Blessed to be a Blessing
Life on Mission
October 27, 2024
“Knowing God is a relationship calculated to thrill a man’s heart.” —J.I. Packer
“The Spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.” —Henry Martin
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, 2 that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.
3 May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.
4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth.
5 May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you. 6 Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless us. 7 God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him. —Psalm 67:1-72 I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you. —Genesis 12:2-3
8 What’s more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would make the Gentiles right in his sight because of their faith. God proclaimed this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, “All nations will be blessed through you.”
9 So all who put their faith in Christ share the same blessing Abraham received because of his faith. —Galatians 3:8-9
God wants to be:
Known- that your ways may be known on earth.
Praised- May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.
Enjoyed- May the nations be glad and sing for joy.
Feared- God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
WHY DO WE WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW GOD?
1.) HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY GOD
5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God…I am the LORD, and there is no other. —Isaiah 45:5-6
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. —Philippians 2:9-11
2.) HE IS THE JUST JUDGE
4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth. —Psalm 67:4
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. —John 3:16-18
3.) HE IS THE GRACIOUS SAVIOR
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations. —Psalm 67:1-2
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” —Matthew 28:18-20
“We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.” —John Stott
WHATS OUR PART IN MAKING GOD KNOWN?
1 May God be gracious to us and bless us… —Psalm 67:1
6 Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless us. God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him. —Psalm 67:6-7
God gives His people material wealth for the sake of the world’s spiritual worship.
Your use of money will be determined by your allegiance to the work of one of two kingdoms: the kingdom of God or the kingdom of self. God gives you money not so much to make sure that your kingdom works, but to connect you by grace to the work of a much bigger, much better kingdom. As you give yourself to the work of this kingdom, you get to watch your money do things that are literally of eternal consequence. In offering your resources to the bigger kingdom, your money is used to fuel the most important work in the universe–redemption. —Paul Tripp in Redeeming Money
- $1,115,578.46 given away to gospel partnership initiative since June 2021
- 16% of our church family gives to our Gospel Partnership Initiative.
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