1. The GREAT CO-Mission Overview

2. Part 4 The Primary Mandate – Disciple Nations Session 4.17 The GREAT CO-Mission Overview Session 4.18 Christ Announces His Reign Session 4.19 Reawakening the Cultural Mandate in the Great Commission Session 4.20 The Task Is for All Christians – Where They Are Deployed Session 4.21 The Primary Task – Make Disciples of All Nations!

3. What is the great commission? Question:

4. The Text Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 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. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

5. Overview “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 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 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

6. Three Primary Elements in the Text Christ Announces His Reign (vs.18) Christ Gives Us a Task (vs.19-20a) Christ Returns at the End of the Age (vs. 20b)

7. Christ Announces His Reign (vs.18) All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. –Christ is king of heaven and earth now! –Restoring the Cultural Mandate

8. Christ Gives Us a Task (vs.19-20a) Primary Task – Disciple the Nations –Therefore go and –make disciples of all nations

9. Christ Gives Us a Task (vs.19-20a) Secondary Tasks –Living a life that baptizes baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit –Teaching that which transforms teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you

10. Christ Returns at the End of the Age (vs.20b) “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” –Working with the end in mind –What will the end look like?