Mere Missions

PREFACE

After receiving all authority in heaven and on earth, Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matt. 28.19-20). The Kingdom of God has entered the world and the King of this Kingdom gave a mission charge to get up, get out and to “move forward and multiply.” This movement cannot help but move forward for it is directly related to the character, being, and thought of God Almighty. “For God so loved the world (the character of God – love, mercy, compassion), that he gave his only Son (the being of God – missions, sending, initiating), that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved (the thought of God – salvation, hope, rescue) through him” (John 3.16-17). This same character, being and thought of God is now within us, His Church. This is the deepest motive for missions. It is in our spiritual DNA. Since that charge the Kingdom has been advancing and expanding, like a mustard seed (Matt. 13.31-32), in a world bound and enslaved in a Kingdom of Darkness ruled by a real

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