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Biblical Missionaries

0. Biblical Missionaries: The Great Commission

01. Biblical Missionaries: The Missionary Nature of God

02. Biblical Missionaries: Abraham- the First Missionary

03. Biblical Missionaries: The Unlikely Missionary

04. Biblical Missionaries: The Jonah Saga

05. Biblical Missionaries: Exiles as Missionaries

06. Biblical Missionaries:  Mordecai and Esther

07.Biblical Missionaries: Jesus- The Master of Missions

08.Biblical Missionaries: Cross-Cultural Missions

09. Biblical Missionaries: Peter and the Gentiles

10. Biblical Missionaries: Philip as Missionary

11. Biblical Missionaries: Paul- Background and Call

12. Biblical Missionaries: Paul- Mission and Message

13. Biblical Missionaries: Must the Whole World Hear?

Welcome to an in-depth exploration of Biblical missionaries written by Borge Chantz, edited for audio and produced by the Ambassador Group Introduction, the Great Commission And Jesus came and spoke to them saying, all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commended you. And Lo I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matthew 28, 18 to 20, new King James version. How much planer could it be? Here is Jesus, the resurrected Jesus. The Jesus whom they worshiped giving his people in even the earliest days of the church. The calling and mission make disciples of every nation of the world, period. It's not hard either to see the link between these words spoken to the 11 in Galilee and the words spoken to John on the island of PMA years later, revelation chapter 14. Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people saying with a loud voice, fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment has come and worship him, who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water. Then another angel, a second followed declaring fallen, fallen as Babylon, the great she who made all nation's drink of the maddening wine of her passionate unc, chastity, idolatry. Then another angel, a third followed them, sang with a mighty voice. Whoever pays homage to the beast and his statue and permits the beast stamp mark in scripture to be put on his forehead or on his hand. He too shall have to drink of the wine of God's indignation and wrath, poured undiluted into the cup of his anger and he shall be tormented with fire and briston in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the lamb and the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever and they have no respite, no pause, no intermission, no rest, no peace day or night. These who pay homage to the beast and to his image and whoever receives the stamp of his name upon him here comes in a call for the steadfastness of the saints, the patience, the endurance of the people of God, those who habitually keep God's commandments and their faith in Jesus. One could say that the three angels messages of Revelation 14 are the great commission contextualized for the last days of Earth's history. No question God has told his church his people to reach out and spread the gospel to the entire world. It's what we have been called to do. Listen to three verses from the amplified Bible. They help us understand the three components of the gospel. I will say the component followed by its scripture verse component number one, we start by spreading the truth about Jesus and what he has done for us. John three 16, for God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that he even gave up his only begotten unique son so that whoever believes in trusts in clings to relies on him shall not perish or come to destruction or be lost, but have eternal or everlasting lasting life. Component number two, what he is doing now for us in Romans 8 34, who is there to condemn us? Will Christ Jesus the Messiah who died, or rather who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God actually pleading as he intercedes for us, component number three and what he will do for us in the future. One Thessalonians four 16 for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with the loud cry of summons, with the shout of an arch angel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God in those who have departed, this life in Christ will rise first. Spreading this gospel is truly our mission. The word mission itself means ascending or being sent to perform a service that is people go away in order to do something. In the case of the Great Commission, what they do is to spread the gospel to the world. In these 13 explorations, we will look at mission first and foremost as God's means for communicating the gospel to those who don't know it. Mission is a cool part of God's sovereign activity in the process of redeeming humanity, so we will explore how God's eternal purpose has been accomplished in the lives of individuals in the Bible whom he has used to be missionaries to the lost. In the end, the Christian mission is God's mission, not ours. It originated in the heart of God. It is based on the love of God, and it is accomplished by the will of God to better understand God's mission, commitment and involvement. Our explorations are based on the following model of salvation history. Number one, God created men and women and gave them free will. Number two, the first man and a woman abused their free will by disobeying God and they had to leave paradise. Number three, God could not use force to bring them back to paradise. Number four, God sent his son on a mission to die in their place and reconcile them to him. Number five, God's mission is to make the offer of salvation known to all people and to thus open the way for them to have redemption at its most basic level. Mission is letting the whole world know about Jesus and about what he has done for each of us and about what He promises to do for us now and for eternity. In short, we can know about those promises have been called to tell people about them as well. Our explorations were co-written by Borge Shaz, PhD and Steven Wayne Thompson. A few words about the co-writers. Borge Shaz, PhD from Fuller University was a professor at Loma Linda University. He and his wife Iris, served for 14 years as missionaries in Africa and the Middle East. He passed away in December, 2014. Co contributor Steven Wayne Thompson before retiring was president from 1984 to 1990 at New Bold College in England, and then dean of Theology faculty and a lecturer at Avondale College in Australia from 1991 to 2008. Ambassador group org. This media was brought to you by audio verse, a website dedicated to spreading God's word through free sermon, audio, and much more. If you would like to know more about audio verse or if you would like to listen to more sermons, please visit www.audio verse.org.

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