1. In many Instances, in time past, God was a sender.
2. We read in His Word, of times when God sent Individuals on special missions.
3. The Scriptures also Include women being sent by God.
4. Verses Indicate that God is still sending today.
1. What does the Bible Indicate by "nations."
2. What is the "Great Imbalance?"
3. The groups Identified as the most unreached by the gospel are called "frontier people groups."
4. These people are not Impossible to reach.
1. There are three Designations within the theology of missions.
a) The largest one is called Missio Dei, which means mission of God.
i) It refers to all that God is Doing in the world to achieve His purposes.
b) The second one that fits inside the first is the mission of the church, which is the Duty that God wants His churches to carry out in this world.
c) The third one is missions which seeks to Duplicate the church in Distant places.
i) As we go Down the list of the Designated missions, each one is more Distinct in its purpose than the one before, and each is a Division of the one before.
ii) Each of these three mission designations have Deliberate goals to accomplish.
2. What is a biblical Description of a missionary?
a) To whom should we Disperse our missions Dollars?
b) Acts 14 provides a Diagnostic tool to Discern what a missionary does and whom we should support.
i) A missionary Declares the gospel.
ii) A missionary Disciples converts.
iii) A missionary Develops churches and Designates pastors.
3. The Danger of Missions Creep.
1. The Tragedy of a harvest neglected.
a) The Elasticity of hell.
b) The Enthusiasm of hell.
c) The Endurance of hell.
2. The Trouble with getting the harvest in on time.
a) The Two shortcomings in reaching a world for Christ are Manpower and Money.
3. The Treatment God provides for a dying world - Grace.
a) The Elasticity of grace.
b) The Enthusiasm of grace.
c) The Endurance of grace.
1. A harvest hearted church is willing to Shrink.
2. A harvest hearted church is willing to Sacrifice.
3. A harvest hearted church is willing to Seek God's will.
4. A harvest hearted church is willing to Separate.
5. A harvest hearted church is willing to Support their missionaries.
6. A harvest hearted church is willing to Submit to the Lord of the harvest.
1. We are urged to Continue in well doing rather than getting to a point where we Cease from being involved any more.
2. We are given a worthwhile promise which is Conditional if we don't Cool off.
3. The Context of this verse very much applies to missions.
4. As time moves on, we tend to lose the spiritual Charge and motivation of our early days as believers.
5. How do we Cultivate a Constant enthusiasm for well doing?
a) Not by trying to Churn up our emotions.
b) Not by responding to Compelling appeals.
c) By allowing the Control of the Holy Spirit and the Counsel of the Bible to be an important part of our daily life.
