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...
The Comforter who can sympathizes with our weaknesses “For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15). Some of us are sick and unable to say we are sick. There are many people around us who cannot say ‘I am going to very hard time.’ Many people live with fear, pain and suffering. But the problem is that they cannot share their fear, pain and suffering with anyone. Perhaps that's because they don’t have anybody whom they can share their hearts with. Why can’t they share their hearts? Maybe it's because they think that even we open our hearts and share our fear, pain and suffering, the other person will not be able to understand or sympathize with them. So they are mainly covering that fear, pain and suffering deep in their hearts. And they live this way today. As I meditated on Jesus during the...