Ripe for Harvest

318 • R IPE FOR H ARVEST

1. What does this text say about what is most important for us to accomplish as members of God’s people?

2. How does the Great Commandment emphasize our need to care for others with the compassion of Christ?

3. How do the two commandments relate to each other in the church?

B. The Great Commission:

Matt. 28.18-20 (NASB) – And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Mark 16.15-16 (NASB) – And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.” Luke 24.46-48 (NASB) – And He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day; and that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.” 1. What is the goal God has given to us to communicate Christ with the lost in the world – what must we seek to accomplish? 2. How do these passages speak to our need to reach out across cultural, racial, economic, political, and other barriers to share the good news of Christ?

3. How might God want a church like AF to participate in this mandate to reach every nation with the gospel of Christ?

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