Called Out For God’s Mission #1

#1: People Who Know The Story of God’s Mission

Rev. Charles Lee

Luke 24:44-49

1.      The Story of God’s mission is Centered around Jesus Christ.

“The whole point of Christianity is that… it offers a story which is the story of the whole world. It is public truth.” (N.T. Wright).

<Creation—Fall—Redemption—Consummation>

ACT 1: CREATION (Genesis 1—2)

ACT 2: FALL (Genesis 3—11)

ACT 3: REDEMPTION (Genesis 12— Revelation 18)

PART 1: Promise: Redemption Initiated (Genesis 12—Malachi)

PART 2: Gospel: Redemption Accomplished (The Four Gospels)

PART 3: Missions: Redemption Extended (Acts—Revelation 18)

ACT 4: CONSUMMATION (Revelation 19—22)

PART 1: Judgment (Revelation 19-20)

PART 2: New Creation (Revelation 21-22)

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled. (Luke 24:44)

Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled. (Luke 24:44)

“Through believing the story, we are drawn to the action and find ourselves caught up in the saving movement of God. We learn to ‘indwell’ the story; we stop trying to make the Bible relevant to our lives and instead begin to find ourselves being made relevant to the Bible.” (Philip Greenslade)

2.      The Story of God’s mission includes all nations.

And said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. (Luke 24:46-47)

3.      God’s mission is carried out by God’s people who know the story of God’s mission.

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures (Luke 24:45)

You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” (Luke 24:48-49)