Good morning, everyone. Great to be in church with you again this morning. My name's Steve. If I've not met you before, I'm the senior pastor here at St. Paul's, and as Nick has indicated, we're coming towards the end of our vision series for this year.
A worldview is the way that we, as individuals, but also as cultures and societies, the way that we understand the way things are. That's what a worldview is.
And there are six basic questions that all worldviews should address, and they're on the screen. Things like, where did the universe come from? Where is things heading? What should I do or how should I live?
How do we attain our goals in life, fulfill our goals in life? What's true or false? And where did the answers to the first five questions come from?
And is whatever the source of those answers are, where it came from, is it internally consistent? That's the basic questions in terms of forming a worldview.
And remarkably, because most of us don't think about it at all, but every single person has got a worldview.
Even if you don't are even aware of the worldview, you are operating under a worldview. All of our value systems, our principles, the choices we make, the things that we commit to, are all attached to a much deeper thing, which is our understanding of the way things are.
And the Christian worldview is based on God's story of all things as it is outlaid in the Bible.
And it has four main chapters in it. The Christian worldview has four main chapters.
Number one, chapter one is creation. The God who always existed, never had a beginning, never had an end, created all things by speaking them into existence, such as his power.
He made humanity for a special relationship with him.
In fact, Christianity is the only worldview of all worldviews of the history of humanity, where a divine creator creates all things purely out of love.
That's it.
Chapter two in the Christian worldview is the fall.
Humanity rejects relationship and rule of God.
All people live life without consideration for their maker at all, flowing from the very first people right through to our current day and age.
And the Bible calls that sin.
And the sin is the biggest problem for humanity.
In fact, it has cosmic consequences of fracturing our relationship with God, with each other, with ourselves and with the rest of creation.
Humanity's special dignity created in the image of God means that God holds us especially accountable for rejecting him.
And we see that in the early chapters of the Bible where God's judgment comes upon the nations of that time in Genesis 11 with the Tower of Babel.
It's an incident where God scatters people from his presence across the earth so that they will no longer work together in order to rebel against God as a collective, to attempt to defund God.
It's a judgment that ultimately symbolizes the ultimate separation from God and his presence and everything good for all of eternity for those who live a life consistently rejecting God.
Chapter three is the story of redemption.
And the great news is it starts within on chapter 12 of the Bible.
It starts right there.
God has a plan to reverse our rejection of him and make all things new.
And that plan begins with a promise to an obscure dude named Abram in Genesis 12.
And God takes this guy Abram, gives him a new name, Abraham, and says that through you, all peoples of the world will be blessed.
And it's a redemption plan that is slowly worked out in all the chaos and carnage of human history as revealed in the Bible.
And it finds its culmination in the person of Jesus Christ.
The Bible claims that Jesus, the Son of God, the creator of all things, to solve humanity's greatest problem and to deal with the need for them to be redeemed and brought back to God,
God has to enter his own story.
Not as a vengeful God seeking revenge, but as a servant of humanity, as we just read from Philippians 2.
And everyone, what he does is, as a servant, he takes the judgment, his own judgment, the judgment of God for our sin upon himself.
He dies the death that we should die for our rejection of him.
But the great news is, he rises triumphantly, therefore defeating sin.
And everyone who turns back to God in repentance and trusting Jesus is gathered back from all the corners of the world,
gathered back into relationship with God, become members of his new family, his new society, his new people,
his new nation who he will dwell with for all of eternity for our joy and his glory.
And the work of gathering people from all nations continues this day, 2025, through God's new people,
as Jesus sends them out filled with the spirit and the good news of reconciliation to the very corners of the world,
into every culture and people, group and nation, making disciples of all people until chapter 4 comes.
And chapter 4 is the new creation.
It's the chapter with no ending.
It's the Christian worldview in a nutshell.
This is so much more purposeful.
And so, therefore, the opposite of the main worldview that is currently dominating our society here in this country,
a worldview that says life's an accident, there's no reason or purpose or meaning behind existence at all,
and therefore just do what you can because when you're gone, you're gone.
That's it.
One of the things I've been saying throughout this series
is that there is often a gap between the great truths of the Christian faith
and the things that we hold in our mind to be true as God's revealed them
and the lives that such truths should produce in terms of character and priorities.
