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Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Verse 5 The Great Comission

This is #4 on the google list and #10 & #22 on the biblegateway list and is also highlighted in the 'Hands On' Bible. I will also include the preceding verse which is #19 on the google list and #93 on the biblegateway list.

Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

SIS

Daniel 7:13-14
The Son of Man Is Given Dominion
13 “I saw in the night visions,
and behold, with the clouds of heaven
there came one like a son of man,
and he came to the Ancient of Days
and was presented before him.
14 And to him was given dominion
and glory and a kingdom,
that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him;
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
that shall not be destroyed.

Ephesians 1:20-22
that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,

Philippians 2:9-10
Therefore God has highly exalted him (Jesus) and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

Luke 24:47
and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his (Jesus') name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my(Jesus') witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

John 14:23
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

OPQ

Christ commissioned His disciples . . . throughout the centuries to continue His ministry of seeking and saving the lost.
Bill Bright, Founder, Campus Crusade for Christ International

HIJ

This is the reminder of His purpose, a purpose He has passed on to His followers. That is to 'make disciples'. Not to build impressive buildings, or to lead well-organised and well-funded programs. Not that you can't but He wants His people to help other people to get to know Him, and teach them how to and what it means to follow Him and to encourage them to do so.
Jesus even instructs us how to do it. We are, first, to talk to other people about Him. Next, we should encourage them to learn the things of God and the person of His Son, and build them up in their faith. As they get to know Him they will naturally begin to talk to others about Him and so the cycle continue.
It should also include the encouraging the person to be identified as His and be His witness, a good way of this would be baptism.
He also gives us two promises, one of His power to do it, and that is the only way it will be effectively done. Second, that we will have His presence in this and any service that we do for Him.
I will leave you with words of Lord found in Zechariah,

Zechariah 4:6
Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

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