Jesus' final command before He ascended back into Heaven.

1. THE GREAT
COMMISSION
IN TEN PARTS

2. PART THREE:
THE PLACE:
ALL THE WORLD
The five accounts of the
Great Commission are in:
Matthew 28; Mark 16;
Luke 24; John 20; Acts 1.

3. There are ten subjects relating
to the Great Commission in
these five chapters.
Notice three points that will
help us understand the
importance of this third lesson.

4. 1 - The significance
of Jesus’ words.
Matt All nations
MarkAll the world-Every creature
Luke Among all nations, (KJV)
Acts To Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria,
all the earth

5. All these terms were used by the
Lord in His teaching during the
forty days after His resurrection.
These terms are fitting because He
died for all people in all places
during all of history.

6. 1 John 2:2 NET and he himself is the
atoning sacrifice for our sins, and
not only for our sins but also for the
whole world.
John 1:29 NET On the next day John
saw Jesus coming toward him and
said, "Look, the Lamb of God who
takes away the sin of the world!

7. John 3:16 NET For this is the way God
loved the world: He gave his one
and only Son, so that everyone who
believes in him will not perish but
have eternal life.

8. Galatians 3:25 NET But now that faith has
come, we are no longer under a
guardian. 26 For in Christ Jesus you
are all sons of God through faith. 27
For all of you who were baptized
into Christ have clothed yourselves
with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew
nor Greek,

9. There is in this sonship by faith in
Christ, no class privileged above
another, as the Jews under the law
had been above the Gentiles there is
neither slave nor free, Christ alike
belongs to both by faith; whence he
puts

10. “slave” before “free.” there is
neither male nor female rather, as
Greek, “there is not male and
female.” There is no distinction into
male and female. Difference of sex
makes no difference in Christian
privileges. But under the law the
male sex had great privileges.

11. Males alone had in their body
circumcision, the sign of the
covenant (contrast baptism applied
to male and female alike); they
alone were capable of being kings
and priests, whereas all of either sex
are now “kings and priests unto
God” they had prior right to
inheritances.

12. In the resurrection the relation of the
sexes shall cease for all of you are
one in Christ Jesus.
Greek, “one man”; masculine, not
neuter, namely “one new man” in
Christ (JFB) 29 And if you belong to
Christ, then you are Abraham's
descendants, heirs according to the
promise.

13. Titus 2:11 NET For the grace of God has
appeared, bringing salvation to all
people. 12 It trains us to reject
godless ways and worldly desires
and to live self-controlled, upright,
and godly lives in the present age, 13
as we wait for the happy fulfillment
of our hope in the glorious
appearing of our great God and
Savior, Jesus Christ.

14. 14 He gave himself for us to set us
free from every kind of lawlessness
and to purify for himself a people
who are truly his, who are eager to
do good.
Romans 1:16 NET For I am not ashamed
of the gospel, for it is God's power
for salvation to everyone who
believes, to the Jew first and also to
the Greek.

15. Here the Greek refers to anyone
who is not Jewish. (NET Notes)
It is His will for all of us to be
saved. 1 Timothy 2:4 NET since he wants
all people to be saved and to come
to a knowledge of the truth.

16. 2 Peter 3:9 NET The Lord is not slow
concerning his promise, as some
regard slowness, but is being patient
toward you, because he does not wish
for any to perish but for all to come to
repentance.

17. Revelation 22:17 NET And the Spirit and
the bride say, "Come!" And let the
one who hears say: "Come!" And let
the one who is thirsty come; let the
one who wants it take the water of
life free of charge.

18. Acts 1-7 They started in Jerusalem
and Judea, just as Jesus had
commanded in the Great
Commission
Acts 8 They were scattered to many
other places due to persecution, but
they took the gospel with them.
2 -The example of the
early church.

19. Acts 9-28
Luke’s account quickly moves to
examples of preaching and teaching
in many other parts of the world.

20. 3 -Points for us to
observe.
There is no distinction in Christ.
Galatians 3:28 NET There is neither Jew
…Greek…slave… free… Male…
female for all … are one in Christ
Jesus.

21. Colossians 3:10 NET and have been
clothed with the new man that is
being renewed in knowledge
according to the image of the one
who created it. 11 Here there is
Neither Greek nor Jew,
circumcised or uncircumcised,
barbarian, Scythian, slave or free,
but Christ is all and in all.

22. Romans 1:16 NET For I am not ashamed
of the gospel, for it is God's power
for salvation to everyone who
believes, to the Jew first and also to
the Greek. 17 For the righteousness
of God is revealed in the gospel
from faith to faith, just as it is
written, "The righteous by faith
will live."

