The Church's Mission

35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

- John 4:35-38

Missing the Moment

35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.

- John 4:35

Seeing the Mission

35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

- John 4:35-36

Joining the Work

37 For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

- John 4:37-38

Ordinary Moments = Eternal Impact

God’s mission doesn’t interrupt your life.

Ordinary life is where mission unfolds.

Don’t miss the moment.

The Spirit's Power

“So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”

- John 20:21-22 NKJV

“And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.”

- Genesis 45:5 NIV

1. With His Pleasure

“When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

- Luke 3:21-22 NKJV

“having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,”

- Ephesians 1:5 NKJV

“God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. “He has not observed iniquity in Jacob, Nor has He seen wickedness in Israel.”

- Numbers 23: 19-21 NKJV

“But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,” then He adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

- Hebrews 10:15-17 NKJV

“For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.”

- Hebrews 10:14 NKJV

2. With His Purpose

“Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.”

- Luke 4:14-15 NKJV

“Now when it was day, He departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowd sought Him and came to Him, and tried to keep Him from leaving them; but He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.”

- Luke 4:42b-43 NKJV

3. With His People

“and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.” So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him.”

- Luke 5: 10-11 NKJV

4. With His Presence

“And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”

- John 8:29 NKJV

“And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—”

- John 14:16 NKJV

The Son’s Sacrifice

27 “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

- John 12:27

Jesus Didn’t Avoid the Cross, He Embraced It

27 “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify Your name.”

- John 12:27-28a

8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

- Philippians 2:8

The Cross Didn’t Excuse Sin, It Defeated It

Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.

- John 12:31

What Looked Like Defeat, Became the Greatest Invitation

32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.” 33 This He said, signifying by what death He would die.

- John 12:32-33

The Cross Doesn’t Just Save Us, It Sends Us

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

- John 12:24

…and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

- 2 Corinthians 5:15

The Father's Great Love

' “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.'

- John 3:16

The world’s great darkness

'Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

- John 3:1-2

'And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. '

- John 3:19

The great depth of God’s Love

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son…'

- John 3:16a

God’s great determination

“...He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him...'

- John 3:16b

The great destiny of those who believe

“...should not perish but have eternal life...'

- John 3:16c

'And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. '

- John 17:3

' “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.'

- John 3:16

Jesus entered the world’s great darkness because of the great depth of God’s love. That love fueled God’s great determination. God’s loving determination Inspires us to invite the world into a great destiny.