The Great Commission
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The Great Commission
The Great Commission
Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things.
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The Great Commission
44 Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” 45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And you are witnesses of these things.
We have here the Great Commission or Mission of the church.
The special task of the church.
Especially in these days before Jesus returns.
To be witnesses of these things.
These verses remind us of
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
In Businesses today we see many mission statements
Amazon "Our vision is to be earth's most customer-centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online."
Apple, does not really have one, often quoted as saying “To make the best products”
What is our mission statement?
What is our mission statement?
To be witnesses to Jesus.
We have many fellow labourers in that
What The Lord alone can do
What The Lord alone can do
But there is a part the the Lord alone can do.
What we as a church can do, and what God alone must do.
Earlier we read, “And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.”.
That is the part that the Lord alone can do.
Tp prepare Hearts for the truth and open the minds to then understand that truth.
We all need that in us
And in Mission, we work in partnership with the Lord in the Mission.
My prayer for every person here and for all the work we do as part of our mission in 2019 is that “Jesus will open their and our understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures”.
Because the scriptures testify to Christ. That is revival.