Generosity: A Christian Worldview

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God is the first, the center and the end of missions, without God, there are no missions, without missions, there is no church, and without the church, there is no transformation. God’s mission is the heartbeat of all existing reality in the creation and to all human history, which causes a distinguishing and profound missional worldview that is God-centred. Van Gelder (2008:63) states that generosity is a vital expression of the love of the believers for another since it provides the basis for our life together. He continued …show more content…

God in Scripture, is seen demonstrating His power through Jesus about the kingdom and the Holy Spirit confirming the words spoken by Jesus to disciples, the manifestation of God’s kingdom, according to Goheen (2011:78,79) is a matter of God’s power in Jesus and by the Spirit to overturn the reign of evil in the entire world. Van Gelder (2008:167) state that the missional church embodies a God-centered understanding of mission: mission is first of all the Missio Dei …he further, adding that the missions of the church –missiones ecclesiae- are directly related to and dependent on the mission of …show more content…

There are seven passages in the New Testament that describes the church according to Apostle Paul, and they are Ephesians 1:22-23; 11-22; 3:3-9; Colossians 1:24-27; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13; Galatians 3:26-28; Romans 16:25-27. The body of Christ is about all those who acknowledge the Lordship of Jesus Christ. This is found in the following scriptures: Romans 10:9 (“That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead…”),1 Corinthians 12:27 (Now you are Christ‘s body, and individually members); Colossians 1:24 (Now I rejoice with you in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church; Ephesians 5:30 (…because we are members of His body.) Those who belong to this community called church must recognize those who are of the same faith being parts of the same body of Christ and never to undermine criticize or prejudice

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