VISION 2030 SERMON 3 - WHY WE ARE SENT: From Learners to Those Sent to Bring Heaven to Earth
Feb 8, 2026 • Senior Pastor Ryan Perry
Pastor Ryan Perry
18 January 2026
Good Hope Baptist Church
SERMON THESIS
From the beginning, God’s purpose has been to dwell with humanity and extend His rule on earth as it is in heaven. Jesus forms disciples by correcting their understanding of reality and training them to live under God’s reign.
Through the power of the Holy Spirit, those disciples are then sent not to escape the world, but to carry God’s life, truth, and rule into it. Evangelism is participation in God’s work of bringing heaven to earth.
Many people assume the goal of faith is to get people out of earth and into heaven, but Scripture tells a very different story.