the task is for all christians – where they are deployed
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The Task Is for All Christians – Where They Are Deployed
Part 4 The Primary Mandate – Disciple Nations
• Session 4.17 The GREAT CO-Mission Overview
• Session 4.18 Christ Announces His Reign• Session 4.19 Reawakening the Cultural
Mandate in the Great Commission• Session 4.20 The Task Is for All Christians
– Where They Are Deployed• Session 4.21 The Primary Task – Make
Disciples of All Nations!
The Text
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28: 18-20
Outline
• Therefore! What is the word “therefore” there for?
• A call for professional missionaries? No!• As you go! The task is for all Christians• No dichotomy!• The Church – The local expression of the
Body of Christ• The Gates of the City – To all of every
nation
Therefore Go!
• Questions: – # 1 What is the word “therefore” there for?– # 2 Who is this not addressed to? Who is it
addressed to?
A Call for Professional Missionaries?
No!
Evangelical Gnosticism
Moral*Faith *Grace
*Missions *Ethics
Sacred* Theology* Evangelism* Discipleship* Devotions NaturalNatural
GOD
Physical* Works
* Reason*
Business
* Politics
Secular* Science* Economics* Mass
Media* The Arts‘Physical’ MinistriesPhysical’ Ministries
Social JusticeSocial JusticeWeekdaysWeekdays
Spiritual DisciplinesSpiritual Warfare
SundaysSundays
Spiritual
Living in Two WorldsProfession
Secular
“Part-time”Christian Service
•Accountant•Artist•Carpenter•Cook•Farmer•Homemaker•Nurse•Poet•Tree Trimmer
LessSpiritual
Sacred
“Full-time”Christian Service
•Church Planter•Evangelist•Missionary•Pastor
morespiritual
GOOVERSEAS!
morespiritual
Living in Two WorldsDeployment
STAY HOME
lessspiritual
STAY HOME
lessspiritual
GOOVERSEAS
morespiritual
Living in Two WorldsDeployment
WORK AMONGUNREACHED
PEOPLE GROUPS!
much morespiritual
The Old Paradigm Dualistic/Gnostic Bridge
The Call
• Carpenter• Mechanic• Teacher• Musician• Artist• Caterer• Nurse• Housewife
10% Religious10% Religious
CarpentCarpenterer
MechaniMechanicc
MusicianMusicianTeacherTeacher
ArtistArtist
HousewifHousewifee NurseNurse
Church Church PlanterPlanter
PreachePreacherr
TheologianTheologian
Church PlanterChurch Planter
PreacherPreacher
TheologianTheologian
90% Secular90% Secular
Gnostic Bridge
As You Go!
The task is for all Christians.
“Go” – Greek word - poreuomai
• Not a command
• Literally - “going” or “as you go”
• Questions:– Who goes?– Where are they going?
Coram Deobefore the face of God
Christ’s Sovereignty
“… there is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: ‘Mine!’”
Abraham KuyperFree University's inaugural convocation, 1880
Living in ONE WorldCoram Deo: before the face of God
•Accountant•Artist•Carpenter•Church Planter•Cook•Entrepreneur•Evangelist•Farmer•Film Maker•Homemaker•Missionary•Nurse•Pastor•Philosopher•Poet•Tree Trimmer
VOCATION
Consecration
Un-Sanctified Sanctified
Deployment
Home Cross-cultural
The New ParadigmBiblical Worldview Bridge
The Call• Theologian• Church
Planter• Preacher• Carpenter• Mechanic• Teacher• Musician• Artist• Caterer• Nurse• Housewife
““KingdomizeKingdomize” all” allCarpentCarpent
erer
MechaniMechanicc
MusicianMusicianTeacherTeacher
NurseNurse
Church Church PlanterPlanter
PreachePreacherr
TheologianTheologian
ArtistArtist
HousewifHousewifee
CatererCaterer
Kingdom Bridge
From Every Nation to Every Nation
The Church
The Local Expression of the Body of Christ
The Church and the World
• Read John 17: 15-19
• Question: What is to be the relationship between the church and the world?
Disengaged In the Church and Out of the World
ConformedIndistinguishable from the World
Impacting the World In the World but not of the World
Gathered and Scattered
Gathered for worship & equipping
Scattered for service & discipling the nations
The Church and the World
“The church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of its non-members.”
William TempleArchbishop of Canterbury
1945
The Church and Society
“The Church is only the Church when it exists for others.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Flossenburg concentration camp
1945
The Gates of the City – To All of Every Nation
Salt and Light
• Read:– Set # 1: Matt. 5: 13; Mark 9: 50; Luke 14: 34-35
– Set # 2: Matt. 5: 14-16; Mark 4: 21; Luke 11: 35
• Christ uses everyday metaphors to describe how we are to relate to society.
• Questions:– What is the nature of salt and light?
– What do these scriptures reveal about how we are to relate to society?
Gates of the CitySocialSocial
CommunicationCommunication
Business Business & Economics& Economics
ArtsArts HealthHealth
Government & LawGovernment & Law
Science &Science &TechnologyTechnology
EducationEducationKingdomizersKingdomizers
The Circles of Influence
IndividualIndividual
“Kingdomizers”
Truth
Bea
uty
Goodness
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Beauty
GoodnessGoodness
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TruthTruth
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GoodnessGoodness
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The task is for all Christians where they are deployed.