These last few weeks we’ve been learning some Latin phrases as we’ve been studying these nine verses in Colossians 1:15-23. More importantly, we’ve fixed our eyes squarely on Jesus Christ. The passage is a masterful and poetic depiction of the Lord. As we wrap up the series this Sunday looking at the final verse, we’ll examine the Missio Dei, our Christ-given mission in the world, as those who know they are made in the Imago Dei (the image of God) and who have taken advantage of the Salus Dei (the salvation of God) having been made right with the Lord through the sacrifice of Jesus. These three emphases answer the three critical questions that every human being asks and every philosophy and religion seeks to answer. In the end, we’ll find that we are Made for More than what we often assume and settle for. Join us Sunday in person or online.

Series: Made for More

Message: 3 – Missio Dei: Made for Mission for God

Text: Colossians 1:23

Todd Dugard

Harvest Bible Chapel

October 26, 2025

Who am I? Where am I going? Why am I here? Every religion and philosophy are attempting to answer these 3 Qs.

Who am I? Imago Dei

Where am I going? Salus Dei

Why am I here? Missio Dei

Acts 17:27-28

Christ is the message of the mission of God, and so…

…I will persevere in the faith (v. 23a)

Matthew 24:13

…I will be unshaken by circumstance (v. 23b)

…I will be full of hope (v. 23c)

A Christian’s hope is the confident expectation and desire for good things in the future grounded in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

- John Piper

…I will proclaim Christ to all (v. 23d)

Mark 9:24b

The Christian mission is just one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread.

- per D. T. Niles.

What if the good life doesn’t come from having the ability to do what we want but from having the ability to do what we were made for?

- Justin Earley, The Common Rule