Foundations for Christian Mission, Mentor's Guide, MG04

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F O U N D A T I O N S F O R C H R I S T I A N M I S S I O N

1. The ministry of Jesus was rooted in city work, Matt. 4.23-25.

a. Word for city ( polis ) is used 39 times in Luke in connection to the ministry context of Jesus.

b. Luke 7.37

c. Luke 8.1-4

d. Luke 10.1

e. Luke 18.2-3

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2. Jesus’ work of kingdom proclamation and display was rooted in a mandate to proclaim the Kingdom to Jerusalem, Luke 19.41-44.

a. Jesus’ ministry was to usher in the kingdom reign with Jerusalem being a significant part of that display.

b. Because of its spiritual ignorance, his reign over Jerusalem was rejected.

3. Christianity was birthed in a city, Jerusalem, and spread via the great urban centers of the Roman world in the first century. Ours is an urban religion, which took root in cities such as Damascus, Antioch, Corinth, Philippi, Thessalonica, Athens, and even Rome.