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Andreas Köstenberger and Scott Swain explore Isaiah 6:3, 66:19-21; John 1:18, 4:23, 35-38, 17:6, 11; and Revelation 22:1-5, observing that worship is both the means and end of Christian mission: to glorify God.
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The church’s mission not only flows from and through the love of the triune God; it also flows to the love of the triune God. The Father, after all, seeks worshippers (John 4:23). The Father sent the Son to make His great and holy name known to His people (1:18; 17:6). The church’s mission therefore ultimately consists in reaping a worldwide harvest of worshippers (4:35-38) gathered by the Son, through the Spirit, to serve and adore the ‘Holy Father’ (17:11; cf. Isa. 6:3; 66:19-21; Rev. 22:3-4). One day the church’s mission will be consummated in trinitarian worship (Rev. 22:1-5). This means that, even now, as the church engages in the worship of the Holy Trinity, she engages not simply in the means of her mission, but in the very end of her mission: the gloria Dei.
—Andreas J. Köstenberger and Scott R. Swain, Father, Son and Spirit: The Trinity and John’s Gospel, 163-64
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Isaiah 6:3, 66:19-21; John 1:18, 4:23, 35-38, 17:6, 11; Revelation 22:1-5
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