What Is The Mission For A Follower Of Jesus?
The risen LORD commissioned His followers to proclaim a salvation fully accomplished in His atoning death and victorious resurrection and freely offered to those who repent and receive it:
He sent them to all the nations to the end of the earth:
The manner of the mission must now be carried out with due regard to protection and provision.
The risen LORD commissioned His followers to proclaim a salvation fully accomplished in His atoning death and victorious resurrection and freely offered to those who repent and receive it:
Luke 24:44-48 (KJV) — 44 And He said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 45 Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, 46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these things.
He sent them to all the nations to the end of the earth:
Matthew 28:19 (KJV) - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Luke 24:47 (KVJ) — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Acts of the Apostles 1:8 (KJV) — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts of the Apostles 22:21 (KJV) — And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
Acts of the Apostles 26:17 (KJV) — Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
Luke 24:47 (KVJ) — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Acts of the Apostles 1:8 (KJV) — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts of the Apostles 22:21 (KJV) — And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
Acts of the Apostles 26:17 (KJV) — Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
The manner of the mission must now be carried out with due regard to protection and provision.
Luke 22:35-38 (KJV) — 35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. 36 Then said He unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. 37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And He was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. 38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
