Where We GO

From Brampton to the World

Vision Series — Week 4 October 4, 2026 Primary texts: Luke 24:44–49; Romans 10:9–17 Big idea: The risen Jesus sends his church to proclaim repentance and forgiveness to every people, beginning where God has placed us.

Introduction: A Vision That Moves

Over the past several weeks, we have asked four foundational questions.

Who are we?

We are disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus.

What do we do?

We pursue gospel saturation, bringing the good news of Jesus into every relationship, neighbourhood, and sphere of life.

How do we live?

We live as a missional community, gathering to receive God’s grace, strengthening one another, and displaying his goodness in everyday life.

Today we ask the final question:

Where do we go?

The answer is:

From Brampton to the world.

The gospel gives the church a direction.

Christianity does not call us to build a comfortable community and remain inside it. Jesus gathers his people, forms his people, and then sends his people.

We go across the street and across the world.

We go to people who seem familiar and to people whose cultures, languages, and experiences differ from ours.

We go to those who appear interested and to those who appear resistant.

We go because Jesus has risen.

We go because forgiveness is found in his name.

We go because people cannot believe a message they have never heard.

And we go because Jesus has promised to build his church from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

Our destination is not determined primarily by our ambition, opportunities, or convenience.

Our destination is determined by the mission of Jesus.

Scripture Reading

Luke 24:44–49

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.

And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Romans 10:9–17

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?”

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

This is the Word of the Lord.

1. Our Mission Begins with What God Has Done

In Luke 24, the risen Jesus meets his disciples and explains the Scriptures to them.

He says:

“Everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

The mission of the church does not begin with a human idea.

The gospel is not a campaign developed by religious leaders.

The church did not invent a message and then ask God to bless it.

God planned redemption.

God promised redemption.

Christ accomplished redemption.

The Scriptures reveal redemption.

The church proclaims redemption.

Jesus shows the disciples that the whole Bible moves toward him. The Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms tell one unfolding story of God rescuing a people through the promised Messiah.

The Old Testament sacrifices pointed to him.

The priesthood pointed to him.

The kingdom pointed to him.

The promises pointed to him.

The suffering servant pointed to him.

The hope of resurrection pointed to him.

Then, in the fullness of time, the Son of God entered our world.

He obeyed where Adam failed.

He fulfilled God’s law.

He carried our sin.

He suffered under God’s judgment.

He died upon the cross.

And on the third day, he rose bodily from the grave.

Before Jesus tells the disciples where to go, he tells them what has happened.

“The Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead.”

Mission begins with accomplished redemption.

We do not go into the world carrying advice about how people can rescue themselves. We carry news about what God has done in Jesus Christ.

The gospel is news before it is a command

The gospel certainly calls for a response. Jesus commands all people to repent and believe.

But the command rests upon the news.

Christ has died.

Christ has risen.

Christ reigns.

Forgiveness is available in his name.

Christianity is not primarily a message that says, “Become a better person.”

It says, “The crucified and risen Jesus saves sinners.”

We must protect that message.

If we turn the gospel into moral improvement, we will send people back to themselves.

If we reduce the gospel to social belonging, we will offer community without reconciliation to God.

If we reduce the gospel to personal fulfilment, we will offer Jesus as a tool for reaching our goals rather than the Lord before whom every knee will bow.

The church has been entrusted with a definite message:

Christ died for sins, rose from the dead, and offers forgiveness to everyone who repents and believes.

That is the message we carry from Brampton to the world.

2. Our Message Calls for Repentance and Offers Forgiveness

Jesus says:

“Repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations.”

This statement contains both the seriousness and the sweetness of the gospel.

The seriousness is repentance.

The sweetness is forgiveness.

Repentance

Repentance means turning.

It is a Spirit-given change of mind and heart that causes us to turn from sin toward God.

Repentance is more than feeling regret.

We may regret the consequences of sin while still loving the sin itself.

Repentance agrees with God about our sin, abandons every attempt at self-justification, and turns toward Jesus in faith.

We do not repent to persuade God to become gracious. We repent because the gracious God summons us to return to him through Christ.

True gospel proclamation must include repentance.

A message that never confronts sin cannot explain the cross.

If sin is merely a minor mistake, Christ’s death becomes unnecessary.

