Vision for Mission: Nurturing an Apostolic Heart

Ses s i on 3: The Rea l i t y of Satan i c B l i ndnes s and the Cer ta i nt y of Di v i ne Judgment 31

D. Christus Victor : Christ Jesus has decisively disarmed and rendered inoperative the works of the devil through the Gospel.

1. Satan’s power is broken. How? Col. 2.15, Heb. 2.14

2. Satan’s work is destroyed. How? 1 John 3.8

3. Satan’s kingdom is short-circuited. How? Col. 1.13

E. The implications for nurturing an apostolic heart

1. The apostolic heart is simultaneously aware of both the invisible world and the visible world.

2 Cor. 4.16-18 – So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

2 Cor. 5.7 – . . . for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Rom. 10.17 – So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Rom. 8.24-25 – For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Heb. 11.1 – Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.