Sermon by Rev Au Yong Mun Heng shared on 28 Apr 2013 @ SSMC

1. The Big Picture

2. The Big Picture

3. The Big Picture

4. What Is The Main Story of the Bible?
I. Creation and The Fall
II. Noah and The Flood
III. The Tower of Babel…..Gen 11:4
• Redemptive Prophecy…..Gen 3:15
• Redemptive Typology…..The Ark
• Redemptive Plan…..Gen 12:2-3
Missions is the Story
of the Bible

5. “Top Line” of the Covenant: Blessings
“Bottom Line” of the Covenant:Responsibilities
v.2 “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you ; I will
make your name great and you will be a blessing………….. and
v.3 all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
I. The Call of Abraham
Gen 12:2-3
• I will bless you
2-Fold Challenge: • A “Peoples” Challenge
• A Geographical Challenge
……….The Abrahamic Covenant
• all peoples on earth will be blessed through you

6. • Gen 22:15-18
• Gen 26:4
• Gen 28:14
……….To Abraham
……….To Isaac
……….To Jacob
Top Line : Blessings
Bottom Line : Responsibilities
• Abundance
• Prosperity
• Big Family
• Great Nation
• Stars in the Sky
• Dust of the Earth
The God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac, & the God of Jacob.
• Salvation

7. Top Line :
Bottom Line :
Blessings……Hallelujah!
• Protection from Plagues
• Deliverance from slavery in Egypt
Responsibilities!
We are not merely saved from sin & hell,
but we are saved for His purposes!
• To be “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation”….Exo19:6
A missionary people set apart to the nations of the world
II. Moses and the Deliverance of Israel
…..God was going globalTHE EXODUS
Exo 9:13-16
v.14 “…..so that you may know that
there is no one like me in all the earth!”
v.16 …..But I have raised you up for this very purpose,
that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”

8. III. Daniel in the Lions’ Den
Daniel 6
Top Line :
Bottom Line :
Blessings!
Responsibilities!
• God’s Protection
• God’s Deliverance
Dan 6:26-27 “I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom
people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. “For He is the
living God and He endures forever; His kingdom will not be
destroyed, His dominion will never end. He rescues and He saves;
He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth.
He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
• To live a life of faithfulness, honesty & integrity with
total dependence on God and His Word.

9. Did Jesus understand the significance
of the Abrahamic Covenant?
“…all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
all nations the world discipled go ye
What We Need To Know
BC End of the AgeNT
Matt 8:11 I say to you that many
will come from the east and
west, (and north and south…
Luke 13:29) and will take their
places at the feast with
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in
the kingdom of heaven.

10. u
The
Great
Commission
Same Culture
Saving the Unsaved
Cross Culture
Reaching the
Unreached

11. The Great Imbalance
REACHED
PEOPLES
74% 26%
9,100
Groups
6,900
Groups
PROTESTANT
MISSIONARIES
PEOPLE
GROUPS
Regular Mission Frontier Mission
LEAST REACHED
PEOPLES

12. What’s Our More Strategic Task?
Matt 24:14 “The gospel of the kingdom will be preached
in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then
the end will come.”
Reaching the Least Reached People Groups (LRPGs)
6,900 People Groups – Still No Access
to the Gospel ……................... 2.5 billion
2. Frontier Missions is the crucial Priority
1. Frontier Missions is vital and strategic to bring
Closure to the Great Commission
3. Frontier Missions brings maximum glory to God

13. Big Picture

14. Conclusion
WHY?
A Passion to See God Glorified and
Worshipped Among the Nations!
Top Line : BLESSINGS
Bottom Line : RESPONSIBILITIES