4. The Call to Bless Nations
GOSPEL
Acts 1:8 You shall receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes on
you, and you will be my witnesses
to Jerusalem and to Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the
earth.
5. The Call to Bless Nations
GOSPEL
John 3:16 For God so loved the
world that he gave his only Son
that whoever believes in him
should not perish but have eternal
life.
6. The Call to Bless Nations
Satan’s Sway
1 John 5:19 We know that we are
children of God, and that the
whole world is under control of the
evil one.
7. The Call to Bless Nations
Satan’s Sway
Ephesians 2:2 …in which you used
to live when you followed the
ways of this world and of the ruler
of the kingdom of the air, the spirit
who is now at work in those who
are disobedient.
8. The Call to Bless Nations
Satan’s Sway
Ephesians 2:3 All of us also lived
among them at one time,
gratifying the cravings of our sinful
nature and following its desires
and thoughts. Like the rest, we
were by nature objects of wrath.
9. The Call to Bless Nations
Satan’s Sway
2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the secret
power of lawlessness is already at
work; but the one who now holds
it back will continue to do so till he
is taken out of the way.
10. The Call to Bless Nations
God’s Rescue
Genesis 1:31 God saw all that he
had made, and it was very good.
11. The Call to Bless Nations
God’s Rescue
Genesis 12:2 “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.”
12. The Call to Bless Nations
God’s Rescue
Genesis 12:3 “I will bless those who
bless you, and whoever curses
you I will curse; and all peoples
on earth will be blessed through
you.”
13. The Call to Bless Nations
God’s Rescue
Galatians 3:7 Understand then, that
those who believe are children of
Abraham.
14. The Call to Bless Nations
God’s Rescue
Galatians 3:8 the Scripture foresaw
that God would justify the Gentiles
by faith, and announced the
gospel in advance to Abraham:
“All nations will be blessed
through you.”
15. The Call to Bless Nations
God’s Effects
Revelation 7:9 After this I looked
and there before me was a great
multitude that no one could count,
from every nation, tribe, people
and language, standing before the
throne and in front of the Lamb.
They were wearing white robes
and were holding palm branches
in their hands.
16. The Call to Bless Nations
God’s Effects
Revelation 7:10 And they cried out
in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs
to our God, who sits on the
throne, and to the Lamb.
17. The Call to Bless Nations
God’s Effects
Deut. 11:26 I am setting before you
today a blessing and a curse—
18. The Call to Bless Nations
God’s Effects
Deut. 11:27 …the blessing if you
obey the commands of the Lord
your God that I am giving you
today;
19. The Call to Bless Nations
God’s Effects
Deut. 11:28 …the curse if you
disobey the commands of the
Lord your God and turn from the
way that I command you today by
following other gods…
20. The Call to Bless Nations
God’s Effects
Acts 8:8 So there was great joy in
that city.
21. The Call to Bless Nations
God’s Effects
Colossians 1:13-14 He has rescued
us from the dominion of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom
of the Son he loves, in whom we
redemption, the forgiveness of
sin.
22. The Call to Bless Nations
God Calls You!
Matt. 28:18 All authority in heaven
and earth has been given to me.
23. The Call to Bless Nations
God Calls You!
Matt. 28:19 As you are going make
disciples of all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father,
Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching
them to obey everything I have
commanded you.
24. The Call to Bless Nations
God Calls You!
Matt. 28:20 And I am with you to the
end of the age.
