181: The Mission of God and the Witness of the Church (with Justin Schell)

On this Good Friday, author Justin Schell traces the mission of God as seen in the sacrifice of Christ – to reveal Himself to humanity so that we may know Him in the world He’s made – and calls the Church to witness to this Master who invites us to feast with Him.

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• “Mission is one of those things in ministry and in Christianity that so easily can become about other things than about God.”
• “The mission of God is Him revealing Himself to humanity so that we might know Him in the world that He’s made.”
• “That’s our role as a Church – we are witnessing to the God who has made Himself known.”
• John 12:23-24, 31-32
• “You want to see the glory of God? You want to see the defeat of evil? Look at the cross.”
• “The cross is ground zero for the mission of God.”
• 2 Corinthians 2:14
• Romans 12
• “Our suffering isn’t a hindrance to the Gospel going forward; it’s actually the way it goes forward.”
• “God will use your fragrance, your sacrificed life, to bring men and women to know Him and to join the procession.”
• “There is no Christian ministry that isn’t cross-shaped. There is no such thing as true Christian ministry that’s not a dying to ourselves so that Christ might live through us.”
• “What will we do for Him if we will not feast with Him?” - Richard Sibbes
• “We can only serve the master for so long if we don’t actually enjoy Him.”
• “Don’t pray for perseverance, pray for joy, because you’re going to persevere in anything that you have joy in.”
• 2 Corinthians 4:17
• John 11
• “The Church is growing and being missional, even in the midst of their suffering.”
• “Christ is worth everything, and when things get hard, that’s a time to be on mission. We can be confident calling the world to Jesus, no matter what it costs, because it’s worth it.”
• “If you feel insignificant, you might finally be prepared to be someone who can witness to the all-sufficient God.”
• Luke 14
• “The Master’s heart is set on a feast.”
• “Do you know how good the Master is? Do you delight in Him? Do you think you could have a ministry of inviting people to a feast? If so, that’s what mission is.”
• “Whatever capacity you think you need, whatever brilliance you think you need to develop or that you’re missing – that’s not what you need. You need to know the heart of the master, and then with joy, go out and invite men and women [to] come [...] That kind of evangelism is Biblical evangelism.”
• “If you can spend your days allowing your heart to be warm in the sunlight of Jesus and then go out and invite people to enjoy Him with you, then you’re ready to be a missionary.”

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