2. Teaching
Matt 28:20  ”teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Acts 5:42 “And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.”
Col 1:28  ”teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Ezra 7:10 “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.”

3. The Great Commission
Matt. 28: “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.”

4. Thought question?
If we teach someone the gospel and they refuse to become a Christian, have we failed?
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Acts 2:41 “Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.”

5. Fear of Failure
Is it possible for Christians to fail at carrying out the Great Commission? How?
Not living as a Christian should.
Do nothing.
Wrong attitude. Not gentle and loving.
Seeking to glorify themselves
Instead of God.
Doesn’t know God’s word.

6. How to become a Christian
Hear the word – Rom 10:17; Acts 18:8
Believe – Acts 18:8; 1 Cor 1:2
Repent of their sins – Acts 2:38; 47
Confess they believe Jesus is the Son of God – Acts 8:37; Rom 10:10
Are Baptized:
Buried – Rom 6:4; Col 2:12
In Water – Acts 8:36-39; 10:47-48
To was away sins – Acts 22:16
For remission of sins – Acts 2:38
To be saved – 1 Peter 3:21
Into Christ – Gal 3:27
Into the one body, the church – 1 Cor 12:13

7. Overcoming obstacles when teaching someone the gospel.

8. I’m a good person.
Romans 3:23
Acts 10

9. If I become a Christian then I’m admitting my family that died will be lost.
Luke 16:19-28

10. I don’t want to give up the pleasures of this world.
2 Cor. 4:18
1 Peter 1:24
Luke 18:18-25

11. My friends and family will not understand and they might be upset with me.
Matt. 10:32-39
Matt. 5:11-16
Luke 18:28-30

12. There are too many hypocrites in the church.
Heb. 3:12-13
Heb. 4:11
Heb. 10:26-27

13. Maybe some other time.
1 Thess. 5:1-3
Proverbs 27:1
James 4:13-17

14. I’ve lived a really sinful life. God wouldn’t be able to forgive me.
2 Peter 3:9
Luke 19:10
1 Tim. 1:15

15. Questions?