From April 26, 2015
Solomon's Porch
-GO-
Missions. Missionary. Being missional. As you go...as you live...as you ______...
1 Corinthians 9:16-23
"For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me. What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel.
Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings."
Ethnos: people group
* when the Gospel have been preached to every single people group, then the end will come
* Matthew 24:14 (first preach Gospel, then the end will come)
* Mark 13:10 (preached to all nations)
* largest least-reached people group, 120 million people, is Japanese
Go, therefore: present tense imperative (as you're going...make disciples)
Why? Love.
Love constrains.
If the love of Christ and love for Christ is not set...
* when trials come
* when temptations arise
* no other reason will be enough to face the trials and tests
Need a sense of urgency.
Missional thoughts/concerns/ideas/side notes
- ICAN interview, first encounter, first time realizing missional heart as a teacher
- P Sophia's farewell, was asked about missional lifestyle
- today's message
Applications
- Am I making myself available?
- Is this a part of my lifestyle yet?
- Am I a full time minister who God disguised as a _________ ?
- Why has God brought me to Hong Kong at such a time as this?????
- Have I been approaching from a like/dislike attitude?
- What is my motive?
the big guy was saying...
"Ingrid, go to Japan and love the locals. Share the Gospel. Use your outgoing personality and joyfully share. Don't worry, I'll give you the intelligence and skills, I'll provide."
~GO~
Reference: http://www.solomonsporchhk.com/2015/go/
