GREAT THEMES FROM THE GREAT COMMISSION (Matthew 28:16-20) Jesus’ Teaching & Its’ Implications are Comprehensive in Nature: Note the word, “all” dominates here:
GREAT THEMES FROM THE GREAT COMMISSION (Matthew 28:16-20) Jesus’ Teaching & Its’ Implications are Comprehensive in Nature: Note the word, “all” dominates here: “All authority” (v. 18)
GREAT THEMES FROM THE GREAT COMMISSION (Matthew 28:16-20) Jesus’ Teaching & Its’ Implications are Comprehensive in Nature: Note the word, “all” dominates here: “All authority” (v. 18) “All the nations” (v. 19)
GREAT THEMES FROM THE GREAT COMMISSION (Matthew 28:16-20) Jesus’ Teaching & Its’ Implications are Comprehensive in Nature: Note the word, “all” dominates here: “All authority” (v. 18) “All the nations” (v. 19) “All things” (v. 20a)
GREAT THEMES FROM THE GREAT COMMISSION (Matthew 28:16-20) Jesus’ Teaching & Its’ Implications are Comprehensive in Nature: Note the word, “all” dominates here: “All authority” (v. 18) “All the nations” (v. 19) “All things” (v. 20a) “I am with you always” (v. 20b)
GREAT THEMES from the GREAT COMMISSION Matthew 28:16-20 The Comprehensive Nature of Jesus’ Authority - “All authority . . . in heaven and on earth” (v. 18)
GREAT THEMES from the GREAT COMMISSION Matthew 28:16-20 The Comprehensive Nature of Jesus’ Authority - “All authority . . . in heaven and on earth” (v. 18) The Need for Strong, Stout Faith – “When they saw Him, they worshiped him; but some doubted” (v. 17)
GREAT THEMES from the GREAT COMMISSION Matthew 28:16-20 The Comprehensive Nature of Jesus’ Authority - “All authority . . . in heaven and on earth” (v. 18) The Need for Strong, Stout Faith – “When they saw Him, they worshiped him; but some doubted” (v. 17) The Identity of Jesus as, “God with us” – “lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (v. 20b)
GREAT THEMES from the GREAT COMMISSION Matthew 28:16-20 The Comprehensive Nature of Jesus’ Authority - “All authority . . . in heaven and on earth” (v. 18) The Need for Strong, Stout Faith – “When they saw Him, they worshiped him; but some doubted” (v. 17) The Identity of Jesus as, “God with us” – “lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (v. 20b) Jesus as THE Teacher – “teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you” (v. 20a)
GREAT THEMES from the GREAT COMMISSION Matthew 28:16-20 The Universal Offer of Salvation – “Go and make disciples of all the nations” (v. 19a)
GREAT THEMES from the GREAT COMMISSION Matthew 28:16-20 The Universal Offer of Salvation – “Go and make disciples of all the nations” (v. 19a) The Transformation of Israel’s Hope – “All authority has been given to Me” (v. 18a)
GREAT THEMES from the GREAT COMMISSION Matthew 28:16-20 The Universal Offer of Salvation – “Go and make disciples of all the nations” (v. 19a) The Transformation of Israel’s Hope – “All authority has been given to Me” (v. 18a) The Disciples’ Mission: Make Other Disciples & Build the Church through Baptism & Teaching – “baptizing them, . . . teaching them” (vss. 19-20)