12月28日是CMC主题讲员Bob Sjogren给大家讲的第二篇道，主题是“Top Line/Bottom Line” . 以下是一些信息梗概！
Corrie ten Boom Story
Cornelia “Corrie” ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker and Christian who, along with her father and other family members, helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. She was imprisoned for her actions. When she was very old, she purchased a new luggage. People asked why, she said she is happy because angel told her that she still have 10 years to live. She choose the joyful way to do ministry! After silent 5 years where she was suffering some bad health, she is asking God where she should choose to go or choose to stay with 5 years’ more suffering? The Angel told her again: Stay with suffering!
Corrie Understood James 1:2-4 2Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,
whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.Because Corrie lived to radiate her father glory.
Question:
How much glory do we want to give HIM?
- Some
- A lot of
- Tremendous
- Maximum glory
This has everything to do with world evangelization.
Cat : what do people get out of it?
Dog: what does God get out of it?
Question:
what happens to your vision of God when you worship god with people from other cultures?
Principle: God reveals greater glory by allowing of diverse!
God is never any more glorious . When more diversity is united, more of Gods’ glory is revealed . This is why God said: every tongue, tribe and nation” EVERY in Rev5.
Why God didn’t give us %? Because we will stay inside our our culture.
When you and I are there with people from every tone, tribe and nation. God will not only reveal glory , He will not only reveal greater Glory, We will reveal the greatest glory from mankind. This is the true driving motivating force for world evangelization.
To reveal our fathers greatest gory he could even have from mankind as we know it!
We get a hint of all of their in Genesis 1:28. 28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
What happens to a language over centuries of time when you “ Fill the earth?”
God intended to create diversity to bring it back together in harmony to reveal his greatest Glory!
One Story
The Bible is really one story, the story about God’s plan to redeem a people from every nation. According to God’s promises in the Bible, every people group will be represented before the throne of God to worship Him throughout all eternity.
Many times however, we only teach children half of this story…
We tell them of God’s blessing. God loves them and wants to give them all good things in Christ. We call this the “top-line blessing” of the covenant, and it is important for our kids to know.
But there is also a “bottom-line responsibility” to the covenant. God wants to make us a blessing to the nations. He has entrusted us with the good news. We are the group He has blessed first, and now He wants us to bless all the other groups. With the blessing of God comes this responsibility to bless others.
The Story of the Bible! I only tell one story! Not stories! I never knew it.
Bible is 1 book: view the Bible as one introduction one story one conclusion. There is ONE story in entire bible!
- Genesis 1:1-11
- Conclusion: Rev 5
The basics:
- God creates mankind
- Mankind falls int osin
- God takes care of the sin
- Mankind begins to grown da multiple
- Everything …
He brings about a judgment the rain bow : God’s promise
Genesis9:1 “Fill the earth”
Mankind beings to grown up to multiple
Then problem in genesis 11:1 one language and a common speech
At this point, There was no “us” “them” amorality! Genesis 11:3,4
God saw three major problems:
- With Lie
- Pride was welling up inside of these people
- Disobedience ws welling p inside of these people.
God do in one moment what should have taken centuries to do .
Tower of babel!
Judgment, God starts to do Mercy! It is not just judgement!
This ends in the introductions of “the story of the Bible”.
Lisen to the beginning of the story of the Bible In the…
Abram, I want to bless you and you bless others. Genesis 12:2,3
- A top line blessings. God wants t bless us! Never are the blessings solely for us! God sees through us to others.
- Bottom line: responsibilities! Where do there blessings go?
Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
Pakistan one nation. But God Palkstan’s nations biblically which has a lot of nations!
IF the Gospel breaks out among the Pakistan! That’s reason in Genesis, say “ALL”
Because of “all” the great commission starts! The commission is not just from Jesus!
Jess never initiated the idea of reaching all nations. He reviewed it Genesis 12:2,3
Don’t miss the big picture! God whats to use people you to reach nations! God get more glory by using you than by using dreams! He wants to reveal more glory for HIM!
Top line tail/Bottom line rail
Let’s se how the top line …
The promised land: Top line! Gentiles need promised land to do business!
Ezekiel5:5 “center of the nations” is about the bottom line.
Psalm 67:1 gracious to us bless us face shine upon us. Why?? Amen! Pastor doesn’t go to 2nd
Psalm67:1-2. The 2nd verse is about the bottom line! He bless you so you can real his story through all nations
All nations fills the Old Testament!
- 1 chronicles 16:23-24
- Psalm72:11
- Jeremial 3:17
- Daniel 7:13,14
- Malachi 1:11
We don’t have time to do just to the Old Testament scriptures …
A lot of Highlights about bottom line
Did Jesus understand the abrahamic covenant to be the foundationsl starting point for the figures or …
Luke 24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
Context is very important! How may themes did Jesus have to address?
Luke 24:46-48 46He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,47and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.48You are witnesses of these things.49I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
Two things about bottom line:
A. The christ will suffer andrse from the dead on the third day.
B. Repentance and forgiveness sof sind will be preached.
TEST1:
Jesus broke the entire Scriptures into top line and bottom line!
Matter 22:36-40
TEST2:
Ten commandments: I,2,3,4: top line
5-10 bottom line
When Jesus opened there our eyes on the cripures. It is about old or new? The New Testament hand’t even ben written.
Jesus was teaching the Old Testament…The great commission was 2000 years old when Jesus. Today it si 4000 years old.
Let’s go to the conclusion! Revelation 5:9 ‘Elder and Living creatures” [EVERY]
Everything also in between is about MISSION! What God sent out to do in the beginning
Promise fulfillment How foundational and significant is the story of the Bible?
Matthew 24:14 14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Two reasons:
- He would have broken a promise to Abraham and be called a lie for all eternity
- He world will allow it happen
Most Christians are focus only on the top line!
The bottom line test!
- Psalm 46:10 Be still and know the I am God”. I will be exalted amongst nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
- Yearbook Meology! Most christians only read half the scriptures!
- Daniel and the lion’s Den: what’s the lesson we learn in the Sunday school? God bless you— top line—incomplete! The bottom line to dance and the lion’s Den? Daniel6:25,26a
“Worship the God of Daniel! He is amazing” #twitter..
Internationls are going to be so impressed
Get involved with International living around you and let them see your life! — bottom line!
Who should be taught the bottom line?
Start to get know the bottom line! Discover his priority for your church and children. He will bring us back to ehamony! Before Jesus comes back, we still have job to do.