Q&A: What is the Great Commission?
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We sat down with our good friend Dr. Andrew Sandlin and asked his several questions. One question we wanted him to answer was "What is the great commission?". In Matthew 28 there is a command given by Jesus to the Church. What are the implications of that commission?
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- So the Great Commission, we know from Matthew 28, is to go into all the world and preach the gospel and baptize.
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- It's interesting. Baptism is not just getting people wet. It's a covenant act. It's bringing people visibly under the authority of Jesus Christ and, often, what is forgotten, the third point, teaching them to observe all things that are commanded.
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- So that involves something a lot bigger than many churches believe.
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- So the gospel is not just sharing the Romans road or the Philemon Freeway or the Titus Turnpike or whatever it may be, and just hoping you can get a few more people into heaven.
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- The gospel really is God's comprehensive message to influence the entire world, the entire ethnos.
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- That's what it means when it says nations there. It's not just grabbing one person here and there. I'm thankful for every person that's saved.
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- I pray that you listening have trusted in Christ, and you should. But God's plan is bigger than just grabbing one here and there.
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- It's that one day the nations themselves will bow the knee to King Jesus. That really is the