You
may have noticed that the title for this months Shout is Missio Dei, which as our editor Adrian explained with the use of Wikipedia,
is a Latin Christian theological term meaning ’Mission of God’ or ’Sending of
God.’ (Wikipedia being reasonable accurate for once!)
In his book The Mission
of God (a brilliant yet not easy read I assure you) Christopher Wright
elucidates in mind-boggling detail what the Mission of God is all about. The
fact that the Bible, the whole Bible, not only provides a basis for mission,
but that the entire Bible is generate
by, and is all about God’s mission.
In order to understand the Bible, we need an interpretative perspective
that is in tune with this theme. We need to see the ‘big picture’ of God’s
mission and how all part of Scripture fit into its grand narrative.
God’s mission is to redeem his whole creation from all that
sin and evil have inflicted upon it, and the mission of God’s people must
reflect the breadth and of God’s righteous and saving love for all he has made.
My question to you is this: what is part do you play in God’s
mission?
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