MISSION: WAS THE MISSION EVER ACHIEVED?
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Mission
a) Understanding the Mission of Christ’s church is nearly as important as understanding the Messiah himself. To what extent has the great commission (Mark 16:15) been fulfilled in the 21st Century compared to the 1st Century?
b) The Great Commission is traditionally used for Jesus’s command to his apostles to preach the gospel in all the world to all nations, and to baptize those who believe (Matthew 28:18-20).
2. Was The Mission Ever Achieved?
Colossians 1:6, 23
6 which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth.
23 if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
a) Paul uses the same words as Jesus used in the great commission. Jesus said, "Go into all the world and preach..." Paul speaks to the Colossians of "the gospel which has come to you, as in all the world". Jesus said "Preach the gospel to the whole creation". Paul speaks to the Colossians of, "The gospel that you have heard and which was proclaimed to the whole creation under heaven". So in the time between Christ's ascension into heaven and Paul's writing to the Colossians, the great commission had been accomplished. The gospel had been preached in all the world, to the whole creation, just as Christ had commanded.
The End ...
1. Missiona) Understanding the Mission of Christ’s church is nearly as important as understanding the Messiah himself. To what extent has the great commission (Mark 16:15) been fulfilled in the 21st Century compared to the 1st Century?
b) The Great Commission is traditionally used for Jesus’s command to his apostles to preach the gospel in all the world to all nations, and to baptize those who believe (Matthew 28:18-20).
2. Was The Mission Ever Achieved?
Colossians 1:6, 23
6 which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth.
23 if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
a) Paul uses the same words as Jesus used in the great commission. Jesus said, "Go into all the world and preach..." Paul speaks to the Colossians of "the gospel which has come to you, as in all the world". Jesus said "Preach the gospel to the whole creation". Paul speaks to the Colossians of, "The gospel that you have heard and which was proclaimed to the whole creation under heaven". So in the time between Christ's ascension into heaven and Paul's writing to the Colossians, the great commission had been accomplished. The gospel had been preached in all the world, to the whole creation, just as Christ had commanded.
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