Other times, we can help develop communities that do offer alternative ways that appear to be more effective in forming meaningful community that is effective in
its Jesus given mission.
Not exact matches
Our boundedness by Christ
gives us the framework, center, vision and
mission: We are the body of Christ, gathering around
Jesus, dreaming His dream of the Kingdom of God and sharing His
mission of living it (in unselfish service to our neighbour), preaching it and modeling it before a watching world.
Jesus got a version of a patronizing pinch on the cheek and a tussle of the hair from his hometown family, right after sharing His God -
given mission with his home community.
Greater time was
given to sociology, social
missions, social ethics, and, of course, to means of inculcating the teachings of
Jesus through graded Sunday school lessons and other techniques of religious education.
That the
mission Jesus sends them on is a reflection of God's own gracious
mission to humanity in himself is made clear by the saying, «You have received without payment;
give without payment.»
When God chose to incarnate himself in human form and
Jesus accepted his God -
given mission, this incarnation occurred within the stream of a particular history, the history of the Jewish people.
All these aspects of
mission were said to have a grounding in the ministry and
mission of
Jesus Christ and New Testament teaching, and that none of these can be isolated from the others and
given preeminence as the controlling motif and motivation for
mission.It was also assumed that the theological basis for an understanding of holistic
mission would be spelled out as the journey of CWM as a partnership of churches in
mission continued.
Returning to the
mission and message of
Jesus might require us to
give up our buildings.
While we are interested in bearing witness to the gospel of
Jesus, our
mission is not to recruit people from one religious institution or belief system for another; nor to
give them new laws, dogmas and rituals; but rather to persuade all to change our lives and ways, and adopt a new way of seeing, doing and being.
And if the
mission of tile Servant defined the work to which
Jesus set his hand, the fate of the Servant, whose life was made «an offering for sin,» 11 and who «bore the sin of many,» pointed to the destiny that awaited him: «The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to
give up his life as a ransom for many.»
Quite to the contrary, when
Jesus embarked on His public ministry, He stated that His purpose and
mission was to
give liberty to the captives and set free those who were oppressed (Luke 4:18 - 19).
I believe with his followers in the early church that
Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God, and our Savior; and that he believed himself to have a unique calling and God -
given mission.
This is that
Jesus was heavily indebted to his past, but was no copyist of it; that he spoke as an apocalyptist, but that his apocalypticism was probably distorted and exaggerated in the records of the Synoptics; more important, that he had a prophetic sense of
mission as God's suffering servant and agent of redemption; that he deeply respected the law of his fathers, but
gave it a new depth of meaning in self -
giving love.
LOCAL CHURCHES, LOCAL
MISSION... 11 NEWLY INDEPENDENT CHURCHES With her final breath, Mars Hill
gave birth to 11 newly independent churches where, by God's grace, the gospel will continue to be preached, his name will be glorified, and thousands will be saved by
Jesus.
After
Jesus rejected the offers of Satan,
Jesus announced that His
mission was to find the people in chains and set them free, to seek out those who were living in darkness and bring them to light, to discover the prisons where captives were held and break their bonds, and to come to those who were broken and enslaved by the enemy and
give them healing, hope, and freedom (Luke 4:18 - 19).
Instead, I am calling the church to fulfill the
mission and purpose
given to it by
Jesus Christ.
It is time to break the bonds that are twisted around us, pick up our holy weapons, and struggle on with the
mission Jesus gave us, which we abandoned so many years ago.
In the face of this horrible oppression,
Jesus holds out a message of hope to his people Israel: God will liberate Israel from oppression, placing the vineyard into the hands of tenants who know how to care for it lovingly, and who will enable it to fulfill its
mission; only non-Jews who are willing to protect Israel and encourage it to bear fruit will be
given control over it.
What if I told you
Jesus came to abolish religion What if I told you voting republican really wasn't his
mission What if I told you republican doesn't automatically mean Christian And just because you call some people blind Doesn't automatically
give you vision
The kid is right in a way Religion is a way to enslave people to the thinking of that particular religion
Jesus didn't come to form religion but to
give us a way to get to Heaven through him The only
mission of a church is to teach you about God's love to help the poor to love one another to do things that Christ would do There is a penalty for not being saved by the blood of
Jesus There will be a separation from God for all eternity God made us for one reason to love Him the Creator of all The meaning of life
Jesus gave us two figures of speech for
mission, each of which is more compatible with telling the story, sharing the wealth, healing divisions, and making friends.
The community of the New Testament understood and accepted the interpretation of David as the king of ancient Israel, as peculiarly the Yahweh - man, as uniquely foreshadowing the fulfillment of the covenant purpose; and from that interpretation, already
given in the history of David, they understood and interpreted the work and
mission of
Jesus.
Matthew's Gospel records
Jesus» guidance about the cost of discipleship just after
giving the
mission to the Twelve.
Jesus gave the first disciples authority to engage in
mission despite their immaturity (Matt.
Confession to a priest, a lliving HUMAN BEING with faults, sins and other human frailities was
given a
MISSION by
Jesus himself to forgive sins..
In the
mission of
Jesus the present age was already
giving way to the future age of God; as he drove out demons the kingdom was incipiently present and Satan had already fallen like lightning from heaven.
Fire illustrates the guidance the Holy Spirit will
give the followers of
Jesus as they undertake their
mission in the world.
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Mission of the American Carpatho - Russian Orthodox Diocese is to honor and glorify Almighty God; to foster love for the Saviour of mankind,
Jesus Christ, and to continue His redemptive and life -
giving work.