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ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
Bryan Koch
610.678.0266 ext. 224
bryankoch@gtaog.org
BEING
Missional
When we seek God and find His
purpose for our life and then begin
to live that out, we are now living
a MISSIONAL lifestyle. This not only
honors God, but it also helps to build
and expand His kingdom. Jesus’
reason for coming is and must be our
reason for being.
Jesus was missional!
Luke 19:10, “For the Son of Man came to seek and save that
which was lost.”
John 10:10, “The thief comes to steal and kill and destroy; I have
come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
Matthew 20:28, “Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served,
but to give his life as a ransom for many.”
John 3:17, “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn
the world, but to save the world through Him.”
It is important to remember that BEING MUST COME BEFORE DOING. As Jesus defeated Satan as he was tempting Him, He had the
experience of having God affirm who He actually was. He was now clear about His mission as the Messiah. Then it was time to
determine His strategy.
He was called to redeem and reconcile a fallen world. HIS REASON FOR COMING WAS CLEAR! The whole focus of the temptations
demonstrated the “how” of life. In the mind of God, BEING must always precede DOING!
BEING INVOLVES BEING A
PERSON OF THE WORD.
Christ modeled this for us in His life
and ministry.
We are involved in a personal, local and
global struggle with the forces of light and
darkness. IF JESUS WAS TEMPTED TO LOSE
FOCUS ON HIS REASON FOR BEING:
How much more should we be on guard?
How much more must we be grounded
in His Word?
JESUS’ REASON FOR COMING IS
OUR REASON FOR BEING.
Luke 4:14-30 gives us great insight into
the mission of Jesus. In these verses Luke
gives us amazing insight, through the
Holy Spirit, into the launching of Jesus’
ministry. The Lord had anointed Jesus
for missions!
DOING MUST COME AFTER BEING.
In Luke 4:31-32 we read, “Then he
went down to Capernaum, a town in
Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught
the people. They were amazed at
his teaching, because his words had
authority.”
Many times in the church our focus is
strictly on “being,” which, of course, is
important. But we must never forget the
importance of finding our purpose so we
can be “doing” God’s will!
In 2017, let’s focus on living a missional lifestyle so we can all “Do Missions Better Together!”
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