​It Truly Is For The Whole World - Matthew 28:18-20, Genesis 12:3, Acts 17:26, Revelation 7:9

Contemporary Service

Opening Worship - Middle Of A Miracle

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Welcome

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Worship - This Is Our God

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                Time And Time Again

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                Raise A Hallelujah

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Table Prayer

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Teaching - It Truly Is For The Whole World - Matthew 28:18-20, Genesis 12:3, Acts 17:26, Revelation 7:9

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Closing Song - Goodness Of God

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Traditional Service

Call To Worship - Choir - In the Name Of The Lord - 299

 

Blessing Of Tithes And Offerings, Doxology

 

Hymn - Seek Ye first - 713

 

Welcome And Announcements - Debbie Sandridge - Worship Leader

 

Joys And Concerns

 

Hymn - Only trust Him - 480

 

Special - Middle Of A Miracle - Debbie Schultz And friends

 

Sermon - It Truly Is For The Whole World - Matthew 28:18-20, Genesis 12:3, Acts 17:26, Revelation 7:9

 

Closing Hymn - Our God Reigns - 372

 

Benediction

Sermon Outline

It Truly Is for the Whole World

 

Matthew 28:18-20, Genesis 12:3, Acts 17:26, Revelation 7:9

 

I. He’s Got the Whole World

a. We tend to think of truth the way we think of home: Ours.

b. And there's a real temptation to treat the truth of the gospel as something that belongs to us.

c. Truth refuses to stay local.

d. Truth has always had the whole world in view.

 

II. The Blessing Was Global From the Beginning

a. We do a disservice when we think of the gospel as an American gospel.

b. The gospel begins with a blessing we find in Genesis 12:3

c. The global scope of God's plan isn't a New Testament innovation.

d. The Great Commission was not God's Plan B.

 

III. A Truth That Stays Local Isn't Actually True

a. Acts 17:26 - Paul in Athens

b. Every corner had its own deity.

c. Every tribe, every city-state, every household had its own patron god.

d. Paul: There is one God, and He made every nation from one man.

e. Real truth doesn’t need a passport.

f. Truth, if it's actually true, doesn't change at the border.

g. If the gospel is only true for people who grew up the way we grew up, worship the way we worship, vote the way we vote — it isn't truth.

h. If it’s not portable, it’s not the gospel.

 

IV. If It's for the Whole World, It's for People Who Don't Look Like Us

a. Revelation 7:9 - This is where the story ends.

c. Not a crowd of people who all sound like each other...

d. A multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language...

e. That’s not a diversity statement.

f. That’s the actual shape of the truth we claim to believe.

g. Who is the "whole world" that feels theoretical to you?

h. If it truly is for the whole world, it's for them too. Not eventually.

i. Abraham was told all peoples on earth would be blessed through him.

j. Paul told Athens there was one God over every nation.

k. John saw every tribe and tongue gathered before the throne.

l. Three different voices, three different centuries, one consistent claim.

o. This was never local.

p. This was never just for us.

q. It truly is for the whole world.

r. Where has the gospel felt small to you lately?