An Old Fashioned Missions Sermon Romans 10:11-17

We have the same old message to share. John 3:16 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.

We have the same old mission to accomplish. Matthew 28:19-20 Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

Discipling Process Helping seekers become believers Helping believers become followers Helping followers becoming ministers Helping ministers become mentors or equippers.

We have the same old motivation to get the job done. Acts 1:8 You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

The Same Old Promises Romans 10:11-13

There’s No in Jesus Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame. Disappointment

2 Corinthians 5:17 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

There’s No Between Races There is no difference between Jew and Gentile-- the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him. Discrimination

Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.

Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

Ephesians 2:1-7 is every believer’s testimony

The 10/40 Window Map

Acts 1:8 You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

There’s No of Successes Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Doubt

1 Corinthians 3:5-9 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe-- as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

Mark 4:20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop-- thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown.

Current progress of the Gospel from Witness Essentials by Dan Meyer

In 1900 Korea had no Protestant church. Today, there are over 7,000 churches in just the city of Seoul, South Korea.

At the end of the 19th century, the southern portion of Africa was only 3 percent Christian. Today, 63 percent of the population is Christian, while membership in the churches in Africa is increasing by 34,000 people per day.

In India, 14 million of the 140 million members of the "untouchable" caste have become Christians.

More people in the Islamic world have come to Christ in the last 25 years than in the entire history of Christian missions.

In Islamic Indonesia, the percentage of Christians is now so high (around 15 percent) that the Muslim government will no longer print statistics.

In China, it is estimated that there are now more self-avowed disciples of Jesus than members of the Communist party. Even the most conservative estimates suggest that China will soon have more Christians than any country.

Across the planet, followers of Jesus are increasing by more than eighty thousand per day.

510 new churches form every day.

Spread of the Gospel: Western Conservatory of the Arts & Sciences ?v=J0kSWg4VRCw

We’re not losing, we’re were winning!

Revelation 7:9-12 I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”

All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: "Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!"

The Same Old Plan Romans 10:14-15

You’ve Got to have How can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? Preachers

Matthew 9:37-38 He said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

You’ve Got to have How can they preach unless they are sent? Senders

Every Christian has been called to be a witness but not all have been called to be preachers or missionaries.

Ephesians 4:11 He…gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

Financial Support

Prayer Support

Moral Support

Idea: Maybe we should commission our missionaries with a foot washing ceremony and provide pedicures when they return.

Philippians 2:29-30 Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him, because he almost died for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for the help you could not give me.

Every arrow needs a bow.

Trusting The Same Old Power Romans 10:16-17

Which Resides in God’s ”I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.” Romans 1:16 Word

Jeremiah 23:29 "Is not My word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?

John 6:63 The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

Which is Released through Man’s Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. Faith

Hebrews 4:2 We also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.

Hebrews 11:6 Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Every arrow needs a bow.