January 3, 2012

The Four “Alls” of the Great Commission

By John Spadafora

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We begin by focusing on one of Jesus’ most basic commands — “Make disciples of all nations.” These famous last words are embedded in Matthew 28, the most comprehensive of the Great Commission passages, giving us the four “alls” of Christ's commission:

“All authority”
To go to “all nations”
To communicate “all his teaching”
Empowered by his presence “all the time”

Don’t miss the claims — they’re Bible basics, but they’re enormous!

Jesus claims to have all authority in the universe to lead us on this journey. He claims that His teaching is the most important thing in life to follow; therefore, He claims that all nations need to know His teaching. And last but not least, He claims that He will be with us for all time.

Massive claims, and in the literal sense, incredible — you can’t believe them unless Jesus is God. “If Jesus Christ is who He said He was, then we cannot respond to Him mildly” (Tim Keller, The Reason For God).

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