• Bought all their CDs• Learned to play all their songs on guitar• Started wearing their t-shirts• Went to see them in concert• Told everybody he met about them

Good Charlotte? Yes, please!

• Obtain everything you can from them• Learn all you can about them• Advertise for them through your lifestyle• Go where you feel closest to them• Tell everybody you meet about them

When you’re passionate…

1. Confession2. Experience3. Mission

Three Dimensions to the Christian Life

We are all missionaries.

…but where, to whom, and how?

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore, 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. And surely I am with

you always, to the very end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18-20

Whatever Jesus calls you to do,He will also show you how.

1. Jesus’ Purpose2. Jesus’ Method3. Jesus’ Power4. What it Means for Us

Mission Lessons from Jesus

Jesus came to reveal to us the way to Heaven

and equip us to spread that message.

Jesus’ Purpose

Jesus’ Purpose

1. To those in need (Matthew 9)2. Showing how to have abundant life

now (John 10)3. Eternal life later (John 3), and4. To commission others to carry on that

message after He leaves (Matthew 28).

Jesus came…

“As the Father has sent Me, even so I am sending you.”

John 20:21

1. Jesus entered and learned firsthand about a sinful culture

2. Jesus did not condone sin, nor did He sin Himself

3. Every word and action directed people toward the Father

Jesus’ Method

ABC: Always Be Closing

Begin with the end in mind.

Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father.

John 14:9

Preach the Gospel at all times.And, if necessary, use words.

St. Francis of Assisi

1. Jesus entered and learned firsthand about a sinful culture

2. Jesus did not condone sin, nor did He sin Himself

3. Every word and action directed people toward God.

Jesus’ Method

1. He was constantly in prayer with the Father

Jesus’ Power

• Prayed before He was baptized• Prayed before His miracles• Prayed in appreciation• Prayed throughout His teachings• Frequently sought out opportunities for

solitude and prayer• Taught and modeled how to pray

Jesus…

1. He was constantly in prayer with the Father

2. He was continually immersed in the Word

Jesus’ Power

1. He was constantly in prayer with the Father

2. He was continually immersed in the Word

3. He was filled with the Holy Spirit

Jesus’ Power

The general impression is that the work of the Holy Spirit begins when the work of the

Mediator on earth is finished, as though until that time the Holy Spirit celebrated His divine day of rest. Yet the Scripture

teaches again and again that Christ performed His mediatorial work controlled

and impelled by the Holy Spirit.

Andrew Kuyper

• Was conceived by the Holy Spirit (Luke 1-2)

• Was a resting place of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 3)

• Was full of the Holy Spirit (Luke 4)• Was led by the Holy Spirit (Luke 4)• Came in the Power of the Holy Spirit

(Luke 4)• Rejoiced in the Holy Spirit (Luke 15)

Jesus…

The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to proclaim good news

to the poor … liberty to the captives … sight to the blind … set free those who are oppressed … and proclaim the year of the

Lord’s favor.Isaiah 61“Today, this has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

Luke 4

“Not only is Jesus their Savior because of who He was and because of His own

complete obedience to the Father’s will, but He is the supreme example for them of

what is possible in a human life because of His dependence upon the Spirit of God.”

Gerald HawthorneThe Presence & Power

Less law, more Spirit.

1. We are always witnessing2. Go to people3. Enter culture like Jesus did: filled with

the Holy Spirit, in constant prayer to the Father, saturated with the truth of Scripture, humble in approach, loving in truth, and serving in deeds.

What We Can Learn

1. We are always witnessing2. Go to people3. Enter culture like Jesus did: filled with

the Holy Spirit, in constant prayer to the Father, saturated with the truth of Scripture, humble in approach, loving in truth, and serving in deeds.

What We Can Learn

We are all missionaries.

Three Questions1. Am I taking my mission seriously?2. How intentional am I about seeking out

unbelievers to befriend and witness to?3. Am I remaining in prayer, in the Word,

and in the Spirit?