In Your Bible Read This
Matthew 28, 11-20; Mark 16, 15-20; Luke 24, 45-49; John 20,
19 -23.
Here Is Your Memory Verse
Jesus said, "
Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me,
I am sending you." John 20:21
Afterwards Talk About
This
What have you seen Jesus doing in your lives?
f you went on a missionary journey have you got something good to
say?
Something To Do Before
Next Time
In the quietness of your own heart see how you would react if
God
made it very clear to you today that he wanted you to be a
missionary.
What doubts and fears would rise up? Offer them up in prayer
to the Lord and ask for his help to overcome.
Written Diploma Work
Look at Revelation 7, 9-10. Who do you think is there?
Name a few names. How do you think they got there.
What does the elder say about them in verses 15-17.
Meditate Word By Word On
This Verse
Genesis 12, 1-3
- Spend
a Minute to Change the World
- Pray For Nicaragua -
Operation World page 416
- 5,000,000 suffering
people, history of earthquake and war
- Many have turned to
God for help, many wounds need to be healed
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Be sure to
teach this lesson to others.
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Always pray and
prepare well adding
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your own verses and
stories to bring it to life.
Is The Great Commission
For You?
Its for men and women of every colour,
poor, rich, young or old. Missions heroes are often people who
think they are too old or too young, too broke, wrong colour or
wrong sex! But lets ask some of the people who knew Jesus
best.
1. Lets Hear First
From Matthew.
He suggests that before we ever go anywhere
Jesus has some missions work of his own do to do inside us.
Matthew says in chapter 28, verses 11-20 that for him the Great
Commission is all about ~
Being Obedient To All That Jesus
Says
Jesus told the disciples to go to Galilee, where they
would see him, and they went. It was a test of obedience and
if they had not obeyed then they would have gone no further.
Jesus tests us a hundred times a day in the small affairs of
life to obey him. Matthew 28, 10,16
Seeing Jesus For Yourself
Missions is first of all about seeing Jesus for ourselves,
then we will have some-thing exciting to tell others, Mat. 28.17.
There has to be a time when Jesus leaps out of theology and
becomes our real Saviour, Lord and King forever. When we have
seen the risen Lord Jesus entering our lives, and seen what
he has does for us, then we have something good to tell
others.
Worshipping Jesus
Verse 17 also says, "When they saw him, they
worshipped him." All true service comes from our love
for God and our worship of him. See Rom. 12.1.
Overcoming Your Doubts
In Matthew 28.17 some doubted him. You may not, but are
you trusting his promises for your future. In Matthew 26.32
Jesus said, " I will go ahead of you into Galilee."
In order to keep that promise to his disciples Jesus had to
go through the Cross, death, hell and the resurrection! He
did, so after that dare we really doubt his word?
Hearing His Command To Go
Many people listen to passionate sermons from Matthew 28,
19-20 about the need to reach the unreached peoples at the
ends of the earth but do we really hear what God is saying,
and obey. If not you - who will go?
2. Now, Lets
Listen To Mark.
Mark is Peters writer and he says for
him the Great Commission is also about ~
Dealing With Unbelief
In Mark 16, 14 which opens another Great Commission
passage Jesus begins by telling them off for their lack of
faith and stubborn refusal to believe.
Using Supernatural Tools
In verses 17-20 we find Gods supernatural toolbox
for supernatural mission. Verse 20 says that the Lord worked
powerfully with them, confirming their words with the
supernatural signs and wonders that he had spoken about.
3. Luke Was Gripped By
The Commission.
From Luke, chapter 24, 45-49. For Doctor
Luke the Great Commission meant so much that he later became a
missionary ~
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Jesus Must Open Our Minds To
Scripture
Understanding that Old and New all fit
together in perfect harmony in Christ.
Be Persuaded Of His Plan
As it is written in the Scriptures.
Take Forgiveness To All Nations
In the name of Jesus, through
repentance and beginning at home.
Understand His Perfect Time
There is a time to stay and a time to
go.
Be Clothed With Power
Before stepping out into a
disbelieving and sometimes hostile world.
4. Finally, Meet The
Apostle Of Love.
For John, the dear friend of Jesus, in 20,
19-23 the Great Commission is all about ~
The Power Of The Risen Lord
When the disciples were behind locked doors, Jesus showed
his power by literally coming through either the door or the
wall to appear in their midst.
The High Cost Of Man's Salvation.
Jesus showed them his hands and side and they saw the marks
of the Cross in torture and death. This is the price of man's
salvation in that the spotless, sinless perfect son of God
was unjustly punished not for his own wickedness but for our
unholy sinfulness against God. No higher price could ever
have been demanded or paid.
Receiving Gods Call
Jesus willingly left the splendour of heaven to come to
our sinful world to do the will of God in missionary service,
giving his life that others might live. In turn he now says
" ..So send I you." And, " I have set you an
example that you should do as I have done for you." John
13.15, Hebrews 10, 5-7
Receiving Holy Spirit's Power.
Jesus breathed upon them, and before many days had gone
by that breath of divinity had become a mighty, rushing wind
that filled these waiting men.
Knowing Our Job, Forgiving Sins
Christian people have opened schools and hospitals all
over the world and that is a wonderful testimony to the mercy
and compassion of the Lord.
However it is well proven that unless
man is restored to fellowship with his Maker, genuine
progress does not really come. Jesus insists, "You must
be born-again." Jesus is underlining the need to bring
men to a place of receiving forgiveness from God and
restoration to him. Then God can get inside a man or woman
and change that life from within. Then that man can be used
by God to bless the whole community. John 3.3,7 And there we
are - the Great Commission according to those closest to
Jesus. Say, "Yes, Lord, have your way in me for the sake
of a world of people you died for."
- Taken from the
Joshua Project Unreached Peoples List
these people have no church and as yet
no cell, church or mission has committed themselves
to prayer, adoption or church planting among this people.
Cambodia (Kampuchea)
|
People Name |
Language |
Population
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Kru'ng |
Kru'ng 2 |
10,000
|
Kui (Suai, Kuoy) |
Kuy |
16,000
|
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