23. Romans 9:23 NET And what if he is
willing to the wealth of his glory on
make known the objects of mercy
that he has prepared beforehand for
glory 24 even us,whom he has
called, not only from the Jews but
also from the Gentiles? 25 As he
also says in Hosea: "I will call those
who were not my people, 'My
people,' and I will call

24. her who was unloved, 'My beloved.'
“ (Hos 2:23) 26 "And in the very place
where it was said to them, 'You are
not my people,' there they will be
called 'sons of the living God.' "(Hos
1:10)

25. 10:1 Brothers and sisters, my heart's
desire and prayer to God on behalf of
my Fellow Israelites is for their
salvation. 2 For I can testify that they
are zealous for God, but their zeal is
not in line with the truth. 3 For
ignoring the righteousness that
comes from God, and seeking
instead to establish their own
righteousness, they

26. did not submit to God's
righteousness. 4 For Christ is the end
of the law, with the result that there
is righteousness for everyone who
believes. 10:12 For there is no
distinction between the Jew and the
Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of
all, who richly blesses all who call
on him.

27. 13 For everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved. (Joel 2:32) 14
How are they to call on one they have
not believed in? And how are they to
believe in one they have not heard of?
And how are they to hear without
someone preaching to them?
15 And how are they to preach unless
they are sent?

28. As it is written, “How timely is the
arrival of those who proclaim the
good news.” (Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15) 16 But
not all have obeyed the good news,
for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has
believed our report?” (Isa 53:1) 17

29. Consequently faith comes from
what is heard, and what is heard
comes through the preached word of
Christ. 18 But I ask, have they not
heard? Yes, they have: Their voice
has gone out to all the earth, and
their words to the ends of the world.
(Ps 19:4)

30. Their voice (that of the preachers of
the gospel)has gone out to allthe
earth. When the vast multitude
converted on Pentecost were
scattered to their homes, they
carried the gospel into all parts of
the civilized world. Paul was now
writing to the church in Rome,
where no apostle had ever been.
(PNT)

31. 19 But again I ask, didn't Israel
understand? First Moses says, “I
will make you jealous by those who
are not a nation; with a senseless
nation I will provoke you to anger.”
(Deut 32:21) 20 And Isaiah is even bold
enough to say, “I was found by
those who did not seek me;

32. I became well known to those who
did not ask for me.” (Isa 65:1) 21 But
about Israel he says, “All day long I
held out my hands to this
disobedient and stubborn people!”
(Isa 65:2)

33. Romans 11:9 And David says, “Let their
table become a snare and trap, a
stumbling block and a retribution for
them; 10 let their eyes be darkened so
that they may not see, and make their
backs bend continually.” (Ps 69:22-23) 11
I ask then, they did not stumble into
an irrevocable fall, did they?
Absolutely not!

34. But by their transgression salvation
has come to the Gentiles, to make
Israel jealous. 12 Now if their
transgression means riches for the
world and their defeat means riches
for the Gentiles, how much more
will their full restoration bring? 13
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles.

35. Seeing that I am an apostle to the
Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14
if somehow I could provoke my
people to jealousy and save some of
them. 15 For if their rejection is the
reconciliation of the world, what
will their acceptance be but life
from the dead?

36. 16 If the first portion of the dough
offered is holy, then the whole batch
is holy, and if the root is holy, so too
are the branches. 17 Now if some of
the branches were broken off, and
you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted
in among them and participated in
the richness of the olive root,

37. 18 do not boast over the branches. But
if you boast, remember that you do
not support the root, but the root
supports you. 19 Then you will say,
"The branches were broken off so that
I could be grafted in." 20 Granted!
They were broken off because of their
unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do
not be arrogant, but fear!

38. 21 For if God did not spare the
natural branches, perhaps he will
not spare you. 22 Notice therefore
the kindness and harshness of God
harshness toward those who have
fallen, but God's kindness toward
you, provided you continue in his
kindness; otherwise you also will be
cut off.

39. 23 And even they if they do not
continue in their unbelief will be
grafted in, for God is able to graft
them in again. 24 For if you were cut
off from what is by nature a wild
olive tree, and grafted, contrary to
nature, into a cultivated olive tree,
how much more will these natural
branches be grafted back into their
own olive tree?

40. 25 For I do not want you to be
ignorant of this mystery, brothers
and sisters, so that you may not be
conceited: A partial hardening has
happened to Israel until the full
number of the Gentiles has come in.
26 And so all Israel will be saved, as
it is written:

41. “The Deliverer will come out of
Zion; he will remove ungodliness
from Jacob. 27 And this is my
covenant with them,
(Isa 59:20-21) when I take away their
sins.”(Isa 27:9; Jer 31:33-34)

42. 28 In regard to the gospel they are
enemies for your sake, but in regard
to election they are dearly loved for
the sake of the fathers. 29 For the
gifts and the call of God are
irrevocable. 30Just as you were
formerly disobedient to God, but
have now received mercy due to
their disobedience,

43. 31 so they too have now been
disobedient in order that, by the
mercy shown to you, they too may
now receive mercy. 32 For God has
consigned all people to
disobedience so that he may show
mercy to them all.

