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THEME; WITNESSING BEYOND BORDERS
God calls and sends out his people into the world.
All believers are called to share the good news of the gospel, though some are specially commissioned by God, confirmed by the church and compelled by the gospel message to missionary service.
opening hymn
Missionaries in the OT
OPENING PRAYER
DIALOGUE
Jim, an elder at a church, was to oversee the evangelism of new people that moved into the area.
Sun Lee and his family were Vietnamese refugees who had recently been moved into the area.
They had no possessions, knew no one, needed help in every way.
Jim began by helping them to get food and then spent much time finding Sun Lee a good job.
Jim wanted so much to tell Sun Lee about Jesus Christ, but he didn’t know Vietnamese and the refugees knew very little English.
Both men sought to learn the other’s language so that they could become better friends.
One day, Jim felt that he knew enough now to tell Sun Lee about Jesus.
Jim began to explain about God and Jesus to Sun Lee, but the more he talked, the more confusing it seemed to get.
Sun Lee would repeat in Vietnamese a little of what Jim said in English.
Finally, Jim was so frustrated that he decided to give up trying to communicate until he had learned more Vietnamese.
Sun Lee at this point blurted out, “Is your God like you?
If he is, I want to know him.”
Jim explained that Jesus Christ was greater than he was, far greater.
Yet Sun Lee wanted to know more about Jesus Christ if he was like Jim! Jim had thought for all these months that he was not communicating the gospel.
But he was, with the greatest form of communication a person can use—the example of a life filled with Jesus Christ.
One day, Jim felt that he knew enough now to tell Sun Lee about Jesus.
Jim began to explain about God and Jesus to Sun Lee, but the more he talked, the more confusing it seemed to get.
Sun Lee would repeat in Vietnamese a little of what Jim said in English.
Finally, Jim was so frustrated that he decided to give up trying to communicate until he had learned more Vietnamese.
Sun Lee at this point blurted out, “Is your God like you?
If he is, I want to know him.”
Jim explained that Jesus Christ was greater than he was, far greater.
Yet Sun Lee wanted to know more about Jesus Christ if he was like Jim! Jim had thought for all these months that he was not communicating the gospel.
But he was, with the greatest form of communication a person can use—the example of a life filled with Jesus Christ.
QUESTIONS FOR SHARING
Jonah is sent to the city of Nineveh:
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DISCERNMENT
SCRIPTURE
ACTs 5:29-
KEY PHRASE; AND WE ARE WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS
UNBROKEN CHAIN OF WITNESSING FROM THE TIME OF THE APOSTLES,
JEWS..GENTILES.... AND REST OF THE WORLD.
; ; ; ; ;
Reflection
The 12 Apostles witnessed Christ beyond borders.
Healing and deliverance accompanies preaching as part of the disciples’ mission.
How are we witnessing christ today?
Are we limiting ourselves within the church or familiar people only?
can we go beyond this borders by getting involved with
the current issues of the nation?
See also During Jesus Christ’s earthly ministry the disciples’ mission was limited to Israel; ;
Other believers
Deeds
deeds
In every group or nation, there is an ever-increasing number of men and women who are aware that they themselves are the artisans and oriby
Christopher Denny.
A Realist's Church: Essays in Honor of Joseph A.Komonchak (p.
221).
Orbis Books.
Kindle Edition.
ginators of the culture of their community.
Throughout the world a sense of both autonomy and responsibility is constantly growing that is of the greatest importance for the spiritual and moral maturity of the human race.
This becomes clearer if we consider how the world is becoming more
Christopher Denny.
A Realist's Church: Essays in Honor of Joseph A.Komonchak (p.
221).
Orbis Books.
Kindle Edition.
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In every group or nation, there is an ever-increasing number of men and women who are aware that they themselves are the artisans and originators of the culture of their community.
Throughout the world a sense of both autonomy and responsibility is constantly growing that is of the greatest importance for the spiritual and moral maturity of the human race.
This becomes clearer if we consider how the world is becoming more unified and how we have the duty to build a better world in truth and righteousness.
In this way we are witnessing the birth of a new humanism, one in which man is defined first of all by his responsibility toward his brothers and sister toward history.
(GS 55)
Christopher Denny.
A Realist's Church: Essays in Honor of Joseph A.Komonchak (p.
221).
Orbis Books.
Kindle Edition.
See also Philip; Apollos; Paul
concluding prayer
Receiving the missionary call
The call given by God
closing hymn
See also Peter and Andrew; Philip; Paul
The prophecy in Isaiah is not merely that the Servant’s mission of salvation will include Gentiles but, much more, that in the course of including Gentiles the mission will extend “to the end of the earth.”
As it is taken up in Acts 13:47, the prophecy retains the same double motif, Gentile inclusion and earth-wide extension.
In Acts 1:8 the abbreviated form, “to the end of the earth,” has only geographical connotations7 even if there are secondary implications for the inclusion of Gentiles.
Therefore, it cannot be equated with the risen Jesus’ commission in Matt 28:19 to “go and make disciples of all nations,” that is, to go to the Gentiles
The call confirmed by the church
See also ; ; Paul’s call to be a missionary to the Gentiles is communicated through Ananias; Paul’s mission to the Gentiles is recognised by the other apostles.
The call through circumstances
Persecution drove the early church to wider mission.
See also Joseph sold into slavery in Egypt; Daniel among those taken into exile in Babylon; Priscilla and Aquila left Rome because of persecution.
Missionaries compelled by the message
See also ;
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