“A Mission-Minded Motivation (2 Cor. 5:11-21)” Dr. Tim Carns October 9, 2022 Sunday Service
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“A Mission-Minded Motivation (2 Cor. 5:11-21)” Dr. Tim Carns October 9, 2022 Sunday Service
The missions movement began all the way back right after Pentecost. And it may surprise you to learn that it did not begin with a church committee decision or a missions conference or someone who suddenly felt inspired to leave Jerusalem for foreign lands. What actually launched the mission’s movement in the early church was an execution—an execution of a man named Stephen. After he was stoned to death, Luke writes in Acts 8:1
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“Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria … [and] those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.”
We see a reference to Saul here. But more importantly, notice Stephen’s death did not bring about the intended result by those who caused it. For you see, while it did scatter believers from Jerusalem, it did not stop them from proclaiming the gospel to the places they were scattered to.
So we could say the missions movement really came about by way of persecution. It started from difficulty and suffering—even the death of a believer.
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