The Mission of the Servant
Sermon Delivered on April 10, 2011PDF Link Outline April 10, 2011
The Mission of the Servant
Today's Speaker: Pastor Dan Housam
And now the LORD says —
he who formed me in the womb to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
and gather Israel to himself,
for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD
and my God has been my strength — he says:
"It is too small a thing for you to be my servant
to restore the tribes of Jacob
and bring back those of Israel I have kept.
I will also make you a light for the Gentiles,
that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."
Isaiah 49:5-6
Recognize _____________ Special Place
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: "Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel."
Matthew 10:5-6
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.
Matthew 23:37
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
John 1:11-12
Everyone, Go to the _____________
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
John 12:46
The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
Acts 10:45
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
John 3:19
Be a _____________ ________________
Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light.
John 12:36
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:6
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation."
Mark 16:15
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Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly:
"We had to speak the word of God to you first.
Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life,
we now turn to the Gentiles. For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
"'I have made you a light for the Gentiles,
that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
Acts 13:46-47
