Sermon Notes

4 Chair Discipling: MISSION – What Jesus Call Us to Do

Our MISSION and MOTIVE 

-Matthew 18.16-20; Matthew 22.34-40-

[MATTHEW 28.16-20] - 16 Then the eleven disciples left for Galilee, going to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him—but some of them doubted! 18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. 19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

The Great (Everyday) Commission speaks to our MISSION

Command #1: MAKE DISCIPLES

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His [Jesus’] concern was not with programs to reach the multitudes, but with men whom the multitudes would follow… people were to be his method of winning the world to God. The Great Commission is not merely to go to the ends of the earth preaching the gospel, nor to baptize a lot of converts, nor to teach them the precepts of Christ, but to ‘make disciples’—to build men like themselves who were so constrained by the commission of Christ that they not only followed Jesus themselves, but led others to follow him, too.

-Robert Coleman-

• PRIORITY #1: ‘GO’

• PRIORITY #2: ‘BAPTIZE’

• PRIORITY #3: ‘TEACH’

Command #2: SURELY, I AM WITH YOU

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Jesus’ last command MUST be our first priority.

-H.B. Charles Jr.-

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I venture to say that sometimes, perhaps because it was the last instruction Jesus gave us before returning to the Father, we give the Great Commission [the most] prominent place in our Christian thinking.  Please do not misunderstand me.  I firmly believe that the whole church is under obligation to obey its Lord’s commission to take the gospel to all nations.  But I am also concerned that we should not regard this as the only instruction which Jesus left us.

-John Stott-

[MATTHEW 22.34-40] - 34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again. 35 One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” 37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

If the Great Commission speaks to our MISSION, the Great Commandment speaks to our MOTIVE

[1 JOHN 4.20-21] - 20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? 21 And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers.

The G.C. establishes priorities, the Great Commandment clarifies our passions. Motive drives mission, passion fuels priorities. Our heart energizes our hands.

What are the implications of an ‘Everyday Commission’

1.) We have to OWN the assignment | 2.) We must understand the method, Jesus’ method: life-on-life | 

3.) We have to get the word CAN’T out of our vocab