What is the purpose of the Great Commission

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3 Questions

• What is the purpose of the Great
  Commission?
• Who is ministered to in obedience to the
  Great Commission?
• Whats another word for
  the Great Commission?

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The Great Commission

• Matthew 2819-20
• Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations,
  baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
  the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them
  to obey everything I have commanded you.

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The Real Great Commission
by Benny Samuel
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The Great Commission isnt about saving people,
its about saved people
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• Its still not about us its all about Him
• We offer no attraction to create such a mission.
  Were not worth it.
• God IS worth it. The Great Commission, just like
  the cross, is another display of His grace.

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The Great Commission isnt about saving people,
its about saved people
1. b

• Saved to be seeds for a greater purpose
• Unbelievers cant do Gods will.
• Believers can. The Saved are the only ones who
  can be useful seeds for the true purpose of the
  Great Commission

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The Great Commission isnt about saving people,
its about saved people
1. c

• One word makes all the difference
• Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations,
  baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
  the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them
  to obey everything I have commanded you.

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The Great Commission isnt about saving people,
its about saved people
1. c

• One word makes all the difference
• Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations,
  baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
  the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them
  to obey everything I have commanded you.

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The Great Commission isnt about making
believers, its about making disciples
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• disciple (Greek, mathetes)
• A learner, a follower one who abides by the
  words of the teacher. A disciple was not only a
  student, but a supporter or fan of the teacher.
  Disciples are spoken of as imitators of their
  teacher (W.E. Vines dictionary).
• In other words, a disciple is person who
• Believes the Teacher
• Follows the Teacher
• Identifies with the Teacher
• Is a Learning Student of the Teacher
• Obeys the Teacher

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The Great Commission isnt about making
believers, its about making disciples
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• Being a believer is easy being a disciple isnt!
• The difference between a believer and a disciple
• James 122 214, 17, 19, 24
• Dont just listen to what it says, do what it
  says.
• If your so-called faith cant even be
  demonstrated, can that kind of faith help you?
• Faith without evidence of it is useless and
  non-existent.
• Everyone believes He exists... but do you live
  like it?
• The proof is in your life and lifestyle, not in
  your words
• You are saved by faith alone, but if faith is
  alone, it is not faith. Martin Luther, 16th
  century preacher leader of the Protestant
  Reformation

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The Great Commission isnt about making
believers, its about making disciples
2. b. 2

• Being a believer is easy being a disciple isnt!
• The difficulty in being a disciple
• Luke 923
• If anyone would come after me, he must deny
  himself and take up his cross daily and follow
  me.
• The path to salvation has already been paved once
  and for all, but the journey to the day of its
  fulfillment should daily be a cross we bear for
  Him, just like, but much less than the cross He
  bore for us.

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The Great Commission isnt about making
believers, its about making disciples
2. b. 3

• Being a believer is easy being a disciple isnt!
• The desire from God for us to be imitating Christ
• Ephesians 51
• Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved
  children, and live a life of love, just as Christ
  loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant
  offering and sacrifice to God.
• Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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The Great Commission isnt about making
believers, its about making disciples
2. c

• The purpose of the Great Commission His Glory
• Christ wants us to be obedient to Him for the
  same purpose for which He was obedient to His
  Father for the glory of God (Philippians 25,
  11)
• Follow as Christ followed to achieve what Christ
  achieved
• There arent enough of us out there who know God
  AND follow Him for God to get the glory He
  deserves!
• "Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church.
  Worship is. Missions exists because worship
  doesn't. John Piper, contemporary preacher

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Are you a believer or a disciple?
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• The enlistment, abandonment, and grievance
• He fought for our freedom to be in His kingdom
• We were to have enlisted in His services
• We abandoned our leader dropped out of the
  service
• Our salvation was a gift. Wheres the proof of
  our appreciation?

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Are you a believer or a disciple?
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• Have you fulfilled the Great Commission?
• What kind of return will He receive for the
  investment of this New Life He gave to you?
• We will give account for whether weve followed
  after His heart or after our own hearts (2 Cor.
  510 Rev. 223)

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The Real Great Commission

• For those who believe to become disciples.
• We are those who believe.
• Are we disciples?