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. He would rule over the house of Jacob forever, Luke 1.31-33.

2. Jesus came proclaiming the Kingdom of God fulfilled with his appearing, Mark 1.14-15.

3. Jesus is the Messiah, the prophesied Lord of the Davidic lineage who would restore God’s reign in the earth .

a. Ps. 132.11

b. Isa. 16.5

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c. Amos 9.11-12

4. Jesus announced himself as the fulfillment of the Messianic texts heralding the Day of Lord, cf. Luke 4.18-19 with Isa. 61.1-3.

5. In his overcoming of the signs of the curse and the dominion of the devil over people’s lives, Jesus demonstrated that in his person the Kingdom had come!, Matt. 12.25-30.

a. Mark 1.15

b. Mark 11.10

c. Luke 10.11