| Salvation: Hear, Believe, Repent, Confess, be Baptised. | |||||||
| Notice the Great Commission as recorded in the synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke: | |||||||
| Matthew 28:18-20 | Mark 16:15-16 | Luke 24:46-49 | |||||
| 18And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20“teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. | 15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16“He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. | 46Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47“and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48“And you are witnesses of these things. 49“Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.” | This Great Commission was originally fulfilled in about 56 A. D. as seen in the words, "Their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world" (Rom. 10: 18, cp. Col. 1: 5, 6, 23). | ||||
| Observe the following truths: | |||||||
| 1 | Jesus has all "authority" | Matt 28:18 | |||||
| 2 | He commissioned the 'apostles'. | Matt 28:19; Mark 16:15. | |||||
| 3 | The gospel is for "all nations" | Matt 28:19. | |||||
| 4 | Disciples are made by "baptising" them. | "the present participle denotes the mode of initiation into discipleship. Make them disciples by baptizing them," Pulpit Commentary,regarding Matthew 28: 19. | |||||
| 5 | The apostles were to "baptise" into the name of the "Godhead." | Matt 29:19. | |||||
| 6 | Those who "believed" and were "baptized" would be saved. | Mark 16:16 | |||||
| 7 | "Repentance" and "Remission of sins" began in Jerusalem | Luke 24:47 | |||||
| 8 | The apostles would be prepared and empowered for the work of the Great Commission. | Luke 24:49 | |||||
| 9 | "Made disciples" were to be taught all things. | Matt 28:20 | |||||
| 10 | Jesus would be with the apostles in their work. | Matt 28:20 | |||||