"I [Jesus] must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other towns, too, because that is why I was sent." (Luke 4:43 NLT)
Jesus was a man on mission to bring the Good New of the Kingdom of God to the world. In fact, He brought Himself. He is the mission!
Carl Medearis in his book Speaking of Jesus put it so well, "Jesus didn't come to build a kingdom. He brought one with Him. He is the kingdom. He is the entry point...Wherever He went, the pained and lost people He met followed Him. Jesus' gospel was that He was the kingdom of heaven, with an easy and light yoke. He was available, and He was compassionate. And it appears that He was making house calls."
My millennial friends are probably saying, "What's a house call?" Back in the day, even before me, doctors would come right to the house of those who are sick. Now we need to go to their offices. So Jesus brings the Good News: we, the sinful, the sick, the lost, in need of a Savior, a Healer, don't need to go to God. His Kingdom, His "office", He Himself, carrying the power of healing and forgiveness, came to us!
What does this mean to you?
If you are a follower of Jesus, you follow what He is about. This is what He is about. This is why He was sent. What is then our mission? How are you about Jesus' mission? How do we introduce Jesus: Man on Mission with others?
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