OUR GOD IS A MISSIONARY GOD

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OUR GOD IS A MISSIONARY GOD
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Bible Quiz

• Psalm 4610
• Be still..
• And know that I am God
• I will be exalted among the nations, I will be
  exalted in the earth.

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Bible Quiz

• Psalm 67 1-2
• May God be gracious to us and bless us and make
  His face
• shine upon us,
• That your ways may be known on earth, your
  salvation among all nations.

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GENESIS 12 1-3

• Leave your country, your people and your
  fathers household and go to the land I will show
  you. I will make you into a great nation and I
  will bless you I will make your name great, and
  you will be a blessing. I will bless those who
  bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse
• and all the peoples on earth will be blessed
  through you.

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Shorter Catechism

• Question What is the chief end of man?
• Answer Mans chief end is to glorify God and to
  enjoy Him forever.

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Glory

• Glory is intrinsic worth, substance, brilliance
  and beauty

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Psalm 67 3-7

• May the peoples praise you, O God May all the
  peoples praise you. May the nations be glad and
  sing for joy, for you rule the peoples justly and
  guide the nations of the earth. May the peoples
  praise you, O God may all the peoples praise
  you. God will bless us, and all the ends of the
  earth will fear Him.

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The Exodus
Exodus 9 13-14, 16 Let my people go, so that
they may worship me, or this time I will send the
full force of my plagues against you, so you may
know that there is no one like me in all the
earth. But I have raised you up for this very
purpose, that I might show my power and that my
name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
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The Temple

• I Kings 8 41-43
• As for the foreigner who does not belong to your
  people Israel but has come from a distant land
  because of your name- for men will hear of your
  great name and your mighty hand and your
  outstretched arm- when he comes and prays toward
  this temple, then hear from heaven, your dwelling
  place, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you,
  
• so that all the peoples of the earth may know
  your name and fear you

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Isaiah 42 6-7

• I, the Lord have called you in righteousness I
  will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and
  will make you to be a covenant for the people and
  a light for the Gentiles.

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Isaiah 49 5-6

• The Lord says, It is too small a thing for you
  to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob
  and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I
  will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that
  you may bring my salvation to the ends of the
  earth.

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Isaiah 56 7

• for my house will be called a house of prayer
  for all nations.

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Mark 11 17

• Is it not written My house will be called a
  house of prayer for all nations? But you have
  made it a den of robbers.

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Worship

• Worship is that which glorifies God by
  recognizing His glory and honoring Him.

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The Great Commission

• The crescendo of the life, death, burial, and
  resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Daniel 7 13-14

• In my vision at night I looked, and there before
  me was one like a son of man, coming with the
  clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of
  Days and was led into His presence. He was given
  authority, glory and sovereign power all
  peoples, nations and men of every language
  worshiped Him. His dominion is an everlasting
  dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom
  is one that will never be destroyed.

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The Great Commission

• Matthew 28 18-20
• Then Jesus came to them and said, All authority
  in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
  Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations,
  baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
  the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them
  to obey everything I have commanded you. And
  surely I am with you always, to the very end of
  the age.

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Revelation 7 9-10

• After this I looked and there before me was a
  great multitude that no one could count, from
  every nation, tribe, people and language,
  standing before the throne and in front of the
  Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were
  holding palm branches in their hands. And they
  cried out in a loud voice Salvation belongs to
  our God, who sits on the throne, and to the
  Lamb.

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OUR GOD IS A MISSIONARY GOD

• HIS PEOPLE ARE TO BE A MISSIONARY PEOPLE

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HIS PEOPLE ARE TO BE A MISSIONARY PEOPLE

• Abraham was blessed to be a blessing to all the
  peoples on earth
• Israel was to be a light to bring Gods salvation
  to the ends of the earth
• In the power and authority of Jesus Christ, we
  are to do the same. We are to go and make
  disciples of all nations.
• Matthew 2414 And this gospel of the kingdom
  will be preached in the whole world as a
  testimony to all nations, and then the end will
  come.

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How then should we live?

• We are blessed in order to be a blessing to
  others and to Gods Kingdom.
• Gods glory is the primary purpose of both our
  lives and of missions
• Psalm 963 Declare His glory among the nations,
  his marvelous deeds among the peoples.
• God wants each individual and every church to be
  involved in missions
• Prayer
• Giving
• Going