Sunday, October 8, 2017

8 Oct 2017 - The Great Why of God (pt 2)

Radical ch 4 - The Great Why of God (pp. 69-78)
"The message of biblical Christianity is not 'God loves me, period," as if we were the object of our own faith. The message of biblical Christianity is "God loves me so that I might make him - his ways, his salvation, his glory, and his greatness - known among all nations.'" - pp. 70-71
"It's a foundational truth: God creates, blesses, and saves each of us for a radically global purpose. But if we are not careful, we will be tempted to make exceptions. We will be tempted to adopt spiritual smoke screens and embrace national comforts that excuse us from the global plan of Christ." - pp. 71-72 
"But where in the Bible is missions ever identified as an optional program in the church? ... We have taken this command, though, and reduced it to a calling - something that only a few people receive." - pp. 72 -73
"Certainly there are great needs here. But must we insist on dividing the Great Commission into an either-or proposition? Who told us that we had to choose to have a heart for the United States or a heart for the world?" - p. 76
 Acts 1:9-14
"All these were continually united in payer, along with the women, including Mary, the mother of Jesus, and His brothers." - v. 14

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