1) Jesus commands his followers to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 2) A commitment to missions involves giving a set amount of money regularly for a specified period to support missionary work. 3) Giving to missions is a grace from God, allows one to experience God's power, should be done voluntarily and systematically, and is done privately between the individual and God. God promises both material and eternal blessings for those who give generously to spread the gospel.

1. Go Ye into
all the world

2. Mark 16:15
And He said unto them, Go ye
into all the world, and preach
the gospel to every creature.

3. I. THE COMMAND
Mark 16:15
…Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every
creature.

4. A. WHO WILL GO?
Jesus says Go YE
WE are the YE

5. b. Where are we to
go?
Jesus says:

6. C. WHAT ARE WE TO
DO?
Jesus says:
….preach the gospel to every
creature.
To preach means to proclaim.

7. II. THE
COMMISSION

8. It’s a commitment to give a
certain amount of money on a
systematic basis (weekly or
monthly) for a specific time
period exclusively for the cause
of missions.

9. A. IT IS A GRACE
2 Corinthians 8:1
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit
[that means, we want you to know] of the
grace of God bestowed on the churches
of Macedonia.

10. 2 Corinthians 8:6,7,19
6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had
begun, so he would also finish in you the same
grace, 7 Therefore, as ye abound in everything, in
faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all
diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound
in this grace also. 19 And not that only, but who
was also chosen of the churches to travel with us
with this grace, which is administered by us to the
glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your

11. cheerful giving is an indication
that the grace of God has
been active in one's life

12. B. IT IS A WAY TO EXPERIENCE
GOD’S SUPERNATURAL
POWER
2 Corinthians 8:2-3
2 How that in a great trial of affliction the
abundance of their joy and their deep poverty
abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and
beyond their power they were willing of

13. 2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD run to
and fro throughout the whole
earth, to show himself strong in
the behalf of them whose heart is
perfect toward him.

14. C. IT IS COMPLETELY
VOLUNTARY
2 Corinthians 8:8
I speak not by commandment, but
by occasion of the forwardness of
others, and to prove the sincerity

15. 2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there be first a willing mind,
it is accepted according to that a
man hath, and not according to
that he hath not.

16. 2 Corinthians 9:7
Every man according as he purposeth
in his heart, so let him give; not
grudgingly, or of necessity: for God
loveth a cheerful giver.

17. D. IT IS PRIVATE
2 Corinthians 9:7
Every man according as he
purposeth in his heart, so let him
give

18. E. IT IS
SYSTEMATIC
1 Corinthians 16:1-2
Now concerning the collection for the saints,
as I have given order to the churches of
Galatia, even so do ye. 2 Upon the first day of
the week let every one of you lay by him in
store, as God hath prospered him, that there

19. III. THE CREDIT

20. A. GOD PROMISES
MATERIAL
BLESSINGS.
2 Corinthians 9:6
But this I say, He which soweth
sparingly shall reap also sparingly;
and he which soweth bountifully shall

21. B. THERE ARE ETERNAL
BLESSINGS
Matthew 6:19-20
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon
earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves break through and steal: 20 But
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and

22. Philippians 4:16-17
For even in Thessalonica ye sent
once and again unto my necessity
[that is they supported him
regularly]. 17 Not because I desire
a gift: but I desire fruit that may