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The church at Ephesus "the loveless church" the church at Smyrna "the resilient church" the church at Pergamum "the compromising church" The church at Thyatira "the corrupt church!"
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3. 1. Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide
myself in Thee;
Let the water and the Blood, from Thy
riven side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure, cleanse me
from its guilt and power
4. 2. Not the labours of my hands, can
fulfil Thy Law’s demands;
Could my zeal no respite know, could
my tears forever flow,
All for sin could not atone, Thou must
save, and Thou alone.
5. 3. Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to
the Cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress,
helpless, look to thee for grace,
Foul, I to the Fountain fly, wash me
Saviour or I die.
6. 4. While I draw this fleeting breath,
When mine eyelids close in death;
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See Thee on Thy judgement throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide
myself in Thee.
11. After our Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead
He revealed God’s eternal purpose
to His disciples.
12. “And beginning with
MOSES and ALL the
prophets, He explained
to them what was said
in ALL the Scriptures
concerning Himself ...
He said to them, ‘This
is what I told you while
I was still with you :
13. Everything must be
fulfilled that is written
about Me in the
LAW OF MOSES,
the Prophets
and the Psalms.’
Then He opened their
minds so they could
understand the
Scriptures.
14. He told them,
THIS IS WHAT IS
WRITTEN:
The Christ will
suffer and rise from
the dead on the third
day, and repentance
and forgiveness of
sins will be
preached
in His Name
TO ALL
NATIONS.’”
Luke 24 : 27, 44-47
15. Most of us have closed minds and we need Jesus
to open our eyes to see Him in all the books of
the Old Testament, in the Law of Moses, in the
writings of the Prophets and in the Psalms.
Jesus broadened the vision of His disciples to
see all nations in God’s purpose
40. “The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your
country, your people and your father’s
household and GO to the land I will show you.
41. 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 ... and
ALL PEOPLES ON
EARTH WILL BE
BLESSED
THROUGH
YOU.’ ” Genesis 12 : 1-3
42. This principle of Divine election for universal
service is stated and re-stated time and again in
Genesis.
43. “Abraham will surely become a great and powerful
nation, and ALL NATIONS ON EARTH will be
blessed through him.” Genesis 18 : 18
46. God re-stated this Divine call and commission to
Abraham’s son, Isaac:
“through your offspring ALL NATIONS ON
EARTH will be blessed.” Genesis 26:4
47. God also re-
confirmed this
missionary call
to Isaac’s son,
Jacob :
“ALL PEOPLES
ON EARTH will
be blessed
through you and
your offspring.”
Genesis 28:14
48. The Missionary Call of Israel
“Then Moses went up to God,
and the Lord called to him from
the mountain and said,
‘This is what you are to say to
the house of Jacob and what you
are to tell the people of Israel:
You yourselves have
seen what I did to
Egypt, and how I
carried you on eagles’
wings and brought you
to Myself.
49. NOW, if you obey Me fully and keep My
Covenant, then out of all nations you will be
My treasured possession. Although THE
WHOLE EARTH IS MINE, you will be for
Me a KINGDOM OF PRIESTS and a HOLY
NATION. These are the words you are to
speak to the Israelites.’ ”
Exodus 19 : 3-6
50. Israel was being constituted
as a nation of unique position
among the nations. All the
earth belonged to God. What
made Israel unique was its
missionary call, its priestly
position, its mediatorial
mission as God’s bridge to
the nations.
The Queen of Sheba
51. Israel was not meant to be a
storehouse of God’s blessings
but a channel. God did not
choose Israel so that she
could be selfish. Israel was
saved to serve. She had
received God’s Word in order
to proclaim it. The
descendants of Abraham had
been blessed only so that they
could be a blessing to
“all the families of the
earth.”
(Genesis 12:1-3)
52. Israel was never meant to live for herself alone.
Israel’s call was to be God’s chosen instrument
to bring God’s Word to the nations.
