2. Part 4:Door for the Nations

3. INTRO
Revelation 3:8
I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an
open door which no one can shut, because you have a
little power, and have kept My word, and have not
denied My name

4. 3 DOORS
1. Door of HOPE
2. Door for the GOSPEL
3. Door to the Nations

5. GOD’S DOOR:
1. Great and effective – multiplied and multiple
2. Challenges ahead
3. Lead others through it

6. Door for the nations
Acts 14:27 And when they arrived and
gathered the church together, they declared
all that God had done with them, and how he
had opened a door of faith to the nations.

7. God’s purpose since the beginning
Habakkuk 2:14 For as
the waters fill the sea,
the earth will be filled
with an awareness of
the glory of the LORD.

8. God’s purpose since the beginning
Genesis 1:28 Be fruitful and multiply and fill the
earth and subdue it
Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his
sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply
and fill the earth.

9. God’s purpose since the beginning
Genesis 11:4 Then they said, “Come, let us build
ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the
heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves,
lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole
earth.”

10. God’s purpose since the beginning
Genesis 11:4 Then they said, “Come, let us build
ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the
heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves,
lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole
earth.”
Genesis 11:8 So the Lord dispersed them from
there over the face of all the earth, and they left
off building the city.

11. The Disciples
Matthew 28:18-19 “All authority in heaven and on
earth has been given to me. Go therefore
and make disciples of all nations,

12. The Disciples
Peter: Crucified upside down in Rome.
Matthew: Preached the gospel Persian, Parthians, Medes
and historian believe he was martyred in Ethiopia.
Thomas: Went to India and is believed to be lanced either in
Persia or India.
James: Martyred in Ostrakine lower Egypt.
Jude: Martyred in Beirut.
Andrew: Hanged on an olive tree at Patrae, a town in Achaia.
Philip: Evangelized in Phrygia where hostile Jews had him
tortured and then crucified.
Simon: Crucified by a governor in Syria.
Nathaniel: Flayed and crucified in Armenia.

13. The Disciples
Peter: Crucified upside down in Rome.
Matthew: Preached the gospel Persian, Parthians, Medes
and historian believe he was martyred in Ethiopia.
Thomas: Went to India and is believed to be lanced either in
Persia or India.
James: Martyred in Ostrakine lower Egypt.
Jude: Martyred in Beirut.
Andrew: Hanged on an olive tree at Patrae, a town in Achaia.
Philip: Evangelized in Phrygia where hostile Jews had him
tortured and then crucified.
Simon: Crucified by a governor in Syria.
Nathaniel: Flayed and crucified in Armenia.

14. The Disciples
Matthew 8:23 The disciples were amazed. “Who is
this man?” they asked. “Even the winds and waves
obey him!”
John 20:24 But Thomas replied, “I won’t believe it
unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my
fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound
in his side.”
John 20:19 That Sunday evening the disciples were
meeting behind locked doors because they were
afraid of the Jewish leaders.

15. The Disciples
Acts 10:28 Peter told them, “You know it is against
our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home
like this or to associate with you. But God has shown
me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure
or unclean.

16. The Disciples
Acts 10:28 Peter told them, “You know it is against
our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home
like this or to associate with you. But God has shown
me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure
or unclean.
Acts 11:1-3 Soon the news reached the apostles and
other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had
received the word of God. But when Peter arrived
back in Jerusalem, the Jewish believers criticized him.
“You entered the home of Gentiles and even ate with
them!” they said.

17. It’s a process.

18. It’s a process.
You don’t have to be perfect to participate in
missions, missions will perfect you.

19. It’s a process.
You don’t have to be perfect to participate in
missions, missions will perfect you.
James 1:3-4 For you know that when your faith is
tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So
let it grow, for when your endurance is fully
developed, you will be perfect and complete,
needing nothing.

20. ADVANCE!
Missions transforms nations.

21. ADVANCE!
Missions transforms nations.
Steve Murrell – 1984, with a group of 65
student missioners went to Manila for a
month.
Today, over 70,000 attend Victory
Church every week. With over 70
churches in the Philippines.

22. ADVANCE!
Missions transforms nations.
Hudson Southwell – 1928, left Australia
with Carrey Tolley and Frank Davidson
for Borneo.
Today, there are over 700 SIB/BEM
Churches in Malaysia. 75,000 members
(1993).

23. ADVANCE!
(1) Pray: Prayer for nations.

24. ADVANCE!
(1) Pray: Prayer for nations.
(2) Partner: Kairos course, financially, prayer.

25. ADVANCE!
(1) Pray: Prayer for nations.
(2) Partner: Kairos course, financially, prayer.
(3) Pack: Short term missions.

26. Revelation 7: 9 After this I saw a vast crowd, too
great to count, from every nation and tribe and
people and language, standing in front of the
throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed
in white robes and held palm branches in their
hands.

27. ADVANCE!
Romans 15:20 My ambition has always been to
preach the Good News where the name of Christ
has never been heard