Gods Heart For The Nations3715

Slide 1: THE LIVING GOD IS A MISSIONARY GOD -WHAT IS GOD’S HEART? -WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE BIBLE? -WHERE IS MISSIONS IN THE BIBLE? -WHEN WILL JESUS COME BACK? -THE REVELATION

Slide 2: Genesis 1:28 \"God blessed them and said to them, \"Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth...\"

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Slide 4: Genesis 9:1 \"Then God blessed Noahfill the his sons saying to them, multiply; and earth...\" \"Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.\"

Slide 5: Genesis 11: 1-4 \"Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there.. Then they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth.'\"

Slide 6: Genesis 11:7-8 \"'Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.' So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.\"

Slide 7: God’s mandate… Genesis 12:1-3 \"The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Go from your country And your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great… Table- truths from

Slide 8: God’s mandate… Genesis 12:1-3 \"The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Go from your country And your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great… SO THAT You will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, AND IN YOU ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.’ How does so that change it

Slide 9: “Genesis 12:1-4 are perhaps the most unifying verses in the Bible; the whole of God’s purpose is encapsulated here.” - John Stott

Slide 10: God’s mandate… Galatians 3.7-9 Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, \"In you shall all the nations be blessed.\" So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham…

Slide 11: Psalm 67 May God be gracious to us and bless us and Make His face shine upon us… doxology That your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.

Slide 12: Genesis 12:4 \"So Abram left, as the Lord had told him.“ Walk thru vs 4 Obedience requires 33 lbs 100 yr old on bed Hold u back > new def

Slide 13: Jim Elliot as senior in college… He makes His ministers a flame of fire. Am I ignitable? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of other things. Saturate me with oil of the Spirit that I may be a flame. But flame is transient, often short-lived. Canst thou bear this, my soul- short life? In me dwells the Spirit of the Great Short-Lived, whose zeal for God’s house consumed Him. Make me thy Fuel, Flame of God. Asbestos in my life

Slide 14: God’s mandate… Genesis 26:4 \"I will make your descendants as Genesis 12:4 numerous as the stars in the \"So Abram left, as the Lord had told sky him.\" will give them all these lands, and and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed.\"

Slide 15: God’s mandate… Genesis 28:14 \"Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring\"

Slide 16: the exodus and pharaoh Exodus 9.16 “I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Exodus 12:37-38 “The Israelites journeyed …about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. Many other people went up with them.”

Slide 17: God’s mandate… Exodus 19.4-6 You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.\"

Slide 18: 10 commandments Deuteronomy 4:5-6 \"Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'\"

Slide 19: Cross Red Sea Joshua 2:9-10 \"I (Rahab) know that the Lord has given this land to you and that a great fear of you has fallen on us.. we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt...\"

Slide 20: 1 Kings 4.34 \"Men of all nations came to listen to Solomon's wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.\" Queen of Sheba 1 Kings 10.9 May the Lord your God be praised because He favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel!

Slide 21: the temple 2 Chronicles 6.32-33 “Also concerning the foreigner who is not from Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your great name's sake … and prays toward this house, then hear and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, and fear You”

Slide 22: esther’s deliverance Esther 8.17 In every province and in every city, wherever the edict of the king went, there was joy and gladness among the Jews. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them.

Slide 23: Psalms contains over one hundred references to the scope of God’s intentions being global. Psalm 2:8 Psalm 9:11 Psalm 18:49 Psalm 22:27-28 Psalm 45:17 Psalm 46:10 Psalm 47:1-2,7-9 Psalm 57:5,9,11 Psalm 66:1-8Psalm 67:1-7 Psalm 72:8-11 Psalm 77:13-14 Psalm 86:9 Psalm 96:1-3,7-10 Psalm 98:1-9 Psalm 99:1-3Psalm 105:1 Psalm 108:1-5 Psalm 113:3-4 Psalm 126:2 Ps 1 delight Ps 2.8

Slide 24: Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God… I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Slide 25: Isaiah 49.6 It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.

Slide 26: Daniel 3:29 \"Therefore, I (Nebuchadnezzar) decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces... for no other God can save in this way.\"

Slide 27: Daniel 6:26 \" I (King Darius) issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel...\"

Slide 28: WHY didn’t I hear this before?

Slide 29: Habakkuk 2.14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

Slide 30: Luke 2.10 Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all people…

Slide 31: John 1.29 Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of world!

Slide 32: Luke 4:42-43 \"...they tried to keep him from leaving them but He said, 'I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.'\" Equality of opp

Slide 33: Mark 11.17 Is it not written, “My house shall be called a house of Prayer for all the nations”?

Slide 34: Jesus and Internationals?

Slide 35: Jesus and Internationals… Two Demon possessed men Healing of the blind and lame in Gadarenes (Matt 8:28) in the Court of the Gentiles (Matt 21:12-14) Centurion’s Servant Healed (Matt 8:5-11) Healing of the Canaanite’s daughter (Matt 15:21-28) All who were sick in Gennesaret. (Matt 14:34-36) Demon possessed man in Gerasene (Mark 5) Feeding the four thousand Gentiles. (Matt 15) Samaritan at the well (John 4)

Slide 36: Gentile Redemption Metaphors of Scripture  Noah’s Ark and the animals of every kind. Genesis 8  The fish of every kind in the nets. Matt 13:47  The wedding guests from the streets. Matt 22:9  The leaven worked into the whole dough. Matt 13:33  The sheep and the goats from every nation. Matt 25:32  The other sheep of another pen. John 10  New branches grafted into the olive tree. Romans 11

Slide 37: Matthew 8.11-12 I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.\"

Slide 38: John 4.41-42 And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, \"It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.\"

Slide 39: Matthew 28.19-20 imperative- non sense Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Mark 16:15 \"Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.\" Luke 24.46 …repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all the nations… John 20.21 As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you. Acts 1.8 …you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Slide 40: Matthew 24:14 \"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.\" Do you/we yearn for Christ’s return?

Slide 41: Matthew 6.9-10 Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy KINGDOM come, thy will be done….. HOW?

Slide 42: Matthew 28. 19-20 Nations = ethne = people groups Matthew 24.14 And this Gospel of the Kingdom will be proclaiming throughout the whole world, as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Slide 43: Nigeria national borders

Slide 44: Nigeria people group borders

Slide 46: Romans 10.14-15,17 But how are they to 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? So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Slide 47: Romans 15.20 I make it my ambition to preach the Gospel, Not where Christ has already been named, lest I build On someone else’s foundation, But as it is written, “Those who have never been told Of Him will see, And those who have never heard Will understand.”

Slide 48: global redemption 1 John 2:2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

Slide 49: Revelation 5.9 And they sang a new song, saying, \"Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation…

Slide 50: Revelation 7.9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, \"Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!\"

Slide 51: Bangladesh has 1 Missionary for every 250,000 people America has 1 missionary for every 2,700 People Pakistan has 1 Missionary for every 213,000 people Iran has 1 Missionary for every 3 million people

Slide 52: America has 1 Missionary for every 2,700 people Youth guy- 10 deep toby

Slide 53: What now? tragedy Wisdom is proved right by her actions… Jesus

Slide 54: Pray – www.global-prayer-digest.org / Operation World Welcome- 6000 internationals at colleges in US www.thetravelingteam.org Bible studies/ 12 lessons www.joshuaproject.net

Slide 55: 2 Peter 3.12 Look forward to Day of God and speed its coming! Revelation 22.20 \"Surely I am coming soon.\" Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!