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 life that bears fruit to God [Romans 7:1-6] Do you know the expression ‘seonmok seonsil, akmok aksil’? This word means ‘good trees bear good fruit, and bad fruits bear bad fruit’ (Internet). In other words, we can know a tree by its fruit. For example, we know a tree is an apple tree when we see an apple fruit, and we know that a tree is a pear tree when we see a pear fruit. Jesus said this simple truth in Matthew 7:17-18: “Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.” The reason Jesus said this is because He wanted His disciples to recognize false prophets and refrain from them. How can we recognize false prophets? We can tell by looking at their bad fruit. What are the bad fruits of false prophets? According to Jesus, they come to us “i...