Our Mission MandateOur Mission Mandate

What was the mission and message

of Jesus?

What is our mission?

What is the gospel?

The History of TheologyThe History of Theology

The recent rediscovery of the Mission and Message of

Jesus due to the availability of the literature of Second

Temple Judaism.

The various “quests” for the historical Jesus as the

context for this discovery.

The transfer from George Ladd (biblical scholar) to John

Wimber (church practitioner) and the ongoing

development of kingdom theology and praxis.

This recent history in historic perspective

JesusThe Kingdom

Message&

Ministry

PaulApostle to the Gentiles

HellenisationInterpretationLaw & Grace

Church FathersTrinitarian Creeds

OrthodoxyCatholicismChristendom

Reformation:Interpretation of Paul

ProtestantEvangelicalism

Pentecostalism:Interpretation &

Reform ofProtestantism

3rd

Quest?

JesusThe Kingdom

Message&

Ministry

3rd Quest

Jesus Rediscovery – 1900yrEverything to be re-writtenEven the Creeds Reviewed

History The End

Age to Come

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The Kingdom ModelThe Kingdom Model

Creedal Creedal WindowWindow

M&M?

David Bosch at SACLA 1.

What is missing! Where is the story of Mark?

The age of this diagram.

N.T. Wright, How God Became King, 2012.

Cross/Resurrection: Two ViewsCross/Resurrection: Two Views

ChristusVictor

Substitution

Redemption

Propitiation

Satisfaction

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Gustav Aulén – “Classical” versus “Latin”

C.H. Dodd

Youssouf Dembélé - Mali

“Emerging”: Divine child abuse?

Paul – Redemption & Propitiation

Anselm – Satisfaction

Luther/Calvin, Morris/Stott, historic Protestant evangelical view

Christus VictorChristus Victor Jesus engaged in cosmic warfare (Mark), plundering

the strong man’s house, conquering death.

Part of the kingdom/authority vision: God is restoring all of creation, defeating sin, sickness, death and poverty.

He viewed the cross as the Day of Judgment (eschatology).

Defeating the works of the devil (1 John).

Delivering humanity from the power of death (Hebrews).

Bringing immortality to light (1 Timothy).

Overcoming the principalities and powers (Colossians).

Pentecostal empowered mission (Luke-Acts).

Thoroughly biblical

Redemption/PropitiationRedemption/Propitiation Jesus viewed himself as the Suffering Servant, a

substitutionary figure, taking into himself the destiny of Israel and reversing its exile.

He viewed the cross as the Day of Judgment (wrath and eschatology).

Paul’s language is unambiguous: redemption (slave model), propitiation (wrath appeased, justice upheld).

Ancient/modern Gnostics, or modernist humanists, have never taken to the idea of blood sacrifice, substitution, and placating the wrath of a righteous God – but what is new? (certainly not McClaren!).

Barth: this is not divine child abuse, but a profound inter-Trinitarian moment (confusion about Trinitarian theology: “persona”).Thoroughly biblical

Cross/ResurrectionCross/Resurrection

ChristusVictor

Substitution

Redemption

Propitiation

Satisfaction

Biblical: both/and

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Evangelism

The point of connectionThe point of connection Christus Victor is about cosmic warfare, therefore

defeating the powers of darkness.

What has the devil got, to torment humanity? The condemnation of the law! His name is the “accuser of the brethren.”

The deepest plight of lost humanity is guilt before a righteous law giver! Remove man’s guilt and the devil can no longer be the accuser. “They overcame him by the blood of the lamb”.

The principalities and powers loose their grip because the condemnation of the law has been removed.

Reconcile man to God, and mankind is restored to being his image-bearers. From there, everything follows: authority, healing, regeneration into the “Second Adam” (the new community) and stewardship (over nature).

Our Mission MandateOur Mission Mandate1. We must preach Christ crucified and lead people into the

experience of personal forgiveness and freedom from condemnation. This has always been a classic feature of revivals.

2. Beware of “belong, then believe, then behave” if “believe” never happens. We must not remove the personal power of the gospel.

3. We must see the cross as one high point in the total kingdom story (incarnation, kingdom ministry, cross, resurrection, ascension, return).

4. Personal forgiveness and the hope of eternal life after death is not the whole gospel or the centre of the gospel. The centre of the gospel is God and his cosmic/global purpose, to restore humanity into his image and renew creation.

Our Mission MandateOur Mission Mandate5. The point of personal reconciliation with God is where

human’s change sides (repent), from darkness into the kingdom of God. That is only the doorway to discipleship.

6. Then the church, as witness to the kingdom of God, engages in cosmic warfare – “fight the good fight”.

7. We continue Christ’s ministry on earth, coming against sin, sickness, demonization, injustice, poverty, and the abuse of the environment.

Redemption and Victory

The Lamb and the Lion

Our identity in ChristOur identity in Christ

God is busy, in Christ, taking his planet back.

Restoring all of humanity into his image.

We are now on his side, his co-workers in cosmic

warfare.

We are taking the whole gospel, for the whole

planet, to all of humanity.