Chris Price speaks from Matt 28:16-20 on the great commission.

1. FROM OMISSION TO CO-MISSION Matthew 28:18-20 August 29, 2010

2. FROM OMISSION TO CO-MISSION Matthew 28:18-20 “ Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me’.

3. FROM OMISSION TO CO-MISSION Matthew 28:18-20 “ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age”. “ Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me’.

4. FROM OMISSION TO CO-MISSION Matthew 28:18-20 One ancient rabbi wrote this, “ Under the age of six we do not receive a child as a pupil; from six upwards accept him and stuff him with Torah like an Ox”. The Jewish historian Josephus who lived around the time of Jesus wrote this, “ Above all else, we pride ourselves on the education of our children”.

5. FROM OMISSION TO CO-MISSION Matthew 28:18-20 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come follow me’, said Jesus….When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. Without delay he called to them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him” –Mark 1:16,17

6. FROM OMISSION TO CO-MISSION Matthew 28:18-20 Deuteronomy 6:4-8 says, “ Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”

7. FROM OMISSION TO CO-MISSION Matthew 28:18-20 Acts 2:38,39,41, “ When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, ‘Brothers, what shall we do’? Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins”…Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day”.

8. FROM OMISSION TO CO-MISSION Matthew 28:18-20 “ And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he has commanded us” (1 st John 3:23) “ Of all the commandments, which is the most important? ‘The most important one’, answered Jesus, ‘is this: Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God will all your heart and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these” (Mark12:29-31).