Mission
2 Corinthians 5.11-6.10
- Commit to the Mission
- Join the Church
- Know Your Enemy
An Apostolic Faith Should Generate An Apostolic Mentality
- Clement of Rome (Knew Peter and Paul)
- Ignatius of Antioch (Knew John)
- Polycarp of Smyrna (Knew John)
(Polycarp may be the “angel” of Smyrna in Revelation 2)
- When IN Afflictions, Hardships, Calamities, Imprisonments, Riots, Labors, Sleepless Nights, Hunger (6.4-5)
- Cope BY Purity, Knowledge, Patience, Kindness, The Holy Spirit, Genuine Love, Truthful Speech, The Power of God (6-7a)
- Respond WITH Weapons of Righteousness Right & Left (Meek & Gentle) (7b)
- THROUGH Honor, Dishonor, Slander, Praise (8a)
- SOMETIMES, in the grammar of life, it is all about the pre-position