the vocabulary of “sending” in the gospel of john
- Filed under: Bible, Gospel, Jesus, John, missio Dei, missional, New Testament, sent
- Date: Feb 3,2010
The reason it is important to recognize such language (“sending”) in Scripture is not only because it speaks to the missionary nature of the Triune God, but it also connects – particularly in the New Testament – God’s mission to ours. This is never more true than in the Gospel of John.
He goes on to say:
The primary focus of the Fourth Gospel is the mission of Jesus…therefore it is not surprising that John’s gospel is laden with the vocabulary of sending – the term and its derivatives appear almost sixty times.
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