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The Great Commission
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The Great Commission
Matthew 28:16–20
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More than 2,000 people attended the March 21, 1992, thanksgiving service of the newly-built Shuizhai Christian Church in Wuhua, China, a hilly county about eight hours by bus from Guangzhou city, Asia Lutheran Press Service reported. A 21-member delegation from Hong Kong’s Tsung … More
This final passage is often referred to as “The Great Commission", although it is really no greater than the other Gospels (vv. 18-20). However Jesus did make an astounding and comprehensive claim. He said that “all authority had been given to Him in heaven and on earth.” He was instructing His disciples to go on the basis of that authority. Their area of service was to include all nations and not just Israel. They were to make disciples of their converts so that they might be able to teach others (Mark 3:13). Those who believed were to be baptized. The final words of the Lord recorded in Matthew were a promise that He would be with them always until the very end of the age. Although He did not remain physically, His spiritual presence was with them as it is with us today.
Application
What do I see as my responsibility in fulfilling the Great Commission? Many Church members would rather be cheer leaders than to fulfill the great commission of disciplining others. I need to be looking for ways I can reach the lost and build up the saved.
Matthew 28:16-20 (English Standard Version)
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
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