This week's study is about Kingdom People and World Missions which fits in perfectly with this coming weekend being our On MIssion Conference at Hilldale Baptist Church.
Henry Blackaby uses a different verse than you might expect when talking about missions. Your first thought - perhpas - would be Matthew 28:19-20 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always , even to the end of the age." (Which, of course, is the perfect verse for missions.)
But what Mr. Blackaby has as the memory verse for this section is I John 1:7 "If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin."
What does that have to do with missions or impacting the kingdom? I guess in a nutshell it might be summarized with Jesus' words found in John 13:35 "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
So for our memory verse this week (those of you still memorizing with me) let's memorize some great verses from 1 John. (You should read the entire book. There are lots of verses about us loving each other in 1 John.)
1 John 4:11-12 Since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
Even if you can't memorize it - go LIVE it.
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It's all about the Love! If we keep that focus, all the rest will fall into place. I have just been reading about the same thing somewhere lately!
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