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TO THE NATIONS

CONNECTED TO THE NATIONS

The nations are in our midst!

• 6,200 international students at TAMU (2018), representing 131 countries.

• 12% of B/CS population (~30,000) were born outside the USA


The nations are in our midst!

Our attitude toward the nations reflects our relationship with God.


• God loves the nations.


“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18–20


“I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.”

Genesis 26:4


There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like Yours. All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and they shall glorify Your name. For You are great and do wondrous deeds; You alone are God.

Psalm 86:8–10


“Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.”

Revelation 5:9–10



• Jesus commanded us make disciples.


“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18–20




• God has blessed us to bless others.


God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us…That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations. Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy…Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You. Psalm 67:1–5


You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God.

2 Corinthians 9:11




• God has blessed us to bless others.

• Missions deepens our worship.


After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.


They were shouting out in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, to the one seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

Revelation 7:9–10


From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

Acts 17:26–27


• Pray.

• Give.

• Engage.

• Go.

TO THE NATIONS

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