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

i. We will be glorified with him, Rom. 8.17.

j. We will be resurrected in him, 1 Cor. 15.48-49.

k. We will be made like him, 1 John 3.2.

l. We are joint-heirs with him, Rom. 8.17.

m. We will forever be with him, 1 Thess. 4.17.

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n. We will reign forever with him, Rev. 3.

III. Implications of Mission as the Romance of the Ages

A. God’s desire is to draw from all the nations, including Gentiles, a people who will belong to him forever.

1. This was in fulfillment of the Scriptures regarding Messiah, Luke 24.45-47.

2. This proclamation of Jew and Gentile salvation was to begin with the Jews, but be proclaimed to the ends of the earth, Acts 1.8; cf. Acts 2.32ff; 3.15-16; 4.33; Acts 8.5-35; Rom. 10.18; 15.19.