44. First the Gentiles were disobedient,
but now were called. Now the Jews
were disobedient, but would finally
be saved. God would have mercy on
all, both Jew and Gentile.(PNT)
33 Oh, the depth of the riches and
wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable are his
judgments and how fathomless his
ways!

45. 34 For who has known the mind of
the Lord, or who has been his
counselor? (Isa 40:13) 35 Or who has
first given to God, that God needs to
repay him? (Job 41:11) 36 For from him
and through him and to him are all
things. To him be glory forever!
Amen.

46. There is equality in Christ
Acts 10, 11
Cornelius Prays,
God answers,
Peter has Vision,
Gentiles Converted

47. Ephesians 2:1 NET And although you
were dead in your transgressions
and sins, 2 in which you formerly
lived according to this world's
present path, according to the ruler
of the kingdom of the air, the ruler
of the spirit that is now energizing
the sons of disobedience,

48. 3 among whom all of us also
formerly lived out our lives in the
cravings of our flesh, indulging the
desires of the flesh and the mind,
and were by nature children of
wrath even as the rest… 4 But God,
being rich in mercy, because of his
great love with which he loved us,

49. 5 even though we were dead in
transgressions, made us alive
together with Christ by grace you
are saved! 6 and he raised us up with
him and seated us with him in the
heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 to
demonstrate in the coming ages the
surpassing wealth of hisgrace in
kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

50. 8 For by grace you are saved
through faith, and this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 it
is not from works, so that no one
can boast. 10 For we are his
workmanship, having been created
in Christ Jesus for good works that
God prepared beforehand so we
may dothem.

51. 11Therefore remember that formerly
you, the Gentiles in the flesh who
are called "uncircumcision" by the
so-called "circumcision" that is
performed on the body by human
hands 12 that you were at that time
without the Messiah, alienated from
the citizenship of Israel and
strangers to the covenants of
promise,

52. having no hope and without God in
the world. 13 But now in Christ
Jesus you who used to be far away
have been brought near by the blood
of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, the
one who made both groups into one
and who destroyed the middle wall
of partition, the hostility,

53. 15 when he nullified in his flesh the
law of commandments in decrees.
He did this to create in himself one
new man out of two, thus making
peace, 16 and to reconcile them both
in one body to God throughthe
cross, by which the hostility has
been killed.

54. 17 And he came and preached peace
to you who were far off and peace to
those who were near, 18 so that
through him we both have access in
one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then
you are no longer foreigners and
noncitizens, but you are fellow
citizens with the saints and members
of God's household,

55. 20 because you have been built on
the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, with Christ Jesus himself
as the cornerstone. 21 In him the
whole building, being joined
together, grows into a holy temple
in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are
being built together into a dwelling
place of God in the Spirit.

56. Everyone needs the blood of Christ.
Romans 3:23 NET for all have sinned and
fall short of the glory of God. 24 But
they are justified freely by his grace
through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus.

57. Romans 5:8 NET But God demonstrates
his own love for us, in that while we
were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, because we have
now been declared righteous by his
blood, we will be saved through him
from God's wrath.

58. Matthew 26:28 NET for this is my blood,
the blood of the covenant, that is
poured out for many for the
forgiveness of sins.

59. Hebrews 9:28 NET so also, after Christ
was offered once to bear the sins of
many, to those who eagerly await
Him he will appear a second time,
not to bear sin but to bring
salvation.

60. Romans 6:3 NET Or do you not know
that as many as were baptized into
Christ Jesus were baptized into his
death? 4 Therefore we have been
buried with him through baptism
into death, in order that just as
Christ was raised from the dead
through the glory of the Father, so
we too may live a new life.

61. The simple gospel is the only thing
that can save sinful people. 2
Corinthians 11:3 NET But I am afraid that
just as the serpent deceived Eve by
his treachery, your minds may be
led astray from a sincere and pure
devotion to Christ.

62. Romans 1:16 NET For I am not ashamed
of the gospel, for it is God's power
for salvation to everyone who
believes, to the Jew first and also to
the Greek.

63. Multiplied millions of those
who are now living have never
even heard the name of Jesus,
much less the pure gospel!
What are you and I doing about
obeying the command to get the
truth to everyone on earth
before they and we die?