{"id":10721,"date":"2020-12-26T16:57:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T16:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=10721"},"modified":"2022-01-12T15:17:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:17:31","slug":"the-greatest-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=10721","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 1<\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">[<strong>Note:\u00a0 <\/strong>This MS is available in<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>larger font on our <strong>Brief Articles<\/strong>\u00a02 page.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God has given some great charges to various men through the ages.\u00a0 He commissioned Noah to build the ark and Moses to lead Israel out of Egyptian bondage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One commission excels all others, however, to such an extent that we rightly speak of it as \u201cThe Greatest Commission.\u201d While it appears in each of the Gospel accounts in varying degrees of detail, Matthew and Mark give us the fullest accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world (Mat. 28:19-20). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt;\">And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned (Mark 16:15\u201316; cf. Luke 24:46\u201347; John 20:21\u201323).<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why is this the greatest commission ever given to men?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>The authority behind it: <\/strong>Jesus prefaced the commission by stating that God the Father had given Him all authority in both Heaven and Earth (Mat. 28:18). No army ever received its marching orders on such awesome authority.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>The responsibility it embraces:<\/strong> The responsibilities of God\u2019s people are many (e.g., doing good unto all men [Gal. 6:10], sober, righteous, and Godly living [Tit. 2:12], providing for our families [1 Tim. 5:8], et al.). However, Jesus\u2019 commission involves the greatest responsibility. The salvation of the world depends upon our fulfilling it. He has no mouths but ours to get the Gospel to the lost world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>The scope it encompasses:<\/strong> Other God-given charges involved limited people or times. However, Jesus\u2019 commission involves all mankind from the time of His death until His return. It includes all the world, the whole creation, and every nation, \u201ceven unto the end of the world.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>The news it bears: <\/strong>The Gospel bears the sublime news that salvation is available for all men through Jesus\u2019 sin offering of His own blood. The apostles first declared this message on Pentecost, telling believing sinners they could be saved if they would repent and be baptized (Acts 2:22\u201341; cf. Mark 16:16a).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tragically, most who welcome the good news of salvation reject the Savior\u2019s conditions for receiving it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">[<strong>Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it appeared in the <em>Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, December 30, 2016.]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Attribution:<\/strong> From <em>thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Views: 1[Note:\u00a0 This MS is available in\u00a0 larger font on our Brief Articles\u00a02 page.] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God has given some great charges to various men through the ages.\u00a0 He commissioned Noah to build the ark and Moses to lead Israel out of Egyptian bondage. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"easywp-readmore\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=10721\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span class=\"easywp-sr-only\">  The Greatest Commission<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[706,419,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gods-authority","category-responsibility","category-salvation","wpcat-706-id","wpcat-419-id","wpcat-72-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10721"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17340,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10721\/revisions\/17340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}