COMPELLED by the LOVE of CHRIST to LIVE on MISSION with God

2 Corinthians 5:14-15; Selected Scriptures By Mark A. Slone, Th.M. July 24, 2021 Missio Dei – the mission of God or the sending of God. Revelation 7:9-10 (ESV) – 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” Mission: any activity that the church, the Body of Christ, engages in, through the love of Christ, for the purpose of making Christ known to every people, every where, that they might worship Him, forever. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 (NIV) – 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. I. “Christ’s love FOR YOU compels you to live on mission with God.” (vs. 14) 1 John 4:16 (NIV) – . . . God is love. John 3:16 (ESV) – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Romans 5:6-8 (ESV) – 6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Ephesians 3:16-19 (ESV) – 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith— that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. II. “Christ’s love FOR ALL PEOPLE compels you to live on mission with God.” 2 Corinthians 5:14 (NIV) – 14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 1 Timothy 2:4 (ESV) – everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. Romans 5:12, 15, 18 (ESV) – 12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—. . . . 15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. . . . 18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. John 1:29 (ESV)- Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”. John 3:17 (ESV) – For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. III. “Christ’s love AT WORK IN you can CHANGE you so you can live on mission with God. 2 Corinthians 5:15 (ESV) – and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. Luke 9:23 (ESV) – And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Galatians 5:16 (ESV) – But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:22-23 () – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, faithfu...