And to close the gap, what we need is grace-fueled rhythms,
spiritual disciplines, things that God has given us
that push God's plan of redemption in Jesus down from our minds
into the centre of our lives
so that it is, number one, constantly before us
and it comes out of us in terms of changed characters
and priorities and lives as we live confidently in the Christian worldview.
So as we open up Luke chapter 10,
we are sitting in chapter 3 of God's worldview,
the chapter of redemption.
And the main concern as we open up chapter 10,
the main concern of Luke 1 to 9
is the question of who is Jesus.
And then at the very end of chapter 9,
it shifts.
The theme shifts for the next few chapters.
And it shifts to,
if Jesus is who Luke 1 to 9 says he is,
that he is the creator eternal God,
the one who is the author of life,
the one who has written the worldview,
written history,
if that is true
and that he has entered into his world for our redemption,
if that is true,
what does it mean for life?
That's where we get to chapter 10.
And the general answer to that question is,
we should give our lives to Jesus,
we should follow Jesus,
we should obey Jesus.
And the specific answer that we're looking at today
in chapter 10 verses 1 to 21 is,
if that's true,
if Jesus is who he says he is
and that is how he has said that the world is,
then as followers of Jesus,
we are messengers of God in this world.
That's what we're looking at today.
And so on the St. Paul's app,
you've got four points there
as we journey through this.
First of all, mission.
The mission that we have as Christians
in terms of,
the mission in terms of our part to play
in God's story of all things
is in the very first sentence.
After this,
the Lord appointed 72 others
and sent them two by two
ahead of him to every town and place
where he was about to go.
Again, verse 3,
go, I am sending you out.
Now,
at the beginning of chapter 9,
Jesus sends out his core team,
you know,
the 12,
the 12 original disciples.
And if we had just chapter 9
and not chapter 10,
we could have stopped there
and we could deduce
that the sending out job here
is for those in vocational ministry.
You know,
the core team,
you know,
for Jesus' key disciples,
not the rest of the crowd.
You know,
it's the job of the professionals,
it's the pastors,
it's the clergy,
it's the evangelists,
those kind of people.
It's their job.
The rest of us,
we pay them to do that job.
Like,
that's our job,
you know.
But then we get chapter 10
and chapter 10
entirely undoes that idea.
Jesus sends out 72.
Now,
if you've hung around the Bible at all,
you would know
anytime a number like this pops up,
you go,
what's the significance of 72?
Why 72?
I mean,
it's a random,
you,
and just happens to be 72?
Well,
scholars will tell you
there's something very significant
happening here.
I mentioned earlier
God's judgment
upon the nations
in the Tower of Babel incident,
which is in
Genesis 11.
It's in the,
you know,
the chapter 2 of God's story,
scatters people to the ends of the earth.
One chapter before that
and chapter 10
and chapter 11
actually go as one unit.
So in chapter 10,
what we have there
is a list of the nations
that God is judging
at Babel
and in the Greek language version
of the Old Testament,
think of the Septuagint,
there is 72 nations listed.
72.
This is Jesus' way of saying,
I'm sending you out
to all peoples
of the nations.
This is,
as you go out,
you are reversing
my judgment.
It's the symbolic reversal
of Babel
and it is the responsibility
of all his people
to send out.
A Christian
is someone
who has been
gathered from
the nations of the world
back into intimate relationship
with God
through Jesus Christ
and into his new people.
Then,
having been gathered,
they are then
sent out
on mission,
sent out
on God's mission
to see
more people
from the nations
gathered into
God's new family.
Every disciple
of Jesus
is normally,
naturally,
personally
involved in
God's work
of reaching
those who don't
have salvation
and hope
in Jesus
as much as
they are
personally,
normally,
naturally
involved
in corporate
worship,
Bible study,
prayer
in exactly
the same way.
Christians
and churches
can never
outsource
the mission
of God
to others.
We can
outsource
roofing repairs
to others,
but we can
never outsource
the mission
of God's work
to others.
It is all
too easy,
I believe,
to put up
pictures of missionaries,
to receive
new letters,
to give
financially
to missions,
be on boards
of organizations,
even support
the running
of an evangelistic
course like
Hope Explored
and applaud
myself that
I've got a
mission mindset
and that
we are
ascending
church.
I'm not saying
those things
are bad.
What I'm
saying is
as he's
gathered people,
God sends
us out,
each of us
personally.
we obviously
do it together
in partnership,
but we go
out personally,
each of us
has skin
in the game
as the old
saying goes.
If you've never
heard of it,
don't worry
about it.
