The Great Commission - obedience is the goal of the Great Commission. It means baptizing those who believe and teaching them to obey all Christ commanded. Only doers of God's word are true disciples. Initially Jesus told His disciples to go only to “the lost sheep of Israel.” But now He commands them to go to all nations (ethnic groups). With true disciples in only about half of the twenty-four thousand “nations,” much remains to be done in fulfilling this Great Commission. The command comes with a promise, and His presence makes it possible

"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 ..." - Matthew 28:19

Indeed, this is a Great Commission! 

The main verb of command in the original language is not “go” but “make disciples.” 

Fulfilling the Great Commission requires the making of disciples, not mere deciders. 

It means baptizing those who believe and teaching them to obey all Christ commanded.

Obedience is the goal of the Great Commission. 

Only doers of His word are true disciples (Matthew 7:21; John 8:31).  

There is another way in which this is a Great Commission. 

Initially Jesus told His disciples to go only to “the lost sheep of Israel” (Matthew 10:6).

But now He commands them to go to all nations (ethnic groups).

With true disciples in only about half of the twenty-four thousand “nations,” much remains to be done in fulfilling this Great Commission. 

Does this sound like “mission impossible”? 

It would be if it were not for Christ’s promise to be with those who go to make disciples in all nations. 

The command comes with a promise, and His presence makes it possible.

Written by Jack Hayford

DAILY MOMENT with Jack Hayford Ministries

Jack Hayford served as Chancellor of The King’s University (formerly The King’s College and Seminary) in Southlake, Texas, which he founded in 1997. From 2004 to 2009, he also served as President of The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He was probably best known, however, as “Pastor Jack,” founding pastor of The Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California, where he served as senior pastor for more than three decades. A prolific and best-selling writer, Pastor Hayford was the author (or co-author) of more than fifty books and composed 500 hymns and choruses, including the internationally known and widely recorded “Majesty.”

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