If humanity only needs encouragement, we do not need a crucified Saviour.

But Scripture tells us that our condition is much more serious.

We have rebelled against our Creator.

We have exchanged his truth for lies.

We have loved created things more than the Creator.

We have sinned in thought, word, desire, and action.

We need more than inspiration.

We need reconciliation.

Forgiveness

Jesus says that forgiveness should be proclaimed in his name.

Forgiveness means that God removes our guilt because Christ bore it in our place.

God does not pretend that our sin does not matter.

He deals with it fully at the cross.

The Judge himself provides the sacrifice.

The Son receives the judgment.

Justice is satisfied.

Mercy is extended.

Everyone who trusts in Christ is pardoned, counted righteous, adopted into God’s family, and given eternal life.

This forgiveness is not a reward for impressive repentance. Even our repentance is imperfect. We are saved by the perfect righteousness and sufficient sacrifice of Christ.

The Reformed faith insists that salvation is by grace alone.

God chooses in grace.

Christ redeems by grace.

The Spirit gives life by grace.

We repent and believe because God first acts mercifully toward us.

That does not remove the call to repent and believe. It gives us confidence to issue that call.

We can look any person in the eye and say:

“Turn to Jesus. There is forgiveness in his name.”

Not because repentance earns salvation, but because Christ freely receives everyone who comes to him.

There is no sin so small that it does not require the cross.

And there is no sin so great that the cross cannot cover it.

This is the message entrusted to us.

3. Our Mission Extends to All Nations

Jesus says that repentance and forgiveness must be proclaimed:

“To all nations.”

The mission is as wide as the authority of Jesus.

Jesus is not a regional Saviour.

He is not the possession of one ethnicity, culture, language, or nation.

He is Lord of all.

Romans 10 says:

“There is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.”

The gospel announces one Lord for every people.

Every culture stands under his authority.

Every sinner has the same fundamental need.

Every believer receives salvation in the same way.

We do not come to Christ through ethnicity, family heritage, education, religious achievement, or social status.

We come through faith.

The gospel humbles every culture because every culture contains human sin.

And the gospel can enter every culture because Jesus is Lord of all.

All nations means all peoples

When Scripture speaks about the nations, it is not merely referring to modern political borders.

The emphasis includes peoples, languages, cultures, and ethnic communities.

There are communities in the world with little or no access to a faithful Christian witness.

There are people who may live their entire lives without knowing a Christian, hearing a clear explanation of the gospel, or having access to a healthy local church.

The need remains enormous.

But “all nations” is not only a faraway category.

The nations are also our neighbours.

God has brought people from around the world to Brampton and the Greater Toronto Area.

We meet the nations in our workplaces.

We meet the nations in our schools.

We meet the nations in our neighbourhoods.

We meet the nations in stores, parks, apartment buildings, hospitals, and community centres.

Global mission may begin with hospitality at home.

It may begin by learning someone’s name correctly.

It may begin by listening to someone’s story.

It may begin by sharing a meal.

It may begin by helping a new neighbour adjust to life in Canada.

It may begin by opening the Bible with someone who has never read it.

We must never treat people as projects.

We love them because they bear God’s image.

We listen because they are people, not evangelistic assignments.

But genuine love also refuses to hide the greatest news we possess.

If Jesus is truly the only Saviour, then sharing Christ is not an act of cultural superiority.

It is an act of humble love.

We do not invite people to become culturally like us.

We invite people to come to Jesus.

4. Our Mission Begins Where God Has Placed Us

Jesus says that the proclamation will go to all nations:

“Beginning from Jerusalem.”

Jerusalem was not the final destination, but it was the starting point.

The disciples were not told to ignore the people nearest to them while dreaming about distant nations.

They were to begin where God had placed them.

That pattern continues in Acts 1:8:

“You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

The movement is outward.

Jerusalem.

Judea.

Samaria.

The end of the earth.

But it begins at home.

Jerusalem is still mission

Sometimes we imagine that “real” mission begins only when we board an airplane.

But if God has placed you in an office, that office is part of your mission field.

If God has placed you in a school, that school is part of your mission field.

If God has placed you on a street, that street is part of your mission field.

If God has placed unbelieving relatives within your life, those relationships are part of your mission field.

If God has placed you on a sports team, in a professional network, or among other parents, those relationships are part of your mission field.

