HOW’S IT GOING? Part 2

HOW’S IT GOING? Part 2

Matthew 28:16-20

Getting unstuck by obeying The Great Commission.

MAKE DISCIPLES

CONNECT

I remember the night I got saved…

Wanted to witness to everyone in Roosevelt Park!

TEXT

Matthew 28:16-20 (NKJV) Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Explain the Text

This is the verb, the action word, in this passage. It is a command…

Make disciples! This is the commission Jesus gave us!

This is our purpose in life!

DEFINITION

What does it mean to “make disciples”?

A disciple is simply a follower of Christ. The word means to be a learner. 

Illustration

A disciple is not someone who has it all together. Just look at Jesus’ twelve disciples. TD Jakes says, “One was doubting, one was stealing the money, two were arguing over who was the greatest, one was cutting off ears and cussing. Most of them never did anything, never wrote anything; we never hear from them again. And that was with Jesus as their pastor!”

Illustration

If you are disappointed and discouraged, get out and find someone to minister to!

You don’t have to have it all together to share your life with someone. 

SCOPE

All nations!

Do you have a heart for the nations? Ethnos… ethnicities… Gentiles… pagans…?

Bible Verse

Revelation 7:9-10 (NKJV) After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

STATISTICS

David Platt…

Over a billion have never heard the name of Jesus. 

Over two billion Muslims…

Over one billion Hindus…

500 million Buddhists…

Over one billion secularists, atheists, and ‘nones’…

3. TWO COMPONENTS OF DISCIPLE MAKING

BAPTIZING

        Leading people to Christ.

        Leading them to church.

SCRIPTURE

Acts 14:21 (NKJV) And when they had preached the gospel to that city (Derbe) and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

DISCUSSION

Gospel means “Good News”!  When we preach the Gospel, we are sharing the Good News about what Jesus did, does, and will do for us!

Illustration

The most powerful weapon you have is your testimony!

        What’s your story?

        Be able to give it in 2 minutes or less. 

BAPTISM

Synonymous with church membership..,

Public profession of faith…

TEACHING

Teaching what? All things Jesus commanded… And is commanding…

        What has Jesus said to you? What is He saying to you?

        This is what you teach!

Illustration

A good friend of mine used to ask me, and everyone else, when he saw us, “What is God doing in your life right now?”

Or, “What is the last thing God said to you?”

Bring our testimony up to date!

Application

Now let’s put it all together so you can go out this week and live it. 

        1.  Don’t be afraid. Jesus is with you  

        2.  As you go, be aware of those the devil is working on.

        3.  Make disciples by sharing the Good News with those you encounter.

        4.  Lead them to church.

        5.  Help them walk like you walk.

INSPIRATION

Disciple making is a fulfillment of God’s pattern of multiplication. We reproduce after our kind.

Adam and Eve: Be fruitful and multiply…

Noah: Be fruitful and multiply…

Thirteen times in Old Testament: Be fruitful and multiply…

Jesus: My Father is glorified when you bear much fruit…

Bible Verse

John 15:1–8 (NKJV) “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

John 15:16 (NKJV) You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

A PROMISE

Jesus says “I am with you! Doing the work!”

Mark 16:19-20 (NKJV) So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.