Focus on Reproduction, Student Workbook, SW12

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F O C U S O N R E P R O D U C T I O N

II. Exalted Now as Lord of the Harvest, Messiah Jesus Determines Who Will Represent Him (Calling) .

A. He calls whomsoever he wills.

1. No one can go unless he sends them into his field, Rom. 10.14-15.

2. Apostleship (the gift of evangelism and church planting) is a gift of grace, not an act of effort and scientific mimicry.

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a. Luke 24.46-47

b. Acts 26.17-18

c. Rom. 1.5

d. Titus 1.3

3. Jesus underwrites, sustains, and stands by every person whom he has called to the gospel ministry; the call guarantees the provision , 2 Tim. 4.17.

4. Implication for evangelism and church planting: receiving the call from Jesus Christ is the only assurance the church planter needs of his resources and leading .

B. The calling and gifts of Messiah Jesus are irrevocable.