The question is not whether we live in a mission field.

The question is whether we recognize it.

From Brampton to the world means that we take responsibility for the place where God has put us while remaining ready to go wherever Christ may send us.

George Liele: Faithfulness here can reach the world

Church history gives us a powerful example of this in the life of George Liele.

Liele was born into slavery in colonial America around 1750. After coming to faith in Christ, he began preaching the gospel among enslaved people on plantations in Georgia. He was ordained to gospel ministry in 1775 and later gained his freedom.

In the early 1780s, circumstances took him to Jamaica. There he continued preaching, baptizing believers, and helping establish a Baptist church. His ministry in Jamaica began approximately a decade before William Carey sailed for India.

But notice where Liele’s missionary journey began.

It did not begin with an international organization.

It did not begin with a carefully developed global strategy.

It began with one Christian faithfully speaking about Jesus to the people God had placed around him.

He preached where he was.

He served the people he knew.

He proclaimed Christ within the circumstances God had given him.

Then, through the providence of God, the witness that began locally crossed an ocean.

George Liele’s story reminds us that local mission and global mission are not competitors.

Faithfulness here can have consequences somewhere else.

You may not know where God will eventually carry your witness.

The coworker with whom you share the gospel may have family on another continent.

The newcomer you welcome may someday carry the gospel back to friends and relatives in another country.

The young believer you disciple in Brampton may eventually become a pastor, church planter, or missionary somewhere you have never visited.

You may never cross an ocean, but the gospel you share may cross one.

Brampton is connected to the world

That is especially significant in a city like Brampton.

God has brought people from many nations to our city. Our neighbourhoods, workplaces, schools, and congregations are connected to places all over the world.

We should not view that merely as a demographic fact.

We should recognize it as a providential opportunity.

The sovereign God who determines where people live has placed the nations near us. He has also placed us near them.

A friendship formed in Brampton may eventually touch a family in another country.

A new disciple here may carry the gospel into a network that stretches around the world.

A church planted among one cultural community may eventually support ministry in another nation.

Local mission and global mission are different expressions of the same calling.

The gospel moves through relationships, hospitality, proclamation, church planting, missionary sending, financial generosity, and persistent prayer.

Some of us may be called to remain in Brampton and serve faithfully for decades.

Some may be called to help establish churches elsewhere in Canada.

Some may be called to cross languages and cultures as long-term missionaries.

Some may go for a defined season to strengthen existing churches or train leaders.

All of us are called to participate.

Our responsibility is faithfulness where God has put us.

The reach of that faithfulness belongs to him.

We begin with the people and places God has already entrusted to us while remaining willing to follow wherever Christ may lead.

5. People Must Hear the Word of Christ

Romans 10 gives us a chain of questions:

“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed?”

People must call upon the Lord to be saved.

But they cannot call upon someone in whom they have not believed.

“And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?”

Faith requires hearing.

“And how are they to hear without someone preaching?”

Someone must communicate the message.

“And how are they to preach unless they are sent?”

The church must send.

The logic moves backwards:

Sending leads to preaching.

Preaching leads to hearing.

Hearing leads to believing.

Believing leads to calling upon Christ.

Everyone who calls upon the Lord will be saved.

Paul’s conclusion is:

“Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”

We live by testimony

Sometimes people say, “I only believe what I can see or prove for myself.”

But none of us actually lives that way.

You did not personally witness your own birth. You believe what trustworthy people and records have told you.

Most of us have never performed the scientific experiments behind the medicines we take.

We have not personally visited every country we believe exists.

We did not witness most of the historical events we confidently affirm.

Much of what we know about the world comes to us through the testimony of others.

Philosophers sometimes call this the “epistemology of testimony.” That is simply the study of how we receive knowledge through the witness of other people.

Testimony is not an unusual or irrational way of knowing something. It is indispensable to human life.

The question, therefore, is not whether we will believe testimony.

We all do.

The question is whether the witness is trustworthy.

The gospel comes to us through the testimony of apostles who saw the risen Christ.

They did not merely offer private spiritual opinions.

They testified that Jesus lived.

Jesus was crucified.

Jesus was buried.

Jesus rose bodily from the grave.

Jesus appeared to witnesses.

And Jesus commissioned those witnesses to proclaim repentance and forgiveness in his name.

