April 26- Sent Out 
Speaker: Pastor Vic Neufeld 

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

With the announcement of resurrection ringing in their ears, the disciples make their

way to Galilee and “to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.”(28.16) This is

no accidental location. In the Gospel of Matthew, mountains are associated with

revelation as a symbolic place where heaven meets earth. Jesus is tested on a

mountain (4:8), teaches a sermon on a mountain (5:1), is transfigured on a mountain

(17:1), and now meets his bewildered disciples on a mountain. The final mountain is in

Galilee, symbolically on the border of the wild “sea” of the nations. It is on this

mountain that the disciples will discover that resurrection means nothing will ever be

the same again. New creation has burst out of the tomb. Jesus has received all

authority and will commission his disciples to “go make disciples of all nations” (28:19).

In this great commission, we learn that we are united with Jesus in his death and

resurrection—- that we are risen. And if we are risen— people of new creation— then

we have work to do. We are set out!