That's the first
thing.
There's a mission
and we're all
personally involved
in it.
Secondly,
there's a message.
Jesus'
command to
make disciples
necessarily
involves
helping people
who are not
yet followers
of Jesus
to become
followers
of Jesus.
And core
to the
Christian
mission
is a
message.
Yes,
the
Christian
mission
includes
healing
and
restoration.
It includes
deeds of
love and
mercy.
Chapter 10,
you just need
to read the
second bit
of that.
The Good
Samaritan,
you'll see
that that's
another core
aspect of
the Christian
life.
Have a look
at verse
9.
Heal the
sick who
are there
and tell
them the
kingdom of
God has
come near
to you.
Then in
verse 11,
yet be sure
of this,
the kingdom
of God
has come
near.
Again,
verse 16,
whoever
listens to
you listens
to me,
whoever
rejects you
rejects me,
but whoever
rejects me
rejects him
who sent
me.
Every
follower of
Jesus has
been given
a message
that they
are to
communicate
and to
urge those
who hear
it to
believe it.
Now,
what I've
just said
there is
very
controversial
in our
society in
this day
and age.
There are
many people
in our
society who
are quite
tolerant of
Christianity,
providing
that we
don't try
and convert
other people
to our
view of
things.
You know,
that is
very
happy in
our
society,
very
happy for
people to
have a
private
faith that's
totally fine,
if it works
for you,
it's good
for you,
but it's
wrong to
tell others
that they
should believe
it as
well.
Now,
this creates
a problem
for the
Christian
because the
message Jesus
sends us
out with
is called
the
gospel.
The word
gospel had
a very
specific
meaning
in Jesus'
time.
A gospel
was news
of an
objective,
historic,
life-altering,
changing
event.
An event
that changes
everyone's
situation,
not just a
couple of
people,
everyone's
situation
and therefore
required a
response from
everyone at
some point.
For instance,
in the
Berlin Museum,
if you've
got a chance
to go there,
you can see
a thing called
the
Prienin
calendar.
This thing
was discovered
in the
town square
of ancient
Prienin
in western
Turkey.
The inscription
on it
is known
as the
gospel
of
Caesar
Augustus.
Pax
Romania.
The inscription
portrays
Augustus
as a
saviour
and as
a benefactor
and with
his birth.
It's a
gospel that
went to the
Roman Empire
upon his
birth,
that with
his birth
and his
rule,
that he
will bring
salvation
to the
Roman Empire.
It is
referred to
as a
gospel,
the gospel
of Caesar
Augustus.
And the
gospel of
Caesar Augustus
promises
peace and
prosperity
for the
empire
through his
reign,
through his
life.
And so
a gospel
is an
announcement
of a
major
history
altering
event
that
impacts
every
single
person
under
the
jurisdiction
of that
gospel,
of that
announcement.
And so
like
Prioryne,
throughout
the ancient
empire,
this thing
was carved
in stone
and jammed
in the
middle of
the town
square.
Every
corner of
the Roman
Empire,
it was
sent.
And the
response of
all people
is,
you submit
to the
emperor.
You want
peace and
prosperity?
You do
what he
says.
Now the
problem for
the Christian
is that
when society
is, well
if it works
for you
that's fine
but don't
tell others,
what it's
saying is
that the
jurisdiction
of the
gospel of
Jesus Christ
is just
you, it's
not me,
it's just
you.
It's not
relevant for
me.
And yet
what the
Christian
gospel
claims of
itself is
fundamentally
far bigger
than that.
And we
get a
subtle hint
of it
in verse
18.
This is
the extent
of the
claim of
the Christian
gospel.
Verse 18.
Jesus said,
I saw
Satan fall
like lightning
from heaven.
In very
simple terms,
what Jesus
is claiming
there is
that he
was there.
He was
there when
Satan fell.
He was
there when
Satan himself
rebelled
against God,
rebelled
against his
maker,
before the
world was
even made.
Way before
the world
was even
made,
Jesus
claiming,
in this
that I
was there,
I was there
when Satan
fell for the
very present
God for
his pride
and his
arrogance.
I was
there.
And he's
claiming in
this statement,
I am the
everlasting God,
I am the
maker of all
things,
I am the
sustainer of
all things.
That is,
my jurisdiction
has no
bounds,
not just to
all peoples
of the
earth,
but to
all things
of the
world and
beyond the
world and
into the
universe.