Their testimony has been preserved for us in the Scriptures breathed out by God.

Christian faith is therefore not a leap into the dark.

It is not faith in faith.

It is trust in the trustworthy Word of the risen King.

However, hearing credible testimony by itself does not overcome the natural hardness of the human heart.

Because of sin, we suppress the truth. Our problem is not merely that we lack information. We are spiritually blind and resistant to God.

That is why we need the Holy Spirit.

The same Spirit who inspired the apostolic Word must open our minds to understand it and open our hearts to receive Christ.

God saves through his Word

God has chosen to bring saving faith through the hearing of his Word.

The preacher cannot create faith.

The evangelist cannot regenerate a heart.

The missionary cannot raise the spiritually dead.

But the Holy Spirit can take the proclaimed Word and open a sinner’s heart to Christ.

This is why Christian presence alone is not enough.

We should live lives that commend the gospel. We should serve our neighbours, pursue justice, practise hospitality, and show compassion.

But at some point, someone must explain Jesus.

Good deeds can demonstrate the fruit of the gospel, but they cannot communicate the content of the gospel by themselves.

A neighbour may see our kindness and conclude that we are kind people.

They need someone to explain that we have received mercy from a crucified and risen Saviour.

They need to hear who Jesus is.

They need to hear what he has done.

They need to hear why the cross was necessary.

They need to hear that he rose from the dead.

They need to hear his call to repent and believe.

We must speak.

Not arrogantly.

Not manipulatively.

Not as though every conversation must follow a rigid script.

But clearly, patiently, lovingly, and courageously.

We speak about God’s holiness.

We speak about human sin.

We speak about Christ’s life, death, and resurrection.

We speak about repentance and faith.

We invite people to call upon the Lord.

And as we speak, we trust the Spirit to do what we cannot do.

The Spirit uses the Word to awaken faith, and the Word directs that faith toward Jesus Christ.

Ordinary witnesses carry an extraordinary message

Romans 10 highlights preaching and sending, but the New Testament also shows ordinary believers carrying the gospel wherever they go.

The church needs pastors, evangelists, missionaries, and church planters who are properly recognized, trained, and sent.

But the church’s witness does not belong exclusively to people with formal ministry titles.

Every Christian can testify to Christ.

You do not need to know the answer to every possible objection.

You do not need an extraordinary conversion story.

You do not need to be the most confident person in the room.

You need to know the gospel, love the person before you, and depend upon the Holy Spirit.

You can tell someone what Jesus has done.

You can read a Gospel with a friend.

You can invite questions.

You can explain why you have hope.

You can bring someone into the life of the church, where they can hear the Word preached and see the gospel embodied.

The power is not found in the impressiveness of the witness.

The power belongs to God, who works through the message of Christ.

God delights to use ordinary means and ordinary people so that the glory clearly belongs to him.

6. The Church Must Send

Paul asks:

“How are they to preach unless they are sent?”

Mission requires more than individual enthusiasm.

The church sends.

In Acts 13, the church at Antioch worshipped, fasted, and prayed. The Holy Spirit set apart Barnabas and Saul. The church prayed over them and sent them out.

They did not appoint themselves.

They were called by God and confirmed by the church.

This pattern matters.

Missionaries need theological preparation.

They need godly character.

They need the church’s prayers.

They need financial support.

They need pastoral care.

They need accountability.

They need encouragement when the work becomes lonely or difficult.

And when possible, missionary work should lead toward establishing and strengthening local churches.

The Great Commission was not given to disconnected individuals. Christ entrusted it to his church.

Sending requires sacrifice

A sending church must be willing to release gifted people.

That can be costly.

A church may train someone, love them, benefit from their gifts, and then send them somewhere else.

Parents may watch adult children move far away.

Friends may experience separation.

The church may give money that could have been used locally.

Those who go may leave familiar language, culture, family, and comfort.

Mission has always involved sacrifice.

But the one who sends us first sacrificed himself for us.

Jesus left the glory of heaven.

He took the form of a servant.

He entered our suffering.

He gave his life.

We do not sacrifice to earn his favour. We sacrifice because we have received his grace.

The question is not merely, “How much can we keep?”

The missionary question is, “How much can we release for the glory of Christ?”

Every member participates in sending

Not everyone will move to another country, but every Christian can participate in global mission.

