Wonderfully Bothersome
Theme of the week: What's a "Missional Christian"?
Sunday, February 17, 2013
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Who Said It … Don Everts
Don Everts is Minister of Outreach at Bonhomme Presbyterian Church in Chesterfield, Missouri, where he spends time instilling a passion for evangelism and global justice with people who are generally skeptical Christians. He previously served as an area director for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Boulder, Colorado. Don is the author of Jesus with Dirty Feet, The Smell of Sin, the One Guy's Head series, and Go and Do.
What he Said … Wonderfully Bothersome
There is something incessantly, wonderfully bothersome about Jesus.
After a couple of decades of following him, I'd say this is perhaps what I love most about him. He's not content being my Savior, but also insists on being my Lord. He's not content with me knowing the right answers about the faith; he wants me to actually live by faith. He's not content with the ways I have been marked by God's work in this world (forgiven, healed, clothed, embraced); he seems equally interested in me getting caught up and involved in God's work in this world (as a witness, a neighbor, an agent of his kingdom).
Jesus has always been wonderfully bothersome in this way. Once a lawyer stood up to test him. This erudite man of words asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"—not because he wanted to know the answer, but because the question was a handy rhetorical tool. Jesus responded with the parable of the Good Samaritan, a timeless story that paints a radical picture of mercy, hospitality, and love. [continued 2/18]
Key Study Passage: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
Adapted from Go and Do (IVP, 2012) by permission. All rights reserved by the copyright holder and/or the publisher. May not be reproduced.
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Lord, teach me what it means to be a missional Christian; help me to do my part to obey your call to go and make disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:19-20).
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