What is the Great Commission? | GotQuestions.org

In today's video I'll answer your question, what is the Great Commission? Then afterwards, as always,

I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end. Matthew chapter 28 verses 19 -20 contains what has come to be called the

Great Commission. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the

Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything

I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Jesus gave this command to the apostles shortly before He ascended into heaven, and it essentially outlines what

Jesus expected the apostles and those who followed them to do in His absence. It is interesting that in the original

Greek, the only direct command in Matthew chapter 28 verses 19 -20 is, make disciples.

The Great Commission instructs us to make disciples while we are going throughout the world.

The instructions to go, baptize, and teach are indirect commands, participles, in the original.

How are we to make disciples? By baptizing them and teaching them all that Jesus commanded.

Make disciples is the primary command of the Great Commission. Going, baptizing, and teaching are the means by which we fulfill the command to make disciples.

A disciple is someone who receives instruction from another person. A Christian disciple is a baptized follower of Christ, one who believes the teaching of Christ.

A disciple of Christ imitates Jesus' example, clings to His sacrifice, believes in His resurrection, possesses the

Holy Spirit, and lives to do His work. The command in the Great Commission to make disciples means to teach or train people to follow and obey

Christ. Many understand Acts 1, verse 8 as part of the

Great Commission as well, but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all

Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. The Great Commission is enabled by the power of the

Holy Spirit. We are to be Christ's witnesses, fulfilling the Great Commission in our cities,

Jerusalem, in our states and countries, Judea and Samaria, and anywhere else

God sends us, to the ends of the earth. Throughout the book of Acts, we see how the apostles began to fulfill the

Great Commission, as outlined in Acts 1, verse 8. First, Jerusalem is evangelized,

Acts 1 -7. Then, the Spirit expands the church through Judea and Samaria, Acts 8 -12.

Finally, the gospel reaches into the ends of the earth, Acts 13 -28.

Today, we continue to act as ambassadors for Christ and we plead on Christ's behalf be reconciled to God, 2

Corinthians 5, verse 20. We have received a precious gift, the faith, that was once for all entrusted to God's holy people,

Jude 1, verse 3. Jesus' words in the Great Commission reveal the heart of God, who desires all people to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth, 1

Timothy 2, verse 4. The Great Commission compels us to share the good news until everyone has heard.

Like the servants in Jesus' parable, we are to be about the business of the kingdom, making disciples of all nations.

He called His ten servants and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them,

Occupy until I come. Luke 19, verse 13. Want to learn more?

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