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MATTHEW 28:18-20
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18JESUS DREW 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
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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)
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12-20 BREATHS PER MINUTE
1200 BREATHS IN AN HOUR28,800 BREATHS A DAY
6,286,920 TIMES A YEAR
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JESUS DREW NEARAND SAID TO THEM,
"I HAVE BEEN GIVEN ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN
AND ON EARTH.
Matthew 28:18
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AUTHORITY GREEK - EXOUSIA, “OFFICIAL RIGHT
OR POWER”HAD BEEN GIVEN TO JESUS
BY THE FATHER.
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ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME - OR, ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND UPON EARTH
IS GIVEN UNTO ME.
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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
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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.”
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THREE PARTICIPLESIN THE GREEK:
“GOING, BAPTIZING, AND TEACHING.”
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GO
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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
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AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST
-AS AMBASSADORS FOR GOD, WE MUST BE WILLING TO GO
WHERE HE LEADS US.
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THE HARDEST PART OF THE GREAT COMMISSION IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING, OR PREACHING, OR BAPTIZING,
BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOING.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!"
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PAUL HARVEY SAID, "TOO MANY CHRISTIANS
ARE NO LONGER FISHERS OF MEN BUT KEEPERS OF
THE AQUARIUM.
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MAKE DISCIPLE
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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
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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
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“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.
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BAPTIZING
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BAPTIZINGORDINANCE - 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.
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“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.
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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.
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“BAPTISM” IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT UNITES A BELIEVER WITH JESUS
CHRIST IN HIS OR HER DEATH TO
SIN AND RESURRECTION TO NEW LIFE.
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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.
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BAPTISM POINTS BACKTO THE WORK OF GOD, AND FORWARD TO THE
LIFE OF FAITH.
-J. Alice Motyer
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THE PROMISE
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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."
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“ALWAYS” LITERALLY MEANS “ALL THE DAYS”
AND REFERS TO THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST WITH EACH BELIEVER
EVERY MOMENT.
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JOHN 14:26; ACTS 1:4-5;
JESUS CONTINUESTO BE WITH US TODAY THROUGH HIS SPIRIT.
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I AM WITH YOU ALWAYSHE 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
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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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