Impact eternity
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Module 1God’s Eternal Plan
Genesis 12:1-4a, NIV:
“The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.’ So Abram left, as the Lord had told him. …”
A. God’s eternal plan was r_______ to Abram in Genesis 12:1- 4a
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• What did God command Abram to do?
• What were the actual blessings promised to Abram?
• What was the purpose for blessing Abram?
• How did Abram obey God?
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B. God’s command challenged Abram at the points of h ______ and s________oliness
God’s Blessings
eparation
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C. God desired to b____ Abram (Gen. 22:18a; Gal. 3:7, 16)
less
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D. The purpose of the blessings was that through him all n______ would be blessedations
God’s Blessings
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Module 1God’s Eternal Plan
Holy Land
Sea of Galilee
Dead Sea
What is the major difference?
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E. God’s eternal plan is fulfilled ONLY as we o___ His commands
bey
1. Why should we obey God and bless the nations?
A. _________________
B. _________________
C. _________________
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E. God’s eternal plan is fulfilled ONLY as we obey His commands
2. What things might keep us from obeying?
A. ________
B. ________
C. ________
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E. God’s eternal plan is fulfilled ONLY as we obey His commands
3. What are the personal benefits of obeying?
A. ________
B. ________
C. ________
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Module 2Last Words
If you knew that you were going to leave forever, you would make your last words count. Jesus did.
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Module 2Last Words
Jesus’ last words are often referred to as the
Jesus’ last words are really the
“Great Commission”
“Great Re-commission”
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Module 2Last Words
In The New Testament, the word “nations” comes from the Greek word “ethne.”
ethne = ethnic groups
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Module 2Last Words
A. Where we are today
Using 10 people to represent the world’s population …
One person (10%) would be a Christian who cares about Christ’s last words.
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Module 2Last Words
A. Where we are today
Using 10 people to represent the world’s population …
Two people (20%) might call themselves Christians, but their obedience to Jesus is doubtful.
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Module 2Last Words
A. Where we are today
Using 10 people to represent the world’s population …
Four people (40%) have some access to the gospel, but they have not yet responded.
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Module 2Last Words
A. Where we are today
Using 10 people to represent the world’s population …
The last three people (30%) have virtually no access to the gospel.
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B. There are numerous b______ to unreached peoples knowing Jesus (Matt. 9:37; Mark 11:17)
arriers
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Some barriers may include:
• Geographically remote• Unique languages• No Scripture• No evangelistic material• Lack of religious freedom• Governmental prohibition• Suspicion
• Christian apathy• Lack of prayer• Lack of giving• Lack of Christian workers• ________________• ________________• ________________
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C.There is a great i________
Missionaries to unreached
people groupsMissionaries to the evangelized
mbalance
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Module 2Last Words
C. The great imbalance
Is it fair that we hear the gospel over and over and over Is it fair that we hear the gospel over and over and over while billions of people have never even heard it once?while billions of people have never even heard it once?
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Module 2Last Words
D. The gap and your response
God is looking for people who will “… stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land …” Ezekiel 22:30, NIV.
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Module 3Sheep Island Strategy
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Module 3Sheep Island Strategy
A.Consider a______ from one of the world religions
dopting
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Islam
Fewer than three Christian missionaries for every 1 millionpeople
A.Consider adopting from one of the world religions
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Module 3Sheep Island Strategy
Hinduism
13 percent of the entire world’s population; 2,700 different Hindu unreached people groups
A.Consider adopting from one of the world religions
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Chinese Folk Religion
One out of every five people on this planet lives in China.
A.Consider adopting from one of the world religions
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A.Consider adopting from one of the world religions
Buddhism
1,000 unreached Buddhist people groups
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A.Consider adopting from one of the world religions
Animism
2,000 unreached tribes
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A.Consider adopting from one of the world religions
Other World Religions
the Jewish, Shintoists and the Sikhs
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B. C to one unreached flockommit
Prayer
Help others to go
Research
See their land
Advocate
Short-term volunteers
Career missionaries
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Module 3Sheep Island Strategy
C. Consider adopting from one of the world’s g regionseographic
1. Middle East and North Africa
2. Sub-Saharan Africa
3. Americas
4. Asia and Pacific
5. Eurasia
6. Europe
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Module 3Sheep Island Strategy
D. D which people group I will commit to
ecide
1. Prayer
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D. which people group I will commit toDecide
1. Prayer
2. Local connections
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D. which people group I will commit toDecide
1. Prayer
2. Local connections
3. Strategic preferences
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D. which people group I will commit toDecide
1. Prayer
2. Local connections
3. Strategic preferences
4. Your personal interests
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D. which people group I will commit toDecide
1. Prayer
2. Local connections
3. Strategic preferences
4. Your personal interests
5. Historical, political or economic connections
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D. which people group I will commit toDecide
1. Prayer
2. Local connections
3. Strategic preferences
4. Your personal interests
5. Historical, political or economic connections
6. Social considerations
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D. which people group I will commit toDecide
Pray: Father, I ask You to speak to me now. My understanding of the world is limited and Yours is not. I ask You to help me select the part of the world where You would like me to get involved–whether or not it is
familiar to me. I am listening. Amen.
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Module 4The Kingdom of Light
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Module 4The Kingdom of Light
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light” (1 Peter 2:9, NIV).
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Module 4The Kingdom of Light
What three gifts has God given you to expand His “Kingdom of Light” to those lost in the darkness?
Time TreasureTalent
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Module 4The Kingdom of Light
A. The Greatest Gift to help us reach the world is ___ ____ _____the Holy Spirit
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8, NIV).
“… surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matt. 28:20, NIV).
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go” (Josh. 1:9, NIV).
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Module 4The Kingdom of Light
Hometown Jerusalem
JudeaOwn culture
Ends of the earthJesus not known
Nearby culture Samaria
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B. Overcoming personal o_______bstacles
You You with God’s STRENGTH
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C. You can make a d_______ifference1. Research and prayer
Become an “expert” on their culture
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C. You can make a difference2. Give of your personal resources
“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matt. 6:21).
“Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you” (Deut. 16:17, NIV).
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C. You can make a difference3. Going on a short-term trip
From one week to one year
- Medicine- Construction- Evangelism- Teaching- Prayer
“Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field” (Matt. 9:38, NIV).
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C. You can make a difference4. Advocating
“I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none” (Ezek. 22:30, NIV).
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C. You can make a difference5. Going as a missionary
“Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, ‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I. Send me!’” (Isa. 6:8, NIV).
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C. You can make a difference6. Help those who go as field workers
“… The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle …” (1 Sam. 30:24, NIV).
“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can they preach unless they are sent? …” (Rom. 10:13-15, NIV).
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D. Your and Jesus’ returninheritance“Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession” (Ps. 2:8, NIV).
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