Micah foresaw a day when many nations desire to come to Zion to learn God’s ways ( Mic. Isaiah sees Israel becoming “a light for the nations,” so that “salvation may reach to the end of the earth” ( Isa. Psalm 22:27 looks forward to the day when all the nations turn to God and worship before him.
David urged, “Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!” ( 1 Chron.
God told Israel in the wilderness that its obedience to God’s laws would be a testimony to the nations of God’s greatness ( Deut. When God first called Abraham, however, God told him that through his descendants “all the families of the earth shall be blessed” ( Gen. In the Old Testament, God sent deliverers such as judges, kings, prophets, and priests specifically to the people of Israel. Though God sometimes intervenes directly, his usual method of working in the world is to use people he has chosen to carry out his will. The word comes from the Latin verb mitto (noun missio), which parallels the Greek word apostellō, meaning “to send.” It refers to God sending people to announce his work of judgment and redemption on earth. Mission is at the heart of the message of the Bible, though the actual word “mission” occurs sparingly in English Bibles. We will therefore consider mission first, then evangelism. Mission and evangelism are closely related mission is generally the broader term, within which evangelism is included. The gospel of Jesus Christ, by its very nature, refuses to be bottled up. “Mission” and “evangelism” express the outward impulse of Christianity. Mission and Evangelism Ajith Fernando | Sri Lanka
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