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Speaker: Rev. Daniel Yaw 
Scripture: Luke 24:44-49

Introduction
- What is the focus of the church’s mission?
- What is the great commission’s emphasis in Luke’s gospel? 

【Luke 24:44-49】
44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
47 and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 You are witnesses of these things.
49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

A. THE MESSAGE
- The message is clearly spelt out for us: 1. That Christ must suffer
2. That Christ has been raised from the dead
3. That we must repent
4. That we can have forgiveness in Christ

· Christ’s death and resurrection
Both these accounts must be certain – without a shadow of doubt

· Repentance and Forgiveness
Repentance is our part, granted to us by a gracious gift of God
Forgiveness is God's part

- Both are equally important.  What happens when we over-emphasized one over the other?  

B. THE MESSENGER - We are witnesses (of knowing the truth of the message)
- You are partakers  (we taste it and we know it)

C. THE MOTIVATOR - The Promise of the Holy Spirit
- The Power of the Holy Spirit

CONCLUSION
- As we come to this second part of the year, let us move from consecration for the Lord to being commissioned to the world.
- Let us begin to pray, then to preach as we are partakers of his grace.