Listen as Reverend Jorge Acevedo shares a message on Matthew 28:19, where Jesus commands us to "Go and make disciples of all the nations." Learn how we can live out the Great Commission together.
Red Letter Living
October 20, 2024 | Rev. Dr. Jorge Acevedo
Last Words
Matthew 28:19 (NLT),
And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.”
Luke 24:46-49 (NLT),
And he said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day. It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’ You are witnesses of all these things. And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.”
John 20:21-23 (NLT),
Again, he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
Acts 1:8 (NLT),
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Matthew 28:18-20 (NLT),
Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
My apprenticeship to Jesus is not complete until I join Jesus in his mission in the world.
“I was a Christian for twenty-two years. But instead of being a twenty-two-year old Christian, I was a one-year-old Christian, twenty-two times!”
- Pete Scazzero, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
Matthew 28:18-20 (NLT),
Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, GO and MAKE DISCIPLES of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. TEACH these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 4:19 (NLT),
Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”
“To follow Jesus is to become his apprentice. It is to organize your entire life around three driving goals:
- Be with Jesus.
- Become like him.
- Do as he did.”
- John Mark Comer, Practicing the Way
Matthew 28:19a (NLT),
“…make disciples of all nations.”
How do I join Jesus in making disciples?
- Go!
- Baptize!
- Teach!
“Evangelism is simply sharing Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit and leaving the results to God.”
- Dr. Bill Bright
“The best of all is, God is with us.”
- John Wesley
Matthew 28:20b (NLT).
“And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
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