CHBC Connect for May 3, 2024
God’s Vision for CHBC: 3 Piers, 3 Pillars, and 3 Purposes
3 Purposes: Equipping Believers, Exalting Christ, and Extending the Gospel
And Jesus came up 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 the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. (Matthew 28:18-20)
The Great Commission, as the verses are typically known, contains one direct command, and three indirect commands. The one command is to make disciples. How do we make disciples? By baptizing and teaching. We baptize those who respond in repentance and faith to the good news of God’s redemption through the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ. We then teach these new followers the demands of Scripture upon the lives of those who are believers.
This entire process begins with us going with the intent of making disciples. For the church to extend the gospel is not a program of missions or a ministry of certain individuals. The church fulfills the great commission as the members of the church go to their home, their job, their, grocery stores, their coffee shops, their gyms, their civic organizations, or anywhere their day takes them with the intent to plead with others on behalf of Christ, that they be reconciled to God (2 Cor. 5:20).
The work of extending the gospel is an every believer, everyday responsibility. Yes, the church should organize for gospel outreach through ministries, trips, and events. But the Great Commission was not given to an organization, but to disciples for them to make more disciples. Are you a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ? Are you in the process of making disciples by going, seeing them baptized, and teaching?
By His Grace and For His Glory,
Pastor Mark
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