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Matthew 28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
✦ Understand this verseἔθνος
éthnos · Greek · G1484
- In this verse
- nations
- What it means
- a race (as of the same habit), a tribe
- How the King James translates it
- Gentiles87nations37nation24
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Sermon outline
Sermon title
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations
Main idea
The church’s mission springs from Jesus’ power, consists in making disciples and is sustained by his presence every day.
Text
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew 28:18-20 · Read the chapter →
Introduction
After the resurrection, the eleven went into Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had appointed. When they saw him, they worshipped him — but some doubted. It was to this group, with faith and with doubts, that Jesus entrusted the mission.
1. Sent in Jesus’ power
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matthew 28:18 · Read the chapter →
Before giving the command, Jesus declares that all power has been given to him in heaven and in earth. The mission does not depend on the size of the church or the courage of the disciples, but on the one who sends them.
Application: Speak about Jesus trusting in his power, not in your own ability.
2. Making disciples of all nations
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Matthew 28:19 · Read the chapter →
The King James reads “teach all nations”, and its margin gives the sense: make disciples. That is the heart of the command; going and baptizing describe how it happens. And its reach is all nations: the mission begins on our own street and reaches peoples who have not yet heard the gospel.
Application: Pray for a people who have not yet heard, and for one person near you who does not yet know Jesus.
3. Teaching them to observe, with Jesus alway
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew 28:20 · Read the chapter →
Making disciples does not end with a decision: it means teaching people to observe all that Jesus commanded, which takes time and shared life. And the task comes with a promise: he is with us alway, even unto the end of the world.
Application: Choose someone to walk with in the faith over the coming months: reading the Bible together, praying and serving.
Conclusion
The Great Commission begins with power and ends with presence. Among those who received it were some who doubted; even so, the book of Acts shows the gospel going out from Jerusalem to the uttermost part of the earth. Today the mission continues with the church: at home, in the city and among the nations.