Sermon on 21 Oct 07

God’s Mission For Everyone
Ps. Pang Ek Kwan
21 Oct 07, Sunday

A message with TWO COMMANDS and ONE INVITATION.

The mission of every local church is MISSIONS!

Matthew 9:38, ASV “Pray ye…” (1st Command)
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

a. Cry out to the Lord for pre-believers.
b. God’s compassion is Love & Truth in action.
· Compassion means God’s deepest yearnings for the poor and the afflicted and flowing from these yearnings, compassion is the release of God’s power to transform lives and situations that look otherwise impossible to change.
c. More Purposeful Bending
· We tend to bend to do the things that we like.
· Purposeful Bending means to bend of our own will, ways, our self-dependence to God.

An Invitation by Jesus to Peter to “Come!” (“你来吧！”)

Matthew 14:29, ASV And he said, Come. And Peter went down from the boat, and walked upon the waters to come to Jesus.

a. God allows us to go through heavy storms because He wants us to learn a lesson of faith, putting our trust in Him.
b. May the Lord help us to exercise our faith.

Obey Him absolutely, and even to do the ridiculous! (2nd Command)
Mark 16:7, NRSV But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.”

Summary:
1. “Pray ye…” to the Lord of the Harverst.
2. Come (invitation)
3. Go & Tell!

That in essence is God’s mission for each and everyone of us.