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ESUS’ LAST WORD | MATTHEW 28:18-20

18JESUSDREW NEAR AND SAID TO THEM,
"I HAVE BEEN GIVEN ALL AUTHORITY IN
HEAVEN AND ON EARTH.19GO, THEN,
TO ALL PEOPLES EVERYWHERE AND MAKE
THEM MY DISCIPLES: BAPTIZE THEM IN THE
NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT,20AND TEACH THEM TO OBEY
EVERYTHING I HAVE COMMANDED YOU.
AND I WILL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS,
TO THE END OF THE AGE."

MATTHEW 28:18-20


1.78 DEATHS PER SECOND
107 DEATHS PER MINUTE
6,390 DEATHS PER HOUR
153,000 DEATHS PER DAY
56.0 MILLION DEATHS PER YEAR
3.9 BILLION DEATHS
PER AVERAGE LIFETIME (70 YEARS)


12-20 BREATHS PER MINUTE
1200 BREATHS IN AN HOUR
28,800 BREATHS A DAY
6,286,920 TIMES A YEAR


JESUS DREW NEAR
AND SAID TO THEM,
"I HAVE BEEN GIVEN ALL
AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN
AND ON EARTH.

Matthew 28:18


AUTHORITY GREEK - EXOUSIA,
“OFFICIAL RIGHT OR POWER”
HAD BEEN GIVEN TO JESUS
BY THE FATHER.


ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO
ME - OR, ALL AUTHORITY IN
HEAVEN AND UPON EARTH IS
GIVEN UNTO ME.


BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER
WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME
UPON YOU, AND YOU WILL BE MY
WITNESSES IN JERUSALEM AND IN
ALL JUDEA AND SAMARIA, AND TO
THE END OF THE EARTH."

Acts 1:8


JESUS’ COMMISSION,
APPLICABLE TO ALL HIS FOLLOWERS,
INVOLVED ONE COMMAND,
“MAKE DISCIPLES,” WHICH IS
ACCOMPANIED BY THREE PARTICIPLES
IN THE GREEK: “GOING, BAPTIZING,
AND TEACHING.”


THREE PARTICIPLES
IN THE GREEK:
“GOING, BAPTIZING,
AND TEACHING.”


GO


BUT BECAUSE I LOVE YOU,
I MAKE A REQUEST INSTEAD.
I DO THIS EVEN THOUGH I AM
PAUL, THE AMBASSADOR OF
CHRIST JESUS, AND AT PRESENT
ALSO A PRISONER FOR HIS SAKE.

Philemon 1:9


AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST
-AS AMBASSADORS FOR GOD,
WE MUST BE WILLING TO GO
WHERE HE LEADS US.


THE HARDEST PART OF THE GREAT
COMMISSION IS NOT THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING, OR
PREACHING, OR BAPTIZING, BUT
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOING.


TO GO MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO
LEAVE AND ABANDON THE THINGS
THAT WE HAVE GATHERED, TO
LEAVE THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY
MEMBERS THAT WE LOVE, TO LEAVE
THE COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT.

THE PASSAGE THAT WE READ THIS
MORNING TELLS US THAT THE FIRST AND
FOREMOST RESPONSIBILITY OF AN
AMBASSADOR IS NOT TO TEACH, NOR
TO BAPTIZE, BUT TO GO.
THE HARDEST PART OF THE GREAT
COMMISSION IS NOT THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING, OR
PREACHING, OR BAPTIZING,
BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOING.


TO GO MEANS THAT WE HAVE
TO LEAVE AND ABANDON THE
THINGS THAT WE HAVE
GATHERED, TO LEAVE THE
FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
THAT WE LOVE, TO LEAVE THE
COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT.


RICHARD BAXTER, THE PURITAN
PREACHER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
CONVEYS THE URGENCY, THE ZEAL
OF CHRISTIAN WITNESS WHEN HE
SAID, "I PREACHED AS NEVER SURE
TO PREACH AGAIN, AND AS A
DYING MAN TO DYING MEN!"


PAUL HARVEY SAID,
"TOO MANY CHRISTIANS ARE
NO LONGER FISHERS OF MEN
BUT KEEPERS OF THE
AQUARIUM.


