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S ESSION 4: N URTURE AND T RANSITION • 359

S EMINAR 1 Effective Discipling in the Church Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

I. The Great Commission, the Kingdom of God, and the Church of Jesus Christ

A. The Great Commission, Matthew 28.18-20; Mark 16.15-16; Luke 24.46-49; Acts 1.8; John 20.21

1. The authority of Jesus Christ

2. The mandate to go

a. Into all nations

b. To make disciples

c. To baptize in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

3. The directive: to teach to obey everything Christ taught

B. The Kingdom of God, Matt. 6.33; Mark 1.14-15; Rev. 11.15; Rom. 14.17

1. The Kingdom of God = the reign and rule of God in the midst of his universe

a. The universe is at war.

b. Jesus of Nazareth is God’s answer to the rebellion of the cosmos.

c. The recovery of the spheres: God’s intent to bring the universe back under his domain and control

2. The kingdom of darkness, Eph. 6.12

Context Values/Vision

a. Our mortal enemy: Satan, the Adversary, the devil

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