August 11, 2013 - The Great Commission - A Study of
Matthew – John the Baptist
August 11, 2013 - The
Great Commission - A Study of Matthew – John the Baptist
The Great Commission – A Study of Matthew
Matthew 28 - New
International Version (NIV) – The Great Commission
18 Then
Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been
given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
John the Baptist
• Matthew 3:1-12
Who came into the wilderness of Judea?
What did he want people to do?
What reason did he give for that action?
What prophet did Matthew quote concerning him?
How did that prophet describe him?
What did that prophet say that John the Baptist
would say?
What was distinct about John the Baptist’s
clothes?
What was distinct about his diet?
Who went to see him?
What did the people who went to see him do?
Then what did John the Baptist do for them in
the Jordan River?
What did he call the Pharisees and Sadducees
coming to see him?
What question did he ask them?
What instruction did he give them?
Why did he say “And do not think you can say to
yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’” (NIV)?
What will happen to the trees that do not
produce good fruit?
In your opinion, why did he tell the Pharisees
and Sadducees this?
What does John the Baptist demonstrate when he baptizes
with water?
What will the one, “whose sandals I am not
worthy to carry” (NIV) baptize with?
In your opinion, is there a connection between
the baptism of Holy Spirit and the fire; and the winnowing fork gathering the
wheat into the barn and the burning of the chaff?
Isaiah 40:1-31
In your opinion, what does it mean to start out
with “Comfort, comfort” (NIV)?
What three things are to be tenderly proclaimed
to Jerusalem?
1)
2)
3)
What is supposed to happen to valleys and
mountains and rough ground and rugged places?
What will then be revealed?
In your opinion, what is being said about people
and their faithfulness in verses 6, 7 and 8?
Why do you think that those who bring good news
go up on a high mountain or shout?
How does the Sovereign LORD come?
How does He tend His flock?
In your opinion, what is Isaiah trying to convey
in verses 12 through 17?
In your opinion, what is Isaiah trying to convey
in verses 18 through 20?
In your opinion, what is Isaiah trying to convey
in verses 21 through 26?
What happens in verse 27?
In your opinion, why does Isaiah discuss the grandeur
of God after this?
What is the contrast between verse 29 and verse
30?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us
about the passage in Matthew?
Hebrews 12: 4-13
What are the Hebrew Christians (we) struggling
against?
What kind of word that is given as a father to a
son does Paul ask if the Hebrew Christians (we) have forgotten?
What is not to be made light of?
Who does the Lord discipline (chasten in KJV)?
In your opinion, why does Paul say to, “Endure
hardship as discipline” (NIV)?
In your opinion, why does Paul say, “If you are
not disciplined . . . then you are not legitimate”?
Why does God discipline us (verse 10)?
What does discipline, although painful, produce
a harvest of?
What are we to strengthen?
In your opinion, what is meant by discipline (chasten in KJV)
or (paideia in Greek)?
Why are we to make level paths?
In your opinion, is there a difference in the
level paths to be made here by all Christians and the straight paths of Matthew?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us
about the passage in Matthew?
Revelation 20:11-12
What did John see?
In your opinion, who is seated on it?
What had the earth and the heavens done?
Who was standing before the throne?
In your opinion, what is in the books that are opened?
In your opinion, what is in the other book that
is opened, the “book of life”?
What does it say happens to the dead?
What happens to death and Hades?
What is the lake of fire?
Who else is thrown into the lake of fire?
In your opinion, if someone’s name is in the book of life
are they judged (see John 5:24)?
In your opinion, what does this passage teach us
about the passage in Matthew?
So, what do all four passages lead us to
understand about the great commission?
So, what components of the Great Commission does
this illustrate?
1) Jesus
2) All authority in heaven and on
earth
3) Go and make disciples
4) Baptize them
5) Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit
6) Teaching them to obey
everything
7) I am with you always
8
8) All Nations
9) Obey Commandments
Next, back to Matthew 3:13
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