One of the slides from our 1st talk of the weekend that centered on Vision and how each one of us can be part of bringing God's objectives to fruition. God said what He wanted to see happen in:
1 Tim 2:3-4 This is good an pleases God our savior who wants all
men to be saved and come to a knowledge of the Truth.
If we are going to be part of meeting God's objective here- we must accept the Lordship of Christ. That means WHATEVER is on Christ's mind- what He wants to do..... how He wants to do it.... that is what we are to do....
Then we must realize that we are sent by God on a mission.... the mission is Matt 28:18-20
Since we are charged with a mission to accomplish- we MUST mature and grow and develop into laborers and REAL disciples of Jesus Christ. As we are growing through the Basics of the Christian life- we must also be growing in 3 roles.... those roles are:
- Ambassador- A Representative of God bringing a Message of reconciliation to others
- Recruiter- A Representative of God that pulls other Christians in to join in on the mission
- Trainer/ Disicplemaker- A Representative of God who is able to train, develop, and mature believers to become the same thing he is.... a fisher of men Matt 4:19
IF.... we mature....
then we will be able to reproduce spiritually.
If we reproduce spiritually, then we will be able to meet God's objectives that He showed us He wanted in 1 Tim 2:3-4.
This is the strategy and gameplan installed by Christ for us to use.....
Can we come up with another plan?? Probably- but Christ outlined this pattern for us...
We must accept the Mission because this mission is given to all those who believe.
so....
Great time at this years Fall South East Military conference. I had a great time talking with several people about this topic and helping them understand how they might speak vision to their fellow Christians around them that have not yet joined in on the 'War Effort'. The need is urgent and our task is daunting.... but our Lord is MORE than a match.... He has ALL AUTHORITY (Matt 28:18) and He has ALREADY OVERCOME THE WORLD (John 16:33)
So...
consider how you might join in with us in the war effort....
Get in the Word...
Get trained...
Find a worthy man...
Thanks for posting this Joe! We really enjoyed hearing this.
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