2. oN ASSIGNMENT
Fully Engaged as a
Functioning Church

3. The Fully Functioning Church
The Assignment of
The Fully Functioning Church
Matthew 28:16-20

4. “Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them”
Matthew 28:16

5. “And Jesus came and spake unto them…”
Matthew 28:18a

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Disciple
A learner
A pupil
An apprentice

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A Follower of Jesus
Knowing His teaching is a start.
Knowing and doing is a follower.
The ultimate demonstration.

8. The full-time, fully engaged follower of Jesus is
deliberate and intentional in
knowing and doing and loving.
Anything less is not
to be on assignment.

9. “And when they saw him, they worshipped him…”
Matthew 28:17a

10. The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus was
not a good plan gone bad.
It was a perfect plan
carried out to perfection.

11. The perfect plan of the death burial and resurrection of Jesus is that He did the work and all we have to do is trust in Him.

12. “…All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”
Matthew 28:18b

13. Absolute authority over everything in heaven and
upon earth is in His hands.
His death, burial and resurrection proves
this to be true.

14. “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”
Matthew 28:19

15. “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Matthew 28:20

16. The assignment is to “teach,” that is, to make disciples.
“teach all nations…”
The assignment is to “teach,” that is, to make disciples.

17. “Go” - what must happen
to do the assignment.
Follow a procedure.
Follow a teaching.

18. “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:”
Matthew 28:19

19. “baptizing” and “teaching” Activities showing how the assignment
of “making disciples” is done.

20. Since Jesus was baptized,
baptizing – immersing
Acts 8:35-39
Since Jesus was baptized,
then, to follow Jesus,
we must be baptized.

21. teaching them to observe
Knowing
Doing

22. “…and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Matthew 28:20

23. No one sits out this assignment Every member following Jesus
Antioch on Assignment
No one sits out this assignment
Every member following Jesus
Every member making disciples