What is the missionary call?

1. The Where
The Who: Who is called
and what is the call?

2. The Who
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Highlights of Patrick
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Why choose Jeremiah?
Jer. 20.8
"Being a called man is a lonely job, and many
times you feel like God has abandoned you in
your ministry."
God's calling was a fire within him.
Luther's list: notice number 5.
Patrick's three confirmation test: heart, head,
and skill.

3. The Who
You desire it. 1 Tim. 3.1
 You evaluate it and yourself. Where can I
serve?
 Are you in the Word and is the Word in you?
 Is he skilled in management and
leadership?
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final six questions.

4. The Who
 Payne's
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contribution
The Spirit calls missionaries.
The Spirit sends them. Acts 13.1-4
The Spirit works before, during, and after the
church planter. (quote of Tom Steffen)
The Spirit guides church planters, i.e. Paul
and the Macedonian. Acts 16.9
"Church planters must be men and women
of prayer before their church-planting
work." Payne, chap. 5, loc. 945)

5. The Who
 Keller's
contribution.
Ability
1. Endowment
2. Experience
Affinity
1. Desire
2. Maturity
Opportunity
1. Unmet need
2. Sharers

6. The Call
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Who is called to missions?
Some say "everyone is."
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"There is no call for missionary volunteers in
the New Testament." (Hesselgrave,
Paradigms, 215)
We are all called to be witnesses.
It's more a matter of who is "sent" and
"given."
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The case of person gifts in Ephesians4:6-16.
The case of "apostles of the church."

7. The Call
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Therefore it says, "When he ascended on high he led a host
of captives, and he gave gifts to men."
Efe 4:9 (In saying, "He ascended," what does it mean but
that he had also descended into the lower regions, the
earth?
Efe 4:10 He who descended is the one who also ascended
far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Efe 4:11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the
evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,
Efe 4:12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for
building up the body of Christ,
Efe 4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of
the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to
the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

8. The Call
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Apostello= send (135 times NT)
Authoritative messenger
"A missionary is not just someone who goes,
but someone who is sent." (Hesselgrave, 216)
Apostle/apostle
Missionary sense of apostle include
Barnabas, Mark, Silas, Timothy, Titus, and
Epaphroditus.
See Acts 13.4; 2 Cor. 8.23; Phil. 2.25; 1 Thess.
2.6

9. The Call
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David Sills, "The missionary call includes an
awareness of the needs of a lost world, the
commands of Christ, a concern for the lost, a
radical commitment to God, your church's
affirmation, blessing and commissioning, a
passionate desire, the Spirit's gifting, and an
indescribable yearning that motivates
beyond all understanding."
"I believe that God has called every Christian
to the task of international missions." Romans
10.13-15

10. The Call
 The
Final Verdict
Are you active?
 Could you do anything else and be happy
in the Lord?
 Does your church approve and support
you?
 Are you ready?
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