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ALL THINGSTO ALL MEN
“I have become all things to all men.”(1 Cor 9:22)
Opening Question
What is your mission field?Who is your target
audience?
“We’re on a mission from God.”(Elwood Blues, The Blues Brothers)
I have become all things
to all menso that by any
meanssome may be
saved.(1 Cor 9:22)
“Make me one with everything.”(Zen Buddhist to the hot dog vendor)
THINGS• Travel
Paul then stood up in the middleof the Areopagus…(Acts 17:22)
“No matter where you go, there you are.”(Buckaroo Banzai)
That’s where
the money
is.
WhydoI
rob banks?
THINGS• Harmony
“People of Athens! I see that in every wayyou are very religious.”(Acts 17:22)
“When I fall back down, you’re gonna help me back up again.” (Rancid)
I’m a huge metal fan.
I’m a huge metal fan.
THINGS• Interaction
“For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship…”(Acts 17:23)
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” (Ferris Bueller)
THINGS• Need
“I even found an altar to an unknown god. You are ignorant of the very thingyou worship.”(Acts 17:23)
“I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.” (Christopher Walken)
THINGS• Gospel
“This is what I am going to proclaim to you.”(Acts 17:23)
“Let me 'splain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.” (Inigo Montoyta, Princess Bride)
THINGS• Shepherd
Some of them sneered, but others became followersand believed.(Acts 17:32-34)
“Don’t lead me, I may not follow. Don’t follow, I may not lead.Just leave me the heck alone.” (Albert Camut, not really)
All Things to All Men• Travel • Harmony =• Interaction • Need • Gospel • Shepherd ⌠
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." (Theodore Roosevelt)
Halftime QuestionWhat skills and experience
would you place on your ‘mission resume?’
Whatever you do, do it with all your heart,as working for the Lord. (Col 3:23)
MEN• Mentality
As a man thinksin his heart,so is he.(Prov 23:7)
“I yam what I yam, and that’s all what I yam.”(Popeye the Sailor Man)
MEN• Experience
Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, andin favor withGod and man.(Luke 25:2)
“Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want.” (Randy Pausch)
MEN• Network
Jesus said to them,“You will be my witnesses to all the ends of the earth.”(Acts 1:8)
“We’re all six degrees from Kevin Bacon.”
All Things to All Men• Travel • Harmony =• Interaction • Need • Gospel • Shepherd ⌠
• Mentality • Experience • Network
Be ALL the Things!
Closing Question
Based on your audience and your resume,
would you hire yourself as a missionary?
“I used to be a proofreader at the M&M factory.I got fired for eating all the W’s.” (Stephen Wright)
Would God hire you?Has God already hired you?
Dave Mattingly
Seek, and ye shall find.(Matt 7:7)
• www.davemattingly.net
• @dave_mattingly
