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Whose Mission Whose Mission Are We On?Are We On?

Who is adequate for this job?

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Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your

father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and

make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. …

4 So Abram went, as the LORD had told him and Lot went with him. Abram was

seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

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Whose mission were these people Whose mission were these people on?on?

Gen. 12:1-2,4- Abram, on God’s mission

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 Then the LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and

have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, 8 and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a

land flowing with milk and honey… 9 And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the

oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come, I will send you to Pharaoh

that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”

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Whose mission were these people Whose mission were these people on?on?

Gen. 12:1-2,4- Abram, on God’s missionEx. 3:7-10- Moses, on God’s mission

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 … For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear

witness about me that the Father has sent me. 

… And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

… The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the

Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.

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Whose mission were these people Whose mission were these people on?on?

Gen. 12:1-2,4- Abram, on God’s missionEx. 3:7-10- Moses, on God’s missionJn. 5; 14- Jesus, on God’s mission

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Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are

sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who has made us competent to be

ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills,

but the Spirit gives life.

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Whose mission were these people Whose mission were these people on?on?

Gen. 12:1-2,4- Abram, on God’s missionEx. 3:7-10- Moses, on God’s missionJn. 5; 14- Jesus, on God’s mission2 Cor. 3:4-6- Paul, on God’s mission

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We too have been given a missionWe too have been given a mission

Matthew 28:19-20Go therefore and make disciples of all

nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy

Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I

am with you always, to the end of the age.”

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We too have been given a missionWe too have been given a mission

Matthew 28:19-20Go therefore and make disciples of all

nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy

Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I

am with you always, to the end of the age.”

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We too have been given a missionWe too have been given a mission

1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal

priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim

the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 

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We too have been given a missionWe too have been given a mission

1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal

priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 

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Whose Mission Are We On?Whose Mission Are We On?

Our mission is to praise God

Our mission is make disciples

This is GOD’S mission, not our own

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Shall we despair in our mission?Shall we despair in our mission?

Personal work?Another class?Avoid volunteering?Not door knocking!Can’t talk to peopleDon’t inviteNot good with peopleEtc., etc., etc.

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No one is sufficient for this workNo one is sufficient for this work

2 Corinthians 2:14-17 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always

leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are the aroma of

Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are

perishing, 16 to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to

life. Who is sufficient for these things? 17 For we are not, like so many,

peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the

sight of God we speak in Christ.

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God can help us do what’s neededGod can help us do what’s needed

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through him who

strengthens me.

God can provide for all our needsGod can provide for all our needs

Philippians 4:19And my God will supply every need of yours

according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 

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God can do it in ways God can do it in ways unimaginableunimaginable

Ephesians 3:20 Now to him who is able to do far more

abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within

us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations,

forever and ever. Amen.

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God desires His people to trust God desires His people to trust Him implicitlyHim implicitly

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God desires His people God desires His people to trust Him implicitlyto trust Him implicitly

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God desires His people God desires His people to trust Him implicitlyto trust Him implicitly

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God desires His people God desires His people to trust Him implicitlyto trust Him implicitly

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God desires His people God desires His people to trust Him implicitlyto trust Him implicitly

Gal. 4:25Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia…

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God desires God desires His people to His people to

trust Him trust Him implicitlyimplicitly

Exodus 15:13“Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD…”

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Jesus was not abdicating His Jesus was not abdicating His authorityauthority

Matthew 28:18-20And Jesus came and said to them, “All

authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make

disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and

of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the

end of the age.”

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Jesus was not abdicating His Jesus was not abdicating His authorityauthority

Matthew 28:18-20And Jesus came and said to

them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and

make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching

them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold,

I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

• He has ALL authority• We make disciples in His name• v.20- the teaching

is from Jesus• He is with the effort

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What is the point?What is the point?

We have a missionTo make disciplesTo bring glory to the FatherWe are…

◦equipped, ◦empowered, and ◦encouraged by God

We MUST experience Jesus’ presence with us – The mission is God’s!

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What can we do to move the What can we do to move the mission to the next level?mission to the next level?

Seek to make God’s vision our vision

Pray for open doors

Have faith to step out boldly


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