Great Reasons To Obey The Great Commission

Great Reasons to Obey The Great Commission
Matthew 28:18-20


I . The Great Conservation
A. Lu 12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.


B. Ro 1:14 – 16 “I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”


C. Luke 7:47 “Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.”


D. Ephesians 2:4-10 “ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
E. Because Christ gave himself for us, we should give ourselves for to him. The Great Commission is just a small way of doing so.


II. The Great Commandment

A. Mark 12:31-32
B. II Cor 5:14-21
C. I John 4:20
D. If we love God like we should, We will tell others like we would




III. The Great Conviction

A. Two young Moravians heard of an island in the west indies where an athiest British owners had 2000-3000 slaves, and the owner had said, “No preacher, no clergyman will ever step foot on this Island. If he’s shipwrecked we’ll keep him in a separate house until he has to leave, but he’s never going to talk to any of us about God. I’m through with all that non-sense.”
3000 slaves from the jungles of Africa brought to an island in the Atlantic and there to live and die without hearing of Christ. Two young Moravians heard about it. They sold themselves to the British planter and used the money to buy passage to the island, for he paid no more than he would pay for any slave and wouldn’t transport them. And as the ship left the pier at the river Hamburg, the Moravians had come to see the two young lads off. Never to return again for this wasn’t a 4 year term. They’d sold themselves into lifelong slavery, simply that as slaves, they could be as Christians were these others were. The families were there weeping for they knew they’d never see them again. And as the gap widened and the hawsers were being curled up on the pier, and the young boys saw the widening gap. One lad, his arm linked through the arm of his fellow raised his hand and shouted across the gap the last words that were ever heard from them… They were these:MAY THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN, RECEIVE THE REWARD OF HIS SUFFERING. This became the call of Moravian missions, and this is the only reason for being, that the lamb that was slain, may recieve the reward of His suffering. – Copied


B. Revelation 5
C. I Timothy 1:15
D. Luke 19:10



IV. The Grand Consolation
A. Partnered with the Holy Spirit – Acts 11:12
B. Powered by The Spirit – Acts 1:8
C. Persuaded with the Scriptures – Isaiah 55:11


V. The Great Consent
A. Matt 28:18-20
B. Acts 1:8


VI. The Great Confusion
A. The G.C. is not limited to “Soul winning”
B. The G.C. is not limited to Baptism
C. The G.C. isn’t limited to Discipleship
D. The G.C. is a command. It isn’t optional
E. The G.C. is a meter of your Christian life and walk with God – I Cor 9:16-17, 2 Cor 4:3-4,
Col 1:28, Col 3:16, Titus 2:12, Col 2:6, Heb 6:1