Missions

Intro

Only one life will soon be past. Only what is done for Christ will last.

Welcome back to FBC! It’s great to see our family and our body gathered. Everyone have a good lunch?

This is the first study session of our teaching study

“The Insanity of obedience”

So this session is what is going to set the tone and the rhythm for this study.

Each week we will give you a study pack with scripture from the Old Testament, and New Testament to read and study so with the goal of summarization.

At the first part of our time, we’ll see a story from the Ripken family’s life as they join God’s work around the world.

This week is a little intro video and how they left everything they had every known in order to follow Jesus.

Video Notes

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Now is the time to

Response

What is your immediate response to this video?

What have you never considered before?

· The word evangelism is not used

· The differences between Discipleships, and evangelism.

· The goal of the church is to make disciples

Turn to and 17:1-5

In what way is the OT story of Abraham being commanded to go a key to understanding God’s mission?

· God called Abram to obey him and to go and he did.

· God has called people from every people group to be his. They need the Gospel!

Your circumstances are different, but God called Abraham to Obedience the same way he calls you to obedience, and that obedience is linked to going

Turn to 16-20

Why are the NT accounts of the women at the tomb and the men being commanded by Jesus to go essential in understanding God’s mission?

· The first thing the women are told to do is to Go and tell others.

· Mary was in her 40’s Mary mag was a former prostitute. Peter’s mother was even older! It doesn’t matter where you are, your past doesn’t matter, your age doesn’t matter. If you’re a disciple f Christ, you are called to go make other disciples.

Jesus final words in are known as the Great Commission. What actions are mentioned as the essence of making disciples?

· There is no prerequisite action required to make disciples. Just go.

When would the biblical truths in the story of Abraham, the woman at the tomb, or of the great commission been helpful in your own life?

Is there a time or person you know of that you can share these stories?

Summary

Before anything, we’re called to obey. If you say you’ll obey, then you’ll go.

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