Missio Dei 10
May 13, 2009
Did Jesus live missionally? What counts in the life of Jesus as missional activity besides the incarnation, death and resurrection?
The answer to the question is yes if by living missionally we mean that Jesus both lived and died for his mission (Romans 5:10 says that Jesus’ life and death are salvific). Jesus did indeed live missionally and thus he lived and died 1) to rescue humanity and the cosmos from utter lostness, 2) to restore everything on earth and in the universe to its original created order because it is cracked, 3) to create a covenant community (the church) that lives and breathes his life, and 4) to instill in us an active hopefulness that at his coming he will consummate his mission in the world and with his bride, the church, by making all things new.
Corporately and individually, Christ followers cannot simply be satisfied by random acts of kindness, periodic fores into the community, or going overseas to build a church building, or prayerwalk. That’s a good start. But our mission is full participation in the comprehensive plan of God to put the world back to rights and everything in it. We do it not only periodically but “second-naturally.” Whatever we do we do to the glory of God. We buy missionally (1-4 above), we vote missionally, we eat missionnally, we play missionally, we engage in our work life or leisurely life missionally.
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