Every realm
comes under
my jurisdiction
because I've
made it
all.
The
staggering,
unique and
exclusive claim
of the
Christian
gospel is
that Jesus
is not
just a
religious
leader with
a bunch
of advice
about God.
The
staggering
claim is
Jesus
Christ is
God and
he has
entered his
story.
The writer
of history
has put
himself in
the storyline
so that
the storyline
has absolute
clarity.
reality.
And the
Christian has
been sent
out by
Jesus with
the news
that changes
everything and
it's a response
is required
from all
of humanity.
Now the
second problem
with a common
view of
believe,
but be
quiet,
is that
while it
seems
really tolerant,
it seems
really
tolerant,
it's not
actually
consistent,
internally
consistent.
Remember
question number
six about
your worldview?
It's not
internally
consistent.
It's actually
not that
tolerant at
all.
What that
view is
really saying
is you
shouldn't
believe it
either.
You
shouldn't
speak it
because you
shouldn't
believe it.
when it
boils down
to say
we must
keep our
faith
private
is to
say
Jesus
cannot
possibly
be
who
he
claims
to
be.
And so
you
shouldn't
claim,
you
shouldn't
speak
about it,
you
shouldn't
believe
it,
you
shouldn't
believe
that
about
him.
Believe
he's a
nice
guy,
believe
all
these
other
good
things,
but
do
not
believe
what
he
claims
to
be.
And
in that
moment
when
someone
says
believe
it
yourself
but
be
quiet
about
it,
you're
asserting
your
worldview
on
me.
Your
worldview.
It's
an assertion
that my
worldview
must not
be
communicated
and as
you do
that,
you are
saying
that your
worldview
must be
adopted.
In the
end,
the reality
is every
single
person
is a
messenger
and evangelist
for their
worldview.
Everyone
is.
No one
can say
you must
stop
communicating
your
worldview
without
doing the
very thing
they just
told you
not to
do.
No one
can do
it.
To say
no one
should
claim
absolute
truth
is in
fact
an
absolute
truth
claim.
All
people
are
messengers
of their
worldview.
you.
And so
if Jesus
is who
he says
he is
and has
achieved
what he
claims to
have
achieved,
to not
declare it
to all
people is
reprehensible.
Absolutely
reprehensible.
to find a
cure for
cancer and
keep it to
yourself and
the people
you love,
that's just
plain wicked.
it.
But to
keep the
news of
hope in
Jesus
Christ in
eternal
life,
that's
evil.
Third
point,
motivation.
Now I
acknowledge the
concerns of
our society
and I
totally agree
with it,
that there
has been
quite a
lot of
damage done
by absolute
truth claims
throughout
history.
leading to
oppression
of people
and all
sorts of
things,
just awful
stuff.
And
Christians
have got
blood on
their hands
on this
one as
well.
But I
want to
say that
the Christian
gospel never
takes us in
that place.
The Christian
gospel, the
Christian faith
in no way
ever justifies
that in
any way.
The
motivation for
being messengers
is never
influence,
it's never
power at
all.
Verse
17,
the 72
returned with
joy and
said,
Lord,
even the
demons
submitted to
us in
your name.
Of course,
verse 18,
Jesus said,
of course they
did.
I saw
Satan fall.
Of course
they're going
to submit in
my name.
My name is
the name above
every name.
Of course
they're going
to.
But then
his response
is in
verse 20
to them.
However,
do not
rejoice that
the spirits
submit to
you,
but rejoice
that your
names are
written in
heaven.
So in
other words,
the 72
come back
with all
full of
joy,
amazing
stuff,
Jesus,
you should
have been
there,
and he
goes,
rebukes
them.
It's a
rebuke.
The 72
did not
come back
rejoicing that
people's lives
are being
changed by
the gospel,
that people
are being
set free
from oppression,
have been
healed from
infirmities.
There is
no mention
at all
of people's
lives and
communities
being changed
by Jesus.
At all.
They are
rejoicing in
power.
Now,
Jesus,
we
were part
of
something
spectacular.
Us
no-name
people that
you've
gathered from
all the
people of
the Middle
East as
you walked
through,
us people,
no-one
knows,
we're still
not named,
no-one
knows who
we are,
and we
are now
spectacular.
We,
Jesus,
now have
power,
and so
therefore we
must be
something in
your eyes,
Jesus.
Jesus says,
no,
your joy
should be
that your
names are
written in
heaven.
