The Great Commission
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I. Jesus Has Commissioned
Us To A Divine Mandate.
(v.19a)
I. Jesus Has Commissioned
Us To A Divine Mandate.
(v.19a)
A. The mandate of The Great
Commission calls us to “Go”.
A. The mandate of The Great
Commission calls us to “Go”.
1. This verb literally means
“as you go”
1. This verb literally means
“as you go”
B. This involves not only what
we say, how we live!
B. This involves not only what
we say, how we live!
13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.
14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
II. Jesus Has
Commissioned Us
To A Divine Message.
(v.20)
II. Jesus Has
Commissioned Us
To A Divine Message.
(v.20)
The Message of the Gospel
The Message of the Gospel
A. Jesus Came to Save Sinners.
A. Jesus Came to Save Sinners.
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
B. Jesus Came into the world to
give His own life.
B. Jesus Came into the world to
give His own life.
45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
C. Jesus Came To Provide the Only way to the Father.
C. Jesus Came To Provide the Only way to the Father.
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
D. What is the Gospel?
D. What is the Gospel?
3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
III. Jesus Has
Commissioned Us To A
Divine Mission. (v.20a)
III. Jesus Has
Commissioned Us To A
Divine Mission. (v.20a)
Our Mission is to reach the world with the Gospel!
Our Mission is to reach the world with the Gospel!
15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
IV. Jesus Has Committed
Himself To Us As Our
Divine Mentor.
(v.18, 20b)
IV. Jesus Has Committed
Himself To Us As Our
Divine Mentor.
(v.18, 20b)
A. We are reminded of His
authority. (v.18)
A. We are reminded of His
authority. (v.18)
18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
B. We are reminded of His presence. (v.20b)
Matthew 28:20b (ESV)
I am with you always, to the end of the age.”