A. What Is Biblical Mission? “Biblical mission means more than simply going overseas to plant churches or spread civilization. It means the church participating in the ‘mission of God (Missio Dei)’ and seeking the restoration of God’s rule and glory throughout the whole earth. Mission is not a program that begins with human enthusiasm; rather, it is the heart of God that runs throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, and is a fundamental reason for the church’s existence. Let me clearly summarize five essential principles of true mission as presented in Scripture. 🌍 1. The Mission of God (Missio Dei) The subject and initiator of mission is not human beings but God. In order to save fallen humanity, God first comes to us, sends His Son, and sends the Holy Spirit. He is the “missionary God” who sends. Biblical basis: “As the Father has sent me, I also send you.” (John 20:21) Key meaning: The church acknowledges that God has the initiative in mission and serves as His agent, obed...
A man of faith whom Jesus even marvels [Matthew 8:5-13] Are you walking by faith or by sight? In 2 Corinthians 5:7, the Bible tells us: “for we walk by faith, not by sight.” But in reality, even though we try to live by faith, many times when we look back at ourselves, we realize that we are living by sight rather than by faith. In other words, we are sensitive to what we see rather than living day by day with faith in the invisible God. Why do we live like that? The reason is because our faith is weak. However, it is not only us who are weak in faith. In the Bible, Jesus said this about the faith of his disciples: “You of little faith!” (Mt.6:30; 8:26; 16:8; Lk.12:28), “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” (Mt.14:31), “Because of the littleness of your faith” (17:20), “Where is your faith?” (Lk.8:25), “Do you still have no fa...