Planting Churches among the City's Poor - Volume 1

P ART II: T HEOLOGICAL AND M ISSIOLOGICAL P RINCIPLES AND I NSIGHTS • 157

2. The testimony of John the Baptist, Matt. 3.1-3

3. The Kingdom has come in the person of Jesus of Nazareth, Mark 1.14-15; Luke 10.9-11; 10.11; 17.20-21

a. Revealed in his person, John 1.18

b. Exhibited in his works, John 5.36; 3.2; 9.30-33; 10.37-38; Acts 2.22; 10.38-39

c. Interpreted in his testimony, Matt. 5-7

4. The Secret of the Kingdom revealed, Mark 1.14-15

a. The Kingdom is already present, Matt. 12.25-29

b. The Kingdom is not yet consummated, Matt. 25.31-46

5. The Passion and Death of the Crucified King, Matt. 26.36-46; Mark 14.32-42; Luke 22.39-46; John 18.1ff.

a. To destroy the devil’s work: Christus Victor , 1 John 3.8; Gen. 3.15; Col. 2.15; Rom. 16.20; Heb. 2.14-15

b. To make atonement for sin: Christus Victum , 1 John 2.1-2; Rom. 5.8-9; 1 John 4.9-10; 1 John 3.16

c. To reveal the Father’s heart of love and mercy, John 3.16; Titus 2.11-15

6. Christus Victor : The Resurrection of the Glorious Lord of life, Matt. 28.1-15; Mark 16.1-11; Luke 24.1-12

F. The Last Times (The Descent and Age of the Holy Spirit)

1. The arrabon of God: The Spirit as Pledge and Sign of the Kingdom’s presence, Eph. 1.13-14; 4.30; Acts 2.1-47

2. “This is that which was spoken by the prophet”: Peter, Pentecost, and the Presence of the Future

a. The Church as foretaste and agent of the Kingdom of God, Phil. 2.14-16; 2 Cor. 5.20