So Send I You

I was thinking a while ago about a verse in the Bible:

"As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you." (John 20:21, KJV). Jesus was speaking to his disciples after his resurrection when he said this. The idea was also stated in his prayer, in John 17: "As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world." (John 17:18) I think it applies equally to all of us; it means that we have been sent into the world, by Jesus, with the same mission given to him by his Father—God. What kind of mission was that?

"God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him" (John 3:17, NRSV). Likewise, we are not hear to condemn anything or anyone; we are here to save the world. A Course in Miracles agrees:

Those who would let illusions be lifted from their minds are this world's saviors, walking the world with their Redeemer, and carrying His message of hope and freedom and release from suffering to everyone who needs a miracle to save him. (T-22.IV.6:5)

Choose once again if you would take your place among the saviors of the world, or would remain in hell, and hold your brothers there.
(T-31.VIII.1:5)

The full acceptance of salvation as your only function necessarily entails two phases; the recognition of salvation as your function, and the relinquishment of all the other goals you have invented for yourself.

This is the only way in which you can take your rightful place among the saviors of the world. (W-pI.65.1:5-2:1)

Each of us is the light of the world, and by joining our minds in this light we proclaim the Kingdom of God together and as one. (T-6.II.13:5)

I am the light of the world. That is my only function. That is why I am here. (W-pI.61.5:3-5)

Love created me like itself. Today's idea is a complete and accurate statement of what you are. This is why you are the light of the world. This is why God appointed you as the world's savior. This is why the Son of God looks to you for his salvation. (W-pI.67.11:1-1:4)

We are the bringers of salvation. We accept our part as saviors of the world, which through our joint forgiveness is redeemed. (W-pII.14.3:1-2)

As I thought about being sent like Jesus, to save the world, other verses from the Bible came to mind, in which Jesus speaks about his mission. If these are true of him they are also true of us. For now, I'm just going to list a bunch of these quotes from the gospels. Check back later, because I expect to add some remarks after several of the Bible verses.

I have come not to call the righteous, but sinners. (Matthew 9:13)

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. (John 3:16, NRSV)

I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. (John 6:38)

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. (John 6:51)

I have not come on my own. (John 7:28)

I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness. (John 12:46)

I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. (John 10:8)

I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10)

Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:18-19)

I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. (Luke 4:43)

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. (John 4:34)

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. (John 9:4)

And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. (John 12:45)

For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. (John 12:49)