First Principles

The Mission

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Introduction

  • Share about the visitors you most recently brought to church or Bible Talk.
  • Ask the young disciple about their evangelism.


  1. Jesus' Mission

    Read together:

    1. Luke 19:10
    2. Matthew 28:19-20
    3. 1 Timothy 2:3-4
      1. What was Jesus' mission?
      2. What was His vision?
      3. What is each disciple's mission?
  2. Disciples' Mission
    1. John 15:1-16
      1. Glorifying God in John 15 is bearing the fruit of making disciples, not simply baptizing. (Matthew 28:19 commands us to "go and make disciples;" John 15:16 commands us to "go and bear fruit that will last.")
      2. To bear fruit, one must be "in the vine," otherwise we will be cut off.
      3. Jesus is the perfect discipler, but He is also the perfect disciple of God (John 15:9-10).
      4. To love God is to obey His commands. Discipling helps our hearts to want to obey His commands (Matthew 28:20). Therefore, we must love one another by laying down our lives for each other.
    2. The Book of Acts records the 30 years from the beginning of the church on the day of Pentecost to Paul's arrival in Rome — signaling that the gospel has gone to the known world. The church in the first century was a movement. Discuss the growth of the first century church when all Christians were striving to be fruitful — making disciples.
      1. Acts 2:41
      2. Acts 2:47
      3. Acts 4:4
      4. Acts 5:14
      5. Acts 6:1
      6. Acts 6:7
      7. Acts 8:4
      8. Acts 9:31
      9. Acts 11:21
      10. Acts 12:24
      11. Acts 13:49
      12. Acts 14:1
      13. Acts 14:21
      14. Acts 16:5
      15. Acts 17:4
      16. Acts 28:22
      17. Acts 17:6 (RSV): "These men who have turned the world upside-down have come here also..."
      18. Colossians 1:6, 23: Paul wrote Colossians in 62A.D., while detained in his rented home (Acts 28:30). These Scriptures attest that the known world was evangelized by 62 AD — in Paul's generation! Therefore, Jesus' vision of Matthew 28 became a reality — "the evangelization of the nations in a generation!"
  3. Discuss and pray for:
    1. World Evangelism
    2. Missions Teams
    3. Your Kingdom dreams... How can you use your talents for God?