“I will also make you a light for THE
GENTILES, that you may bring My salvation
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.”
Isaiah 49 : 6
53. Called to be God’s witnesses to the nations, Israel’s
commission was both prophetic and missionary.
They were to receive God’s Word and to proclaim that
Word as God’s priests to the nations.
54. The recorded
messages of
the prophets
of Israel and
the recorded
history of the
people of
Israel
continue to
speak as
God’s Word
to us today.
55. In this way the descendants of Abraham have been a
“blessing to all nations on earth” – through the Bible.
56. But, God has used Israel in an even greater way, for not only
did God’s Word come through Israel but God Himself. He not
only sent His prophets through Israel, but He also sent His
Son. Israel was the channel for God’s Word, God’s Son and
God’s Salvation for the world!
57. Now, God’s Word comes to all God’s people
everywhere :
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood,
a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you
may declare the praises of Him who called you out
of darkness into His wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2 : 9
58. While Israel as a whole generally
failed to fulfill this missionary
calling, she did produce some
excellent missionaries, including :
Abraham,
Joseph,
Moses,
Daniel,
Esther,
Jonah and many others.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64. More than this, through
Israel, God spoke.
He spoke through the
prophets, He spoke through
Israel’s history and
ultimately, He spoke in and
through His Son – Jesus the
Messiah.
67. Through Israel, God’s royal priesthood, the world has
received the Bible, which is God’s Word, and Jesus
Christ, who is God’s Son.
“May Your ways be known on earth, Your salvation
among all nations . . . May all the peoples praise
You . . . all the ends of the earth will fear Him.”
Psalm 67
68. “Ask of Me, and I will make the nations your inheritance,
the ends of the earth your possession. You will rule them
with an iron sceptre; You will dash them to pieces like
pottery. Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you
rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear . . .”
Psalm 2:8-11
69. “All the ends of
the world shall
remember and
turn to the
Lord, and all
the families of
the nations
shall worship
before You. For
the Kingdom is
the Lord’s and
He rules over
the nations.”
Psalm 22:27-28
70. “In His days the righteous shall
flourish… He shall have dominion
also from sea to sea and from the
river to the ends of the earth. Those
who dwell in the wilderness will bow
before Him, and His enemies will lick
the dust… Yes, all kings shall fall
down before Him, all nations shall
serve Him… All nations shall call Him
blessed… let the whole earth be filled
with His glory. Amen and Amen.”
Psalm 72:7-19
71. “For to us a Child
is born, to us a Son
is given, and the
government will
be on His
shoulders . . . of
the increase of His
government and
peace there will be
no end.”
Isaiah 9:6-7
72. “In the time of
those kings, the
God of heaven
will set up a
Kingdom that
will never be
destroyed, nor
will it be left to
another people.
It will crush all
those kingdoms
and bring them
to an end, but
will itself
endure for
ever.”
Daniel 2:44
73. “He was given authority, glory and sovereign
power; all peoples, nations and men of every
language worshipped Him. His dominion is an
everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and
His Kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.”
Daniel 7:14
74. “Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of
the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be
handed over to the saints, the people of the Most
High. His Kingdom will be an everlasting
kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey
Him.” Daniel 7:27
75. “The Lord will be King over the whole earth.
On that day there will be one Lord,
His Name the only Name.”
Zech. 14:9
76. “when the earth shall be filled with the
knowledge of the Lord, as the waters
cover the seas.” Habakkuk 2:14
77. “The Lord will be awesome to
them, for He will reduce to
nothing all the gods of the earth;
people shall worship Him,
each one from his place,
indeed all the shores of the
nations.”
Zephaniah 2:11
81. Acts 2 : 4 – The Holy Spirit Came Down
Acs 1 : 9 – The Lord went up
Acts 2 : 4 - 8:4 – The Disciples Went Out
82. Pentecost had a
strategic missionary
purpose.
The Harvest Festival was held 7
weeks after the “First fruits”
(Christ’s resurrection) when the
Great Missionary Psalm 67 was
sung and people gathered “from
every nation under heaven.”
