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 who had come to promote the welfare (2) [Nehemiah 2:6-10] In the book “Rut, Rot, or Revival” written by Pastor A. W. Tozer, he talks about “the greatest enemy of Christians” (Ch. 1). He describes it as three progressive stages of religious decay: (1) The first step is the mechanical state . This is a repetition of a religious activity without any feeling. Without meaning, without admiration, without any happy surprise or anticipation, just repeating the religious activity. (2) The second stage is the habitual state. If we go one step further from the mechanical state, we arrive at what we will call the habitual state. This is a state of enslavement to mechanical conditions. Spiritually speaking, the habitual state is the bondage of the mechanical state. But the greatest danger of the habitual state is that we are incapable of...