The Evangel Dean School - Developing Wisdom

36 • T he E vangel D ean S chool : D eveloping W isdom , C onviction , and P erspective in C hurch P lant T eams

4. Unconditional availability to the Father’s purpose, Phil. 2.5-8 – Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, [6] who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, [7] but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. [8] And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 5. God’s abundant reward for completing the mission, Phil. 2.9-11 – Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, [10] so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, [11] and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

II. The Power of Representation

A. The Practice of representation: The Representation Cycle

1. The Commissioning : formal selection and call (e.g., Christ’s call of Saul of Tarsus, Acts 9.10-17)

2. The Equipping : appropriate training and investment (e.g., the equipping of the disciples, Matt. 4.18-22)

3. The Entrustment : endowed with the authority and power to act on behalf of the movement (e.g., the Great Commission, Matt. 28.18-20)

4. The Mission : faithful execution of the task (e.g., the ministry of the apostles, Acts 20.24)

5. The Reckoning : assessment and evaluation of the results attained (e.g., the bema seat of Christ, 1 Cor. 3.11-15)

6. The Reward : recognition and reward based on the faithful service and results attained (e.g., the crown of righteousness, 2 Tim. 4.6-8)