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What on Earth am I here for?

What on Earth am I here for?. Worship You were planned for God’s pleasure Fellowship You were formed for God’s family Discipleship You were created to become like Christ Ministry You were shaped for serving God. Yes but…. Earth. What. on. am. I. for?. here.

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What on Earth am I here for?

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  1. What on Earth am I here for? • Worship • You were planned for God’s pleasure • Fellowship • You were formed for God’s family • Discipleship • You were created to become like Christ • Ministry • You were shaped for serving God

  2. Yes but… Earth What on am I for? here

  3. There are no missionaries in heaven! “Mission exists because worship doesn’t” John Piper

  4. Purpose 5 To share the Good News about Jesus

  5. So should we all become missionaries?

  6. At the end of the first 40 Days of Purpose Jesus said… “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

  7. Who should we tell about Jesus? • Jerusalem • the people closest to me • Judea/Samaria • people near but different from me • Ends of the Earth • everyone else

  8. Internet Black Holes

  9. But isn’t Christianity in decline?

  10. A Changing Church • 100,000 new Christians every day. • 4,500 new congregations every week.

  11. In South Korea • In 1900 there were no protestant churches. • Today South Korea is 30% Christian. • Seoul Pusan

  12. In Africa • In 1900 only 3% Christian • Today sub-saharan Africa is 50% Christian. • 25,000 new believers daily

  13. In Latin America • In 1900 there were 50,000 Protestants. • In 1980 there were 20 million Protestants. • In 2000 there are 100 million Protestants. • 2000 Brazilian cross-cultural missionaries in 85 countries

  14. In China • In 1950: 1 million Christians • Today: 70+ million Christians • 35,000 new believers daily

  15. God's promise to bless all the "families of the earth," (Gen. 12:3) first given to Abraham 4,000 years ago, is becoming a reality at a pace "you would not believe." Although some may dispute some of the details, the overall trend is indisputable. Biblical faith is growing and spreading to the ends of the earth as never before in history. From Finishing the Task by Ralph Winter and Bruce Koch

  16. What must we do here? • “If you build it they will come” • “People need to come to church to hear the gospel” • “We must make our services more attractive to non Christians” • which of the above are biblical?

  17. What am I doing with the Good News about Jesus?

  18. But I’m not clever

  19. Don’t let fools fool you about what is foolish

  20. Time Money Friends Career Parents Children Security Ambitions Health Rights Liberty Life So what might mission cost me?

  21. Wouldn’t that be a waste? “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose ” Jim Elliot

  22. Matthew 24:13-15 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

  23. Revelation 7:9 …before me was a great multitude that no-one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language

  24. Prayer

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