142: The Gospel at the Heart of Missions (with David Platt)

Pastor and author David Platt joins us for this Good Friday episode, where we focus on the Gospel and its centrality to missions. What makes the Gospel the good news, and how can we be part of sharing it with others? Listen in for an inspiring story about Gospel impact on a community and be challenged to take up our cross and follow Jesus. 

• “We are made for life in relationship with God.”
• “He rose from the grave, conquering sin and death, so that anybody anywhere in any nation, no matter who you are and what you’ve done, if you will repent and believe, turn from your sin and yourself, put your trust in Jesus as your Savior and Lord, then God will forgive you of all your sin and restore to relationship with Him forever. That is the greatest news in the world.”
• “The beauty of the Gospel is that it’s not based on what we do; it’s based on believing, trusting in who Jesus is and what Jesus has done for us.”
• “Gospel flows directly into mission: When you believe this Good News, you want to spread this Good News.”
• “We all have a unique and significant part to play in the spread of the Gospel to all the nations.”
• “It should be totally intolerable to us as followers of Jesus that there are thousands of people groups in the world that have little to no access to this Gospel.”
• “This is actually what it means to be a follower of Jesus - not just to say a prayer or believe some truths, but to die to ourselves, pick up a cross, and to live with Him as Lord of our lives in every way.”
• “He’s called us to die to the dreams of this world in order to live for a much greater dream, a global dream, the spread of His glory to the ends of the earth.”
• Philippians 3
• “In following Jesus, it may cost you everything, but He is worth it.”
• Luke 9:23
• “If Jesus is Lord of my life and I’m living for the spread of the Gospel and His glory through my life, then what does that look like in my workplace? What does that look like in my home? What does that look like when I think about my future plans?”
• “We need followers of Jesus in every domain in the workplace, filled with the Holy Spirit of God working for the glory of God.”
• “We’re not going to over there what we’re not doing right here where we live.”
• Radical.net

What’s changing our lives:

• Keane: Writing in his books
• Heather: Spending time with my nephews
• David: Communicating with his 2-year-old daughter

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