Ramsey Creek Baptist Church

Ramsey Creek Baptist Church

Ramsey Creek Baptist Church

Ramsey Creek Baptist Church

In this text there is a command ("make disciples of all nations"), the rationale for the command ("all authority has been given to [Jesus]", and clarifiers that explain how the command is to be fulfilled ("go, baptize, teach"). The Great Commission is what drives our mission efforts and is primarily a call to disciple-making. So the end goal of missions is making disciples who are passionate for the glory of God.

Characteristics of a genuine disciple:

* True disciples will hold to His Word and grow in grace as a result of it. (John 8:31-32)

* True disciples will have noticeable, lasting, and genuine love for one another. (John 13:35)

* True disciples will ultimately and obviously prove their allegiance to Jesus by how they live. (John 15:8)

Every Christian is commanded to not only be a true disciple, but to make more true disciples.

In this text there is a command ("make disciples of all nations"), the rationale for the command ("all authority has been given to [Jesus]", and clarifiers that explain how the command is to be fulfilled ("go, baptize, teach"). The Great Commission is what drives our mission efforts and is primarily a call to disciple-making. So the end goal of missions is making disciples who are passionate for the glory of God.

Characteristics of a genuine disciple:

* True disciples will hold to His Word and grow in grace as a result of it. (John 8:31-32)

* True disciples will have noticeable, lasting, and genuine love for one another. (John 13:35)

* True disciples will ultimately and obviously prove their allegiance to Jesus by how they live. (John 15:8)

Every Christian is commanded to not only be a true disciple, but to make more true disciples.

In this text there is a command ("make disciples of all nations"), the rationale for the command ("all authority has been given to [Jesus]", and clarifiers that explain how the command is to be fulfilled ("go, baptize, teach"). The Great Commission is what drives our mission efforts and is primarily a call to disciple-making. So the end goal of missions is making disciples who are passionate for the glory of God.

Characteristics of a genuine disciple:

* True disciples will hold to His Word and grow in grace as a result of it. (John 8:31-32)

* True disciples will have noticeable, lasting, and genuine love for one another. (John 13:35)

* True disciples will ultimately and obviously prove their allegiance to Jesus by how they live. (John 15:8)

Every Christian is commanded to not only be a true disciple, but to make more true disciples.

Our culture is increasingly intolerant of people who claim that absolute truth exists. For many, God/religion is just a matter of opinion or preference, not something to build a life around. We don’t like being told absolute truth exists because if it does then we will be held accountable for knowing it and listening to it. But we we can’t believe things or refuse to believe things simply on the basis of how they make us feel. There is ample evidence for the physical resurrection of Jesus, and if the resurrection is true then every one of us has an extremely important decision to make: believe and submit to Jesus as Lord, or reject his rule and perish in our sin.

Jesus’ resurrection validates everything He said, taught, and He came to do. The resurrection confirms the bold promises of the cross (like the forgiveness of sin, a new life, a new heart, peace with God, victory over sin & death, etc). Without Jesus being raised those are empty promises, but because He has conquered death they are promises to be believed.

Our culture is increasingly intolerant of people who claim that absolute truth exists. For many, God/religion is just a matter of opinion or preference, not something to build a life around. We don’t like being told absolute truth exists because if it does then we will be held accountable for knowing it and listening to it. But we we can’t believe things or refuse to believe things simply on the basis of how they make us feel. There is ample evidence for the physical resurrection of Jesus, and if the resurrection is true then every one of us has an extremely important decision to make: believe and submit to Jesus as Lord, or reject his rule and perish in our sin.

Jesus’ resurrection validates everything He said, taught, and He came to do. The resurrection confirms the bold promises of the cross (like the forgiveness of sin, a new life, a new heart, peace with God, victory over sin & death, etc). Without Jesus being raised those are empty promises, but because He has conquered death they are promises to be believed.

Our culture is increasingly intolerant of people who claim that absolute truth exists. For many, God/religion is just a matter of opinion or preference, not something to build a life around. We don’t like being told absolute truth exists because if it does then we will be held accountable for knowing it and listening to it. But we we can’t believe things or refuse to believe things simply on the basis of how they make us feel. There is ample evidence for the physical resurrection of Jesus, and if the resurrection is true then every one of us has an extremely important decision to make: believe and submit to Jesus as Lord, or reject his rule and perish in our sin.

Jesus’ resurrection validates everything He said, taught, and He came to do. The resurrection confirms the bold promises of the cross (like the forgiveness of sin, a new life, a new heart, peace with God, victory over sin & death, etc). Without Jesus being raised those are empty promises, but because He has conquered death they are promises to be believed.