Ministries of Mercy – Chapter 7: Word and Deed: A Balanced Testimony

MERCY MINISTRY MOMENT

• Hannah More Shelter - Flip Flop Ministry
  • Collect the flip flops from the bin in the administrative wing closet
  • Staple the poem (Footprints in the Sand) on the tag
  • Deliver them to the shelter

BALANCE

• Which did Jesus emphasize in his ministry?

  • Word

    • Mark 5:35-43

    • Matthew Henry
      Believe the resurrection, then fear not. He raised the dead child to life by a word of power. Such is the gospel call to those who are by nature dead in trespasses and sins. It is by the word of Christ that spiritual life is given.

  • Deed

    • John 9:1-7,35-41

    • Son of Man

      Daniel 7:13-14 ESV "I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. 14 And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

• Kingdom Come

  • Keller
    Ridderbos, "It may be said that the concept of 'poor' is determined both socially [materialize/deed] and in a religious-ethical sense [spiritually/word]." The kingdom means bringing the kingship of Christ in both word and deed to broken lives. We have seen that poverty, sickness, injustice, emotional problems, and social problems are all the fruit of sin. We must minister to the whole person. We must reconcile people to God...We proclaim the gospel of the kingdom through word and deed.

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