The Church’s Mission: Make Disciples

Christ Authorizes the Mission Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” - 28:16-18

Christ Authorizes the Mission - Authority Over Disease – 4:23-24 - Authority Over Nature – 8:26b-27 - Authority Over Demons – 8:31-32 - Authority to Forgive and Conquer Sin – 9:2 - Authority to Judge – 25:31-33 - Authority Over Death – 28:1-10

Christ Authorizes the Mission “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!” - Abraham Kuyper

Christ Commissions the Mission Go therefore 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 observe all that I have commanded you. - 28:19-20a

Christ Commissions the Mission “And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” - 2 Timothy 2:2

Christ Commissions the Mission “All nations.” panta - all, all encompassing, every ta ethne – ethnicity, people groups

Christ is with Us in the Mission And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. - 28:20b

The Church’s Mission: Make Disciples