Not that
now that
you've made
a name for
yourself,
but that
your names
are written
in heaven.
This is the
deepest motivation
for being a
messenger,
receiving a
name in
heaven,
receiving a
name from
God himself,
in other
words.
Christians are
somebody because
they have
received a
name from
God,
not earned
a name for
themselves through
power of
success or
accomplishment or
performance or
gifts or how
big their
church is or
how effective
they are or
Jesus warning
them in verse
18 that if
you go down
that line,
then it will
lead to the
exact same
thing that
led to
Satan
fall,
pride.
And
he's a
great oppressor.
Pride will
always lead to
oppression and
aggression.
In fact,
it was in an
attempt to
make a name
for themselves
apart from
God that
saw the 72
nations come
together to
build a tower
to Babel,
the Tower of
Babel,
to storm the
heavens to
remove God
in order that
we might make a
name for
ourselves.
It saw them
judged.
it's pride
that saw
Satan pushed
out from
God and
pride that
saw the
nations
scattered from
God.
How
humanity
is gathered
back in
and receive
the approval
of a name
in heaven
is the
essence of
the message
that Jesus
sends his
people out
with,
his friends
out with.
So how
do we get
that name?
Well,
way back
before Jesus,
the leader
of God's
people was
a bloke
named
Moses.
And you
see him
popping up
in the
second book
of the
Bible,
a book
called
Exodus.
In
Exodus
32,
there's
this
horrendous
incident
where
Israel
disobeyed
God in
a really,
really big
way,
really big
way.
And Moses
knows two
things.
God is a
perfect God,
he's a just
God,
and so
therefore Israel
must be
punished for
their rebellion
against God.
But Moses
also knows
that he
loves Israel
and he
knows that
ultimately
God loves
Israel as
well,
which is why
he saved
them in
the first
place.
He wants
Israel to
be saved
from
judgment.
And so
there's this
remarkable
moment where
Moses pulls
himself away
and he
prays.
He says,
God,
please
forgive
Israel.
Please
forgive your
people and
punish me
instead.
Save
them and
take my
name out
of the
book
that
theirs
might
remain.
And God
replies to
him and
says,
well,
actually,
I will
remove their
name,
but Moses,
you keep
leading them.
What's
going on
here?
If God's
going to
remove their
name,
why does
Moses have
to keep
leading them?
What's the
point of
that?
Why is
he going
to front
back up
again with
these
rebellious
people and
keep leading
them?
If you're
going to
blot their
name out,
just blot
the name
out.
Just
remove it.
Because
God is
a patient
God.
God is
waiting
for
centuries
upon
centuries
for the
ultimate
Israelite
to turn
up.
He's
waiting for
the ultimate
Israelite to
come,
the true
person of
God.
And he's
waiting for
centuries and
centuries for
the ultimate
Moses to
turn up,
the ultimate
mediator and
substitute for
a sinful
person to
be sent.
And the
Christian
gospel is
that God
was waiting
for to
send his
divine son
Jesus,
the ultimate
Israelite,
and the true
mediator and
substitute for
a sinful
people.
Jesus
Christ,
the eternal
son of
God,
was sent
into God's
story as
an Israelite
man.
Born,
he bore
God.
And as he
died on
that cross
outside of
Jerusalem,
he died
and his
name was
blotted.
He gave
up his
place in
heaven,
he came
to us,
he was
born into
a nobody
village,
he was
despised,
he was
mocked,
he was
scorned,
he was
rejected,
so that
we might
have a
permanent
name in
heaven.
And the
good news
of Easter
day is
that he
rose
triumphant,
defeating
death,
and now
reigns as
the Lord
of all
the universe
and as
we just
said earlier
in the
service,
he now
has the
name that
is above
every name
and at
some point
in history
either now
or in
chapter 4
every person
who has
ever,
ever
breathed
breath on
this earth
will declare
with their
lips his
name.
And it's
because he
rose triumphant
over our
sin that he
secures our
name so
that we
reign with
him.
our name
in heaven
is attached
to his
triumph.
Our name
that is our
approval,
our welcome,
our intimacy,
our life
is a gift
and that's
why in
verse 21
Jesus is
full of
joy.
So many
scholars as
I read
through this
just said
this is
the ultimate
expression of
Jesus in
joy.