83. Acts 1 : 8 summarises Acts:
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and
you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth.”
84. Acts records the spread of the Gospel from Jerusalem,
throughout Judea and Samaria to the Gentiles of Syria,
Asia Minor and Greece.
85. The account starts in Jerusalem,
centre of Israel and the spiritual capital of the world,
86. and it ends in Rome, centre of the Gentile world and
secular capital of the world.
87. The Christian message is for all men, of all generations, of
every culture on earth.
88. Christ Himself commanded the Church to cross all
boundaries, cultural and geographical, in order to take the
message “to the ends of the earth” (1:8).
89. It is His will that His people
“bring salvation to the ends of the earth” (13 : 47).
90. There was much
opposition to the
spread of the
Gospel to the
Gentiles
(11:2-3, 13:45;
15:1) so that God
had to initiate
every stage of its
early development.
91. An angel of the Lord led Philip to the Sudanese Treasurer
(8:26).
92. The Lord Himself appeared to Saul to commission him as
the leader of the mission to the Gentiles (9:6; 26 : 17,18).
93. An angel instructed
the Roman
centurion,
Cornelius,
to call for Peter
(10: 3-5).
The Lord gave Peter
a vision (three times)
to prepare him for a
Mission to the
Gentiles
(10 : 15-20).
94. The Holy Spirit guided the
church at Antioch to send
Barnabas and Saul on a
mission to the Gentiles
(13 : 2,3).
God gave Paul a vision to
lead him to take the Gospel
to Europe
(16 : 9,10).
The Lord instructed Paul
to testify in Rome (23:11).
Unquestionably,
God wanted the Gentiles to
be evangelised!
95. God not only guided the Mission to the Gentiles, He also
poured out His blessings upon every aspect of it.
96. The Holy Spirit was poured out upon Samaritans
(8:15-17). The Gentiles in Cornelius’ house received the Holy Spirit
in the same miraculous way that the disciples had on the day of
Pentecost (10: 44-47).
97. God put His seal of support on the first Gentile mission of Paul and
Barnabas by performing many signs and wonders during the
outreaches (15:12).
101. Women turn to Christ
(9:34) and are used by
Him in ministry (21:9).
All prejudices are
confronted.
No-one is barred.
Everyone is welcome.
God’s grace knows
no barriers!
102. • Sudanese Treasurer (8)
• The persecutor, Saul (9)
• The Roman Centurion, Cornelius (10)
Three remarkable conversions :
The sons of Ham, Shem and Japheth.
103. The power base of the church shifts from Jerusalem to Antioch, from
Peter to Paul, from Hebrews to Gentiles.
The child is outgrowing the parent.
104. The Missionary sending model of Antioch
(13 : 1-3).
A praying and fasting congregation which sends out two of
its leaders.
106. Their difficulties included - there were so few of
them (120 to start with), they had no learning, no
organisation, (no printing presses, radio stations,
films, tapes, etc. obviously).
107. They had to contend with tremendous racial barriers, class
structures, religious pluralism,
108. extreme decadence in society, political suspicion (and later
persecution) from Rome and general cynicism of pagan
society.
109. Yet, they succeeded in conquering the Roman Empire because: they
lived their message and were transformed by it; their dedication and
willingness led them to obey
no matter what the cost;
111. their endurance; their concern for the non-Christians;
their priorities of “prayer and the Word”,
112. were evidence of
the overflowing,
life-changing,
character-transforming
power of the Spirit.
113. They exercised an every-member ministry; they had
shared leadership, dynamic, fresh and varied worship;
they emphasised teaching and obedience to God’s revealed
Word.
118. They ran a lot of
home meetings
(Acts 17:5; 18:7; 21:8; 12:12;
20:7; 2:46; 5:42; 28:23;
16:32; 19:22)
informal,
relaxed gatherings for
fellowship,
prayer,
communion,
follow-up,
evangelism, etc.