centripetal & centrifugal missions
from lesson #1-
1. missions has biblical basis
2. strategy that god use : through his people
3. motive of missions : to give a chance to every man to accept/refuse salvation
from the beginning in the old testament, abraham was chosen and god made a nation through him - israel - is to be as a "lighthouse" to all. all nations would come into israel - centripetal mission - israelites went out and other nations were "drawn in".
although israel failed in their mission, god is sovereign and re-instituted a new mission.
in the new testament, the great commission is "to go" - centrifugal mission - moving outward from a center - a progressive revelation from god for world missions which is happening now.
two strategies of missions : centripetal & centrifugal
summary :-
1. we must guard against the same mistake that the israelites made
2. cross-cultural evangelism is needed to reach the whole world
3. jesus is an example we have as the greatest cross-cultural missionary - he went out from the father to the people.
