

Matthew 28:18-19 “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

The DisciplesPeter: Crucified upside down in Rome. Matthew: Preached the gospel Persian, Parthians, Medes and historian believe he was martyred in Ethiopia. Thomas: Went to India and is believed to be lanced either in Persia or India. James: Martyred in Ostrakine lower Egypt.Jude: Martyred in Beirut.Andrew: Hanged on an olive tree at Patrae, a town in Achaia.Philip: Evangelized in Phrygia where hostile Jews had him tortured and then crucified.Simon: Crucified by a governor in Syria.Nathaniel: Flayed and crucified in Armenia.

The DisciplesPeter: Crucified upside down in Rome. Matthew: Preached the gospel Persian, Parthians, Medes and historian believe he was martyred in Ethiopia. Thomas: Went to India and is believed to be lanced either in Persia or India. James: Martyred in Ostrakine lower Egypt.Jude: Martyred in Beirut.Andrew: Hanged on an olive tree at Patrae, a town in Achaia.Philip: Evangelized in Phrygia where hostile Jews had him tortured and then crucified.Simon: Crucified by a governor in Syria.Nathaniel: Flayed and crucified in Armenia.

Matthew 8:23 The disciples were amazed. “Who is this man?” they asked. “Even the winds and waves obey him!” John 20:24 But Thomas replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.”

John 20:19 That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders.  

The Disciples

Acts 10:28 Peter told them, “You know it is against our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home like this or to associate with you. But God has shown me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or unclean.

The Disciples

Acts 10:28 Peter told them, “You know it is against our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home like this or to associate with you. But God has shown me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or unclean.

Acts 11:1-3 Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had received the word of God. But when Peter arrived back in Jerusalem, the Jewish believers criticized him. “You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with them!” they said.

The Disciples

It’s a process.

It’s a process.

You don’t have to be perfect to participate in missions, missions will perfect you.

It’s a process.

You don’t have to be perfect to participate in missions, missions will perfect you.

James 1:3-4 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

ADVANCE!Missions transforms nations.

ADVANCE!Missions transforms nations.

Steve Murrell – 1984, with a group of 65 student missioners went to Manila for a month.

Today, over 70,000 attend Victory Church every week. With over 70 churches in the Philippines.

ADVANCE!Missions transforms nations.

Hudson Southwell – 1928, left Australia with Carrey Tolley and Frank Davidson for Borneo.

Today, there are over 700 SIB/BEM Churches in Malaysia. 75,000 members (1993).

ADVANCE!

(1) Pray: Prayer for nations.

ADVANCE!

(1) Pray: Prayer for nations. (2) Partner: Kairos course, financially, prayer.

ADVANCE!

(1) Pray: Prayer for nations. (2) Partner: Kairos course, financially, prayer.(3) Pack: Short term missions.

Revelation 7: 9 After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes and held palm branches in their hands.

Romans 15:20 My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the name of Christ has never been heard

ADVANCE!