My Pulpit Message - notes Empowered to Go One Bible commentator reminds us that the great Three audiences commission does not begin with the word ‘go’ Luke 24, Act 1:4-8 1. The Homogeneous ministry 2. The Heterogenous ministry Wait until you are clothed with power from on High, 3. The Exogenous ministry wait until the Holy Spirit has come upon you then go and make disciples. - You cannot go until you have been so marinated in the Word of God that the Holy Spirit has fallen on you in a fresh way in the upper room, then you can go.
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The homogeneous ministry Jerusalem
In layman’s language is like being in the same Acts 1:8 WhatsApp group. You have something com8 “But you will receive You cannot go until you have been so marinated in the mon. In Jerusalem meanpower when the Holy Word of God that the Holy Spirit has fallen on you in a ing those near you and fresh way in the upper room, then you can go. Spirit comes on you; and like you. you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
2. The Heterogenous ministry - Judea and Samaria
Definition of ‘then you shall be’: The shall be is not an elective. If the Holy Spirit comes upon you then the Those near you, but not like you automatic consequence and subsequent to that is that you shall be my witnesses. Once you grow, you go.” 3. The Exogenous -
the uttermost ends of the earth
Witnesses comes from the Greek word ‘martyres’. The English word, a martyr, people who are usually put to Those not near you and not like you. death with regard to their convictions in faith. Three destinations / audiences to go
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1. Jerusalem, 2. Judea and Samaria 3. Ends of the earth
The Homogeneous ministry - Jerusalem
In layman’s language is like being in the same WhatsApp group. You have something common. In Jerusalem meaning those near you and like you.
TT 36 | JAN 18 -24 | 2022
