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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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