{"id":2334,"date":"2007-07-06T01:10:57","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T01:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/07\/missional-jesus-15.html"},"modified":"2007-07-06T01:10:57","modified_gmt":"2007-07-06T01:10:57","slug":"missional-jesus-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/07\/missional-jesus-15.html","title":{"rendered":"Missional Jesus 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now we look a second time at the missional discourse of Jesus, the singularly most important text in the Gospels that clarify how Jesus understood missional activity. We&#8217;ll look at Matthew 10:5-8. <!--more|inline--><br \/>\n1. Missional Jesus has a targeted audience &#8212; I&#8217;m not quite sure how to say this in other way that old-fashioned church growth terms: he wants his extenders to extend the kingdom to the &#8220;lost sheep&#8221; of the house of Israe. Who are these? They are Jews; they are either those in need of mercy (9:32-34) or the heretofore neglected lost tribes of Israel hanging out in northern Galilee and beyond. In other words, instead of being &#8220;just a Jewish mission&#8221; this must be seen as at least cracking holes in the boundary walls between Jews and other groups.<br \/>\n2. Missioners of the missional Jesus have one message: God&#8217;s kingdom. So, this is the heart of the missional movement: What does kingdom of God mean? I have defined it in my writings as the society in which God&#8217;s will &#8212; the Jesus Creed &#8212; is both established and transforms all of life. It is more than a religious experience (old-fashioned liberalism and, oddly enough, far too many in the evangelical camp who see it as justification) and more than cultural transformation.<br \/>\n3. Missioners <em>do what Jesus did and extend what Jesus did and say what Jesus said<\/em>. This the point of the list of things they are to do: compare that list with Matthew 8 and 9 and you draw this conclusion: they are to &#8220;be&#8221; Jesus in a new place in order to extend Jesus and his kingdom into new places.<br \/>\n4. We&#8217;ll look Monday at the last expression, for it sinks the mercenary motive.<br \/>\n<em>These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: \u201cDo not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim this message: \u2018The kingdom of heaven has come near.\u2019 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,a drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now we look a second time at the missional discourse of Jesus, the singularly most important text in the Gospels that clarify how Jesus understood missional activity. 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