From Genesis 12, “I’ll make you a great nation and bless you. I’ll make you famous; you’ll be a blessing. I’ll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I’ll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you.”
This is the hinge-post of all things mission of the missional discussion. God promises to make Abram into a great nation, to bless him in order for Abram to be a blessing to ALL the families of the Earth.
Like at the tower of Babel, there is an outward sending, an outward movement and momentum. The blessing is not just for Abram and his people but for all the people of the earth. That’s right even that person you cannot stand.
Imagine hearing these words in Abram’s time. How in the world could he be a blessing to ALL the families? Today as we living in an increasingly globalized society, the world is not far from us. This missional mandate is real and radical and accessible for each and every person who calls them self a follower of Jesus.
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