Verse 21
because the
plan of
God is
not to
give his
name,
not to
give his
grace and
his favour
to the
wise,
to the
strong,
to the
oppressors,
to the
successful,
to the
gifted,
but to
the little
children.
The
nobodies
in first
century is
the symbolism
here.
The weak,
the powerless,
the vulnerable,
the broken,
the flawed,
God's grace
to the
undeserving
sinner in
Jesus is
the gospel.
That's the
message we're
sent out
into all
the world
with.
So if
you've tuned
on in
here this
morning and
you don't
know Jesus,
or if
you're sitting
in this
room and
your
confidence
is
ultimately
in
yourself
and
Jesus,
I urge
you,
today is
the day
of salvation,
I urge
you to
accept that
message
now.
Speak
to me
afterwards,
I'd be
delighted to
pray with
you,
accept it
now.
God's
grace to
the
undeserving
sinner in
Jesus Christ
is the
gospel.
It's the
motivation for
the Christian
to go out
as messengers
and it
shapes the
manner in
which we
go out.
Courage is
certainly
needed.
I know
that fully,
courage is
needed.
As even
Jesus says,
we are
sent out
like lambs
amongst
wolves and
humility and
grace is
needed so
that us
lambs never
turn into
wolves.
Christians
can never be
persecutors or
oppressors even
if we are
being oppressed
and persecuted.
it is one
of the
horrendous
ironies
that any
Christian
would
communicate
the
glorious
gospel of
God's
grace
with
arrogance,
with pride,
with anger,
with condemnation,
with coercion.
even the
woes
that are in
Luke 10
that were
read out to
us
are not
a
anger,
not a
judgment
statement,
they are an
empathy
statement.
Oh,
urge you,
Chorosan,
please,
come to
the
gospel.
So
this is
my
last point
is that
Jesus
sends the
Christian
out.
That
requires
movement,
frankly,
it always
does,
one step,
two steps,
there's always
a first step
and ongoing
steps,
and the
first and
ongoing
step of
daily,
weekly,
monthly,
every moment
being
messages
of the
gospel is
verse 2,
the harvest
is plentiful
with the
workers
a few,
ask the
Lord of
the harvest
therefore to
send out
workers into
the harvest
field.
In other
words,
what it's
saying there
is pray,
pray,
pray every
day,
we cannot
separate what
we have
been sent
out to
be and
do and
the God
who sends
us out
and all
of his
power in
sending us
out.
We cannot
be his
messengers
in our
own wisdom,
with our
own power,
our own
intellect.
Pray,
pray for
opportunities
to be
messengers
of the
gospel.
Pray
specifically
for people
who you
know don't
know Jesus
to know
Jesus.
We've been
encouraging you
to do that
here for
numbers of
years.
One plus
one plus
one.
One plus
one.
Pray for
one person
once a day
for at least
one minute
that they
might know
Jesus and
embrace him
for their
joy.
Pray for
people to
say yes
to an
invite to
church or
to an
invite to
read the
Bible with
you or
to come
to a
course that
explains the
Christian
faith.
Pray for
boldness and
courage to
take that
next step.
Pray too
for the
mission of
this church.
Right now
there is a
small group
of people
amongst us,
I emphasise the
word small
there,
group of
people amongst
us who
are praying
one plus
one by
name for
those attending
the Hope
Explored course.
prayers.
And the
second step
really is
to prepare.
Be prepared
to be the
person that
God will
use to
answer your
prayers at
any moment,
which basically
means learn
the gospel,
learn how to
communicate it
winsomely,
sensitively and
relationally.
We've got
training on that
does that for
you here as
well.
Third step,
which is not
in your notes,
it was an
afterthought,
proclaim it.
It was
literally an
afterthought.
Proclaim it.
Actually speak
it.
I mean,
you can't just
pray and
prepare and
not actually
do it.
You're
actually sent
out to
do it.
So in
case that
wasn't
clear,
proclaim the
truth,
just do
it.
God
calls scattered
individuals into
his family,
from all the
nations of the
world,
into his
worldview,
into his
reality of
everything,
the way it
is going
to be,
and he
sends us
out as
partners with
him and
each other
to bring
more people
into his
saved eternal
family.
For our
joy and
for his
glory,
the Christian
is daily
on mission,
daily bearing
witness to
the gospel of
Jesus Christ.
Christ.
And yet,
recent
statistics I
saw was
that less
than 5%
actually are,
even those
who claim
maturity in
Christ.
What's your
next step?
what's what