We can pray.

We can give.

We can welcome.

We can encourage missionaries.

We can learn about unreached peoples.

We can support faithful church planting.

We can offer practical help when missionaries return.

We can disciple people whom God may eventually send.

We can ask honestly whether God might send us.

A healthy church does not divide people into missionaries and spectators.

Some go while the whole church sends.

If someone leaves this church to carry the gospel somewhere else, we should not merely say, “We lost a good member.”

We should say, “Christ has allowed us to send one of our own.”

7. We Depend on Power from Above

In Luke 24, Jesus tells the disciples to proclaim the gospel to all nations.

Then he tells them to wait:

“Stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

They had seen the risen Christ.

They had received instruction from him.

They possessed the message.

But they still needed the Holy Spirit.

Mission cannot advance through human power alone.

We cannot argue someone into the kingdom.

We cannot produce regeneration.

We cannot open blind eyes.

We cannot raise the spiritually dead.

Only the Holy Spirit can do that.

Our responsibility is to proclaim the Word faithfully.

God’s responsibility is to give life.

This is another place where Reformed theology strengthens mission.

Because God is sovereign, the hardest heart is not beyond his power.

Because election is gracious, our weakness cannot frustrate his saving purpose.

Because Christ purchased a people, the missionary task will succeed.

Because the Spirit gives new birth, we can preach with hope.

We do not know whom God has chosen.

God has not told us to discover the elect.

He has commanded us to proclaim Christ to everyone.

The doctrine of election does not tell the church whom to exclude. It assures us that God will save people through the preaching of the gospel.

In Acts 18, the Lord encouraged Paul to continue preaching in Corinth by saying:

“I have many in this city who are my people.”

They had not all believed yet, but God had determined to gather them.

Therefore, Paul remained and preached.

God’s sovereignty did not make Paul passive.

It made him persistent.

Prayer expresses dependence

If mission depends upon the Spirit, then prayer must stand at its centre.

We pray for boldness.

We pray for open doors.

We pray for receptive hearts.

We pray for faithful churches.

We pray for missionaries to persevere.

We pray for pastors and translators.

We pray for places where Christians face persecution.

We pray for people who have little access to the gospel.

Prayer is not what we do when we cannot participate in mission.

Prayer is essential participation in mission.

A church that wants to go from Brampton to the world must become a praying church.

8. The Results Belong to God

Romans 10 includes a sobering statement:

“They have not all obeyed the gospel.”

Not everyone who hears will believe.

Faithful witness does not guarantee immediate visible results.

Some people may listen politely and walk away.

Some may reject the message.

Some may become hostile.

Some may seem interested and later disappear.

Some may require years of prayer and conversation.

This reality can discourage us.

We may wonder whether we explained the gospel well enough. We may become tempted to manipulate people, soften the difficult parts of the message, or measure faithfulness only by visible responses.

But God calls us to faithfulness.

We should communicate clearly.

We should remove unnecessary obstacles.

We should answer questions thoughtfully.

We should examine our methods and learn from our mistakes.

But we cannot control another person’s heart.

The Spirit blows where he wills.

The results belong to God.

That truth protects us from both pride and despair.

When people believe, we cannot take credit.

When people reject the message, we do not conclude that God’s purpose has failed.

We keep praying.

We keep loving.

We keep speaking.

We keep trusting.

The mission will be completed

Although not everyone believes, the mission of Jesus will not fail.

Christ has promised to build his church.

The Father has promised the nations to his Son.

The gospel will be proclaimed throughout the world.

A redeemed multitude will stand before the throne.

The final victory does not depend on the strength of the church.

It depends on the authority of Christ.

We do not know when the mission will be completed.

We do not know every place God will send us.

But we know where history is going.

Jesus will receive the worship of the nations.

That certainty gives us courage to go.

A Four-Part Personal Response

As we conclude this series, consider four questions.

Who is one person?

Who is one person in your life who does not yet follow Jesus?

Write down the name.

Begin praying regularly.

Look for an opportunity to listen, love, speak, and invite.

Where is your Jerusalem?

Where has God already placed you?

Think about your home, street, workplace, school, family, friendships, and community.

What would faithful gospel presence look like there?

How will you help send?

Will you pray regularly for a missionary?

Will you give?

Will you encourage someone who is serving?