MAKE DISCIPLE


CONVERSION WITHOUT
DISCIPLESHIP IS OPENLY IMPLIED
IN MUCH OF OUR EVANGELICAL
TEACHING. IT HAS BECOME
STRANGELY POSSIBLE TO BE
CHRIST’S WITHOUT TAKING UP
THE CROSS.

-C. D. Alexander


DISCIPLESHIP AND SALVATION
ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS:
A DISCIPLE IS ONE WHO,
REALIZING THE MEANING OF THE
ATONEMENT, DELIBERATELY
GIVES HIMSELF UP TO JESUS
CHRIST IN UNSPEAKABLE
GRATITUDE.
-Oswald Chambers


“MAKING DISCIPLES” MEANS
INSTRUCTING NEW BELIEVERS
ON HOW TO FOLLOW JESUS,
TO SUBMIT TO JESUS’ LORDSHIP,
AND TO TAKE UP HIS MISSION OF
COMPASSIONATE SERVICE.


BAPTIZING


BAPTIZING
ORDINANCE - LAST SUPPER THE
WORDS “BAPTIZE” AND “BAPTISM”
ARE SIMPLY GREEK WORDS
TRANSFERRED INTO ENGLISH.
IT MEANS TO DIP A THING INTO AN
ELEMENT OR LIQUID.


“BAPTISM” IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
IT UNITES A BELIEVER WITH JESUS
CHRIST IN HIS OR HER DEATH TO SIN
AND RESURRECTION TO NEW LIFE.
BAPTISM SYMBOLIZES SUBMISSION
TO CHRIST, A WILLINGNESS TO LIVE
GOD’S WAY, AND IDENTIFICATION
WITH GOD’S COVENANT PEOPLE.


THERE ARE TWO ORDINANCES OF
THE CHURCH LAST SUPER AND
WATER BAPTISM - THE WORDS
“BAPTIZE” AND “BAPTISM” ARE
SIMPLY GREEK WORDS
TRANSFERRED INTO ENGLISH. IT
MEANS TO DIP A THING INTO AN
ELEMENT OR LIQUID.


“BAPTISM” IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT UNITES A BELIEVER
WITH JESUS CHRIST
IN HIS OR HER DEATH TO SIN
AND RESURRECTION TO NEW
LIFE.


TO BAPTIZE IN THE NAME OF THE
FATHER AND OF THE SON AND
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AFFIRMS THE
REALITY OF THE TRINITY, THE
CONCEPT COMING DIRECTLY
FROM JESUS HIMSELF.


BAPTISM POINTS BACK
TO THE WORK OF GOD,
AND FORWARD TO THE
LIFE OF FAITH.

-J. Alice Motyer


THE PROMISE


BEING AMBASSADORS FOR
GOD IS ALSO TO CLAIM HIS
PROMISES. CHRIST SAID,
"AND, LO, I AM WITH YOU
ALWAYS, EVEN UNTO THE
END OF THE WORLD."


“ALWAYS” LITERALLY MEANS
“ALL THE DAYS” AND REFERS
TO THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST
WITH EACH BELIEVER EVERY
MOMENT.


JOHN 14:26; ACTS 1:4-5;
JESUS CONTINUES
TO BE WITH US TODAY
THROUGH HIS SPIRIT.


I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS
HE IS A PATH, IF ANY BE MISLED;
HE IS A ROBE, IF ANY NAKED BE;
IF ANY CHANCE TO HUNGER, HE IS BREAD;
IF ANY BE A BONDMAN, HE IS FREE;
IF ANY BE BUT WEAK, HOW STRONG IS HE!
TO DEAD MEN, LIFE IS HE;
TO SICK MEN, HEALTH;
TO BLIND MEN, SIGHT;
AND TO THE NEEDY, WEALTH;
A PLEASURE WITHOUT LOSS;
A TREASURE WITHOUT STEALTH.

-Giles Fletcher


MATTHEW BEGINS WITH THE
GENEALOGY OF JESUS AND
ENDS WITH THE ETERNAL PLAN
OF GOD TO REACH HIS
PEOPLE THROUGH THE WORK
OF HIS BRIDE: THE CHURCH.

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