| Welcome to Gallant Hearts. We hope you enjoy your visit. You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. Join our community! If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features: |
| The Great Commission | |
|---|---|
| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 17 2006, 09:48 PM (71 Views) | |
| Zenaide | Sep 17 2006, 09:48 PM Post #1 |
|
Guardian Devil
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Global missions is not merely mentioned in the Great Commission, but in reality an underlying theme throughout the New Testament. John the Baptist himself declared that Christ was here to save the world, not just the self-absorbed Jewish bigots. When Jesus declared that they had made His Father’s house a den of thieves, He was alluding to the misconception that the Temple was ‘Chosen People Only’, when it was originally intended as a place for all to meet God- Jews and Gentiles alike. In the beginning of His ministry, Christ limited what He allowed the disciples to do, first saying to preach only to the Jews themselves, not the Gentiles. Israel was originally intended to be the missionaries to the Gentiles around them, but as they paid no attention to anyone but themselves, Christ later expanded His ministry to focus primarily on the Gentiles that were being snubbed. The Great Commission wasn’t given to the apostles until after Christ’s burial and resurrection as they couldn’t have had any comprehension of the magnitude of what He was asking them to do until they had witnessed His sacrifice for them. Although all for Gospels and even Acts mention the Commission, they all cover it different ways. In John, he sends them out as missionaries. Mark gives further clarification in a direct statement, while Matthew communicates an order. Luke varies his approach and references the Old Testament rather than giving a command. All this in mind, there is no way one could honestly say that Christ didn’t have global missions in mind during His ministry. |
![]() |
|
| 1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous) | |
| « Previous Topic · Operation Go Ye · Next Topic » |





![]](http://z4.ifrm.com/static/1/pip_r.png)



2:07 PM Jul 11