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Jesus-looking church, Jesus-looking kingdom – Jesus-looking church, Jesus-looking kingdom – Jesus-looking church, Jesus-looking kingdom

Jesus-looking church, Jesus-looking kingdom – Jesus-looking church, Jesus-looking kingdom – Jesus-looking church, Jesus-looking kingdom

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1 REVELATION

GOD HAS REVEALED WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO

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THIS REVELATION IS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AND PLACES

GOD WORKS THROUGH A BODY – A TEAM

GOD HAS ANOINTED PEOPLE TO EQUIP THE TEAM TO DO THE WORK4

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WHAT GOD HAS TOLD USabout his loving intentions for the people and the planet

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THE PEOPLE and WHERE ARE THE SPHERESwhere the revelation intends you to serve God’s purpose

THE TEAMpeople who share the same sense of call and responsibility to see the work accomplished

THE APOSTOLIC SUPPORTthe people God has anointed to equip and support you in the work4

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THE WORD OF GOD to PAULBIBLICAL REVELATION

1 REVELATION And the Lord said, ‘I am Jesus whom

you are persecuting. But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you,

For background to this experience read: Acts 8-26; Galatians 1-2

THE WORD OF GOD to PAULBIBLICAL REVELATION

1 REVELATION delivering you from your people and

from the Gentiles— to whom I am sending you to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me

For background to this experience read: Acts 8-26; Galatians 1-2

TWENTY FIVE YEARS ONBIBLICAL REVELATION

1 REVELATION “Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not

disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.

For background to this experience read: Acts 8-26; Galatians 1-2

1 REVELATION

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:

For background to this experience read: Acts 8-26; Galatians 1-2

TWENTY FIVE YEARS ONBIBLICAL REVELATION

TWENTY FIVE YEARS ONBIBLICAL REVELATION1

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that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles

For background to this experience read: Acts 8-26; Galatians 1-2

WHAT MAKES A VISION BIBLICAL?

1 REVELATION

1. SOURCE It originated from God.2. BIBLE It has clear Biblical

testimony.3. PARTICULAR It applies here and

now.4. PERSONAL It is a personal story.5. COMMUNITY It has apostolic

confirmation.6. FRUIT It produces change that

evidences a work of God.

EXAMPLE

1 REVELATION

SOURCE BIBLE PARTICULAR PERSONAL COMMUNITY FRUIT

To complete the task of seeing the gospel preached to every person BY • learning how to make and train

disciples who can also make and train disciples: THROUGH

• Jesus-looking indiscriminate redemptive love,

• teams that work together in one-ness

• teams that are enabled by apostolic equipping

PAUL’S UNFOLDING SPHERES OF WORK2

SPHERE

“Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.

PAUL’S UNFOLDING SPHERES OF WORK

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DAMASCUS immediatelyARABIA nextJERUSALEM when he visited Peter (3)ANTIOCH when Barnabas invited him (10)CYPRUS/GALATIA when commissioned by the church in Antioch (12)ASIA/MACEDONIA/GREECE when the church settled the issue about Gentiles and Jewish laws (16)ROME when he was arrested and after two years imprisoned in Caesarea (24)SPAIN after he was released because it was the next unreached region (26)

LET THE VISION CHOOSE THE SPHERES

2 SPHERE1. Do it where you are as much as you can.

2. Go as far as you can with the revelation you have

3. As you are faithful with what you have God will give you further spheres.

4. Allow the original vision to shape the futher spheres

5. Start doing the work and let your faith and obedience discover the team and the apostolic equipping.

PAUL’S EXPERIENCE OF TEAM

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BarnabasLeaders at AntiochTimothySilasLukeTitus

And many many others mentioned in the letters as “fellow workers.”

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1. There is no such thing as a one person ministry

2. God has always spoken to other people about the things he has revealed to you.

3. These are people who share the same sense of call and responsibility to see the work accomplished

4. This team of people should be intentionally formed.

5. The team needs to discover the one-ness of the Father and Son (John 17)

WHAT GOD HAS TOLD USabout his loving intentions for the people and the planet

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THE PEOPLE and WHERE ARE THE SPHERESwhere the revelation intends you to serve God’s purpose

THE TEAMpeople who share the same sense of call and responsibility to see the work accomplished

THE APOSTOLIC SUPPORTthe people God has anointed to equip and support you in the work4

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1 REVELATION

APOSTOLIC FOR PAUL

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• The revelation he received directly from Jesus

• Peter• The apostles in Jerusalem• The leaders at Antioch• James and the church in

Jerusalem

PERSONAL EXAMPLE

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• Pastors I have worked under (Allan and Kay; Colin; Dan and Sue)

• Leaders I have intentionally got to know and heeded (Pawson, Wimber, Silvoso, Boyd, T4T)

• Groups of leaders I have belonged to (Wallace, Holmes, CCN, national, Crosslink etc.)