Life in the Desert: We Are Sent

Listen in as we close our series "Life in the Desert." Today we see how Jesus meets and sends His people.

 

Notes/Quotes:

John 20:19-23

John 3:16 & 17
Mark 10:45
Philippians 2:5-8

“The ‘as’ in this text (John 20:21) tells us that the mission of Jesus to Israel is to serve as a paradigm for the mission of his followers to the nations. This must determine the way we think about and carry out the mission; it must be founded and modeled upon his. We are not authorized to do it in any other way.” - Mike Goheen 

“The idea is not that individual Christians or churches have authority on their own to forgive or not forgive people, but rather that as the church proclaims the gospel message of forgiveness of sins in the power of the Holy Spirit, it proclaims that those who believe in Jesus have their sins forgiven, and that those who do not believe in him do not have their sins forgiven—which simply reflects what God in heaven has already done” - ESV Study bible 

“It is not so much the case that God has a mission for his church in the world, as that God has a church for his mission in the world. Mission was not made for the church; the church was made for mission – God’s mission.” Chris Wright

Jesus moves us from:
Hurry and distraction to rest and presence 
Anger and frustration to trust and dependency 
Isolation and consumption to community and contentment
Apathy and cynicism to expectation, action and hope