Will you help our church identify and train future workers?

Might God send you?

Do not assume that the answer is no.

Ask honestly:

“Lord, are you calling me to cross a cultural, linguistic, or geographical boundary for the sake of the gospel?”

For some, the answer will be to remain and serve faithfully in Brampton.

For others, it may mean going somewhere new.

The question is not whether one location is more spiritual than another.

The question is whether we are available to Christ.

Conclusion: Beautiful Feet

Paul writes:

“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

Feet are not usually considered the most beautiful part of the body.

Especially in the ancient world, feet became dusty, dirty, and tired from travel.

But feet become beautiful when they carry good news.

The beauty is not in the appearance of the messenger.

The beauty is in the message being carried.

The risen Jesus has entrusted us with the best news in the world:

There is forgiveness for sinners.

There is reconciliation with God.

There is freedom from condemnation.

There is resurrection life.

There is hope beyond death.

Jesus Christ is Lord, and everyone who calls upon his name will be saved.

So where do we go?

We go to our homes.

We go to our neighbours.

We go to our workplaces.

We go to our schools.

We go throughout Brampton.

We go across Canada.

We go to the nations.

We go wherever Jesus sends us.

And as we go, we do not proclaim ourselves.

We proclaim Christ crucified, risen, reigning, and returning.

This is who we are.

We are disciples who make disciples.

This is what we do.

We pursue gospel saturation.

This is how we live.

We live as a missional community.

This is where we go.

From Brampton to the world.

Prayer

Sovereign Lord, you created the nations and rule over them all.

Thank you for planning redemption, accomplishing it through your Son, and applying it by your Spirit.

Thank you that Jesus suffered for sinners and rose from the dead. Thank you that repentance and forgiveness are proclaimed in his name.

Forgive us for our silence, fear, comfort, and indifference. Forgive us when we care more about preserving our preferences than reaching those who are lost.

Give us compassion for Brampton. Help us see the people and opportunities you have placed around us. Give us courage to speak clearly about Jesus and humility to listen and love well.

Raise up missionaries, pastors, church planters, translators, and faithful witnesses from among us. Make us willing to pray, give, send, and go.

Strengthen those already serving in difficult and overlooked places. Protect them from discouragement, temptation, loneliness, and harm. Give them faithful partners and lasting fruit.

Open hearts through the preaching of your Word.

Establish churches where there are none.

Strengthen churches that are weak.

Bring people from every tribe, language, people, and nation to worship your Son.

Make us available to you. Send us across the street or across the world.

Keep us faithful until the day when the knowledge of your glory fills the earth.

In the name of Jesus, amen.

Discussion Questions

Where has God already placed you as a witness, and who is one person there for whom you will pray and pursue a gospel conversation?

How can our church participate more faithfully in sending? Consider prayer, giving, missionary care, church planting, leadership development, and being personally willing to go.

Transition to Communion

As we come to the Lord’s Table, we remember the message we have been sent to proclaim.

Jesus said that the Christ must suffer and rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins must be proclaimed in his name to all nations.

The bread reminds us that his body was given.

The cup reminds us that his blood was shed.

The message we carry to Brampton and the world begins here:

Jesus gave himself to save sinners.

We do not go as people who have rescued ourselves.

We go as people who have received mercy.

We do not proclaim our goodness.

We proclaim his grace.

We do not invite the nations to gather around our preferences or achievements.

We invite them to come to Christ.

At this table, believers from different backgrounds, cultures, and histories receive the same bread and the same cup.

We confess one Lord.

We depend upon one sacrifice.

We belong to one body.

This meal also points forward.

One day, people from every tribe, language, people, and nation will gather at the marriage supper of the Lamb.

Until that day, the church eats, remembers, proclaims, and goes.

Paul writes:

“For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”

Before we receive the elements, let us examine ourselves.

Have we kept the good news to ourselves?

Have fear or comfort made us silent?

Have we resisted where Christ may be sending us?

Have we forgotten that salvation belongs to the Lord?

Let us confess our sins and receive again the assurance of the gospel.

Christ died.

Christ rose.

Christ reigns.

Christ will return.

And everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.

On the night he was betrayed, Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and said:

“This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

In the same way, he took the cup and said:

“This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

The body of Christ, given for you.

The blood of Christ, shed for you.