SF083 - GODS MANDATE FOR MISSIONS (Isaiah 6 1-13)
Isaiah 6:1-13
Introduction
I want to speak today from the greatest text on missions in the entire Bible. Not Matthew 28:18-20; not Mark 16:15; not even Acts 1:8, turn to Isaiah 6:1-13.
1A. The Context of Missions – Worship (6:1-4)
“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exist because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate not man.” (Piper, Let the Nations be Glad, 11)
2A. The Confession of the Missionary – Woe (6:5-7)
Ø Begins with conviction (6:5)
Ø Results in cleansing (6:6-7)
Revelation 1:9-17
3A. The Commission of the Missionary – Whom (6:8-13)
Ø The witness (6:8)
Ø The word (6:9-10)
Ø The work (6:11-13)
Application
“We live unto the Lord” Romans 14:8
If God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the moment of conversion. He might have changed us from imperfection to perfection, and have taken us to heaven at once. Why then are we here? Would God keep his children out of paradise a single moment longer than was necessary? Why is the army of the living God still on the battle-field when one charge might give them the victory?
The answer is-they are here that they may “live unto the Lord,” and may bring others to know his love. We remain on earth as sowers to scatter good seed; as ploughmen to break up the fallow ground; as heralds publishing salvation. Let us live earnest, useful, holy lives, to “the praise of the glory of his grace.”
Isaiah 6:1-13
Introduction
I want to speak today from the greatest text on missions in the entire Bible. Not Matthew 28:18-20; not Mark 16:15; not even Acts 1:8, turn to Isaiah 6:1-13.
1A. The ______________ of Missions – Worship (6:1-4)
“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exist because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate not man.” (Piper, Let the Nations be Glad, 11)
2A. The Confession of the Missionary – ____ (6:5-7)
Ø Begins with conviction (6:5)
Ø Results in cleansing (6:6-7)
Revelation 1:9-17
3A. The Commission of the Missionary – __________ (6:8-13)
Ø The witness (6:8)
Ø The word (6:9-10)
Ø The work (6:11-13)
Application
“We live unto the Lord” Romans 14:8
If God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the moment of conversion. He might have changed us from imperfection to perfection, and have taken us to heaven at once. Why then are we here? Would God keep his children out of paradise a single moment longer than was necessary? Why is the army of the living God still on the battle-field when one charge might give them the victory?
The answer is-they are here that they may “live unto the Lord,” and may bring others to know his love. We remain on earth as sowers to scatter good seed; as ploughmen to break up the fallow ground; as heralds publishing salvation. Let us live earnest, useful, holy lives, to “the praise of the glory of his grace.”
Isaiah 6:1-13
Introduction
I want to speak today from the greatest text on missions in the entire Bible. Not Matthew 28:18-20; not Mark 16:15; not even Acts 1:8, turn to Isaiah 6:1-13.
1A. The ______________ of Missions – Worship (6:1-4)
“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exist because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate not man.” (Piper, Let the Nations be Glad, 11)
2A. The Confession of the Missionary – ____ (6:5-7)
Ø Begins with conviction (6:5)
Ø Results in cleansing (6:6-7)
Revelation 1:9-17
3A. The Commission of the Missionary – __________ (6:8-13)
Ø The witness (6:8)
Ø The word (6:9-10)
Ø The work (6:11-13)
Application
“We live unto the Lord” Romans 14:8
If God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the moment of conversion. He might have changed us from imperfection to perfection, and have taken us to heaven at once. Why then are we here? Would God keep his children out of paradise a single moment longer than was necessary? Why is the army of the living God still on the battle-field when one charge might give them the victory?
The answer is-they are here that they may “live unto the Lord,” and may bring others to know his love. We remain on earth as sowers to scatter good seed; as ploughmen to break up the fallow ground; as heralds publishing salvation. Let us live earnest, useful, holy lives, to “the praise of the glory of his grace.”