Being a missional Christian is simply following the way of Jesus, who was the greatest missionary. The Bible tells us that he came from heaven to earth to die for a lost and dying world. The following scriptures reveal how the mission of God was fulfilled through Jesus Christ and how we are called to continue and complete the Missio Dei in our culture:
- Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.” (John 4:34)
- “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.” (John 5:30)
- “For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.” (John 6:38)
- “I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.” (John 7:29)
- “And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” (John 8:29)
- “We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.” (John 9:4)
- And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.” (John 12:44-45)
- “For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.” (John 12:49)
- “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.” (John 13:20)
- “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3)
- “For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.” (John 17:8)
- “As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.” (John 17:18)
- Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” (John 20:21)
