Success in life is found in having a meaningful mission and focusing your energy towards its completion.
The Church of Jesus has a meaningful mission. The Church’s success is in completing the mission.
Jesus himself gave us this mission. It is the great co-mission. It is the Church’s mission.
Is it your mission?
1st Century Church connecting with a 21st Century World Part 4: Mission
Sermon notes by Pastor Chris Fluitt
Redemption Church Plano Tx
 
Welcome to Redemption Church of Plano Tx. We are glad to have you with us today. A special greeting to all our online attendees. We love of podcast listeners and Youtubers.
My name is Chris Fluitt and I am blessed to serve as the lead pastor here at Redemption Church.
We are in the 4th week of our mission and vision series.
Our Mission
Our Vision
A First Century Church connecting with a Twenty-first Century World
All about Jesus
Spiritual Transformation
Community
 
Today I want to tell you that a 1st Century Church never loses sight of the mission.
Missional
 
Success in life is found in having a meaningful mission and focusing your energy towards its completion.
 
The Church of Acts, that Church in the 1st century was focused on the Mission.
They were passionate about the mission.
They withstood trials and loss in order to fulfill the mission.
They left comfort and walked in discomfort in order to see this mission accomplished.
They risked ridicule. They risked imprisonment. They risked their lives.
They forsook other dreams in order to hold this mission as their highest dream.
 
Where did they get this mission? Who gave them this mission?
Jesus gave them the mission. After His crucifixion on the cross, and the burial in a tomb, and the resurrection on the 3rd day… Jesus stayed with His disciples for 40 days. A resurrected Jesus spent 40 days preparing his disciples for a mission.
Do you know that a resurrected Jesus a resurrected Jesus will prepare you for your mission as well?
Before He ascended Jesus looked at His disciples and said…
Matthew 28:19 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,(NIV)
Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”(NIV)
This scripture passage is known as the Great COmmission
Jesus gave the mission here. We call it a CO-mission because we are all in this mission together. In order to fulfill this mission we need to CO-operate. We share this mission together and we share this mission with the Lord Jesus. None of us can fulfill this mission alone.
Mathew 28:19 is known as the great commission, but did you know there are 4 other places in your Bible where Jesus shares with us the great commission?
I am going to teach you about our mission today.
 
In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus points out somethings for our mission.
Matthew 28:19 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,(NIV)
Go
Disciples (all nations)
Baptism
Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”(NIV)
Teaching
 
Mark 16:15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.(NIV)
Go
Good News/Gospel (all nations)
Mark 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.(NIV)
Belief
Baptism
Mark 16:17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they wi...