Question: What is the Great Commission? Answer: The Great Commission is “the mandate Jesus Christ gave to the whole Church to preach the full gospel of the Kingdom of God to the whole world and make disciples of all nations as a prelude to His return to rule and reign on planet earth.” Explaining this definition A proper understanding of this working definition will clear much of the confusion which surrounds this critical mandate. Satan has laboured relentlessly to induce so much confusion amongst Christians to the point that what should have united all who claim to belong to Christ is now the very epicentre of controversy and division. Pentecostals are at war with Evangelicals; some who claim they are Kingdom citizens refuse to speak of the Great Commission. Where they do at all, it’s to focus on gaps in the understanding of traditional Christian teachings on the gospel of Salvation to rubbish everything else about personal salvation. Satan must be laughing at those who claim to belong to Christ as they bicker with strident voices of self righteousness! If we all humble ourselves and allow the Word of God the final authority over our lives, theologies and practices, all the divisions will disappear. This working definition postulates as follows: 1. Jesus is the one who mandates the Great Commission. His capacity to give the mandate flows directly from *the fact that He successfully completed the redemption mission by His unique, sinless life and role as teacher of the gospel of the Kingdom. John 14: 30; Matthew 28:18 * His passion and death as an appropriate sacrifice for the redemption of all who believe on Him John 1: 29; John 19: 30. *the fact that He rose again as proof that the Father received His shed blood as sufficient to atone for the original sin of Adam 1 Corinthians 15: 12 – 23; Hebrews 9: 1-28; *His Ascension to heaven to sit at the place of glory and honour until the day He returns Acts 1: 9-11 Hebrews 10: 11- 18 By Apostle George
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:08:30 +0000
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