October 11, 2015 – The Great Commission – A Study of Matthew – Betrayal and Knocking at the Door

Matthew 28:18-20 – 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.”

Betrayal and Knocking at the Door

Matthew 26:14-16 – New International Version (NIV)

¹⁴ “Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests ¹⁵ and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶ From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.”

How was Judas Iscariot described (verse 14)?

Who did go to see (verse 14)?

In your opinion, who was he offering to deliver (verse 15)?

How much did they pay him (verse 15)?

What did Judas watch for (verse 16)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

Genesis 25:24-34 - New International Version (NIV)

²⁴ “When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. ²⁵ The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau. ²⁶ After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when Rebekah gave birth to them.

²⁷ The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. ²⁸ Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

²⁹ Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. ³⁰ He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

³¹ Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

³² “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

³³ But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.

³⁴ Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.

So Esau despised his birthright.”

What did Rebekah find out when the “time came for her to give birth” (verse 24)?

Why was the first of the twins called Esau (verse 25)?

Why was the second of the twins called Jacob (verse 26)?

Who became the “skillful hunter, a man of the open country” (verse 27)?

Why did Isaac love Esau (verse 28)?

What was Jacob doing when Esau “came in from the open country, famished” (verse 29)?

What did Esau say to Jacob (verse 30)?

How did Jacob respond (verse 31)?

In your opinion, why did Esau seem willing to give up the birthright (verse 32)?

What did Jacob force Esau to do first (verse 33)?

What did Esau do after Jacob gave him bread and lentil stew (verse 34)?

How did Esau treat his birthright (verse 34)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, what are the similarities between the action of Esau in his selling of the birthright to Jacob for a bowl of soup and some bread in Genesis 25:24-34 and Judas selling Jesus for 30 pieces of silver in Matthew 26:14-16?

Acts 5:1-11 - New International Version (NIV)

¹ “Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. ² With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet.

³ Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? ⁴ Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.”

⁵ When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened. ⁶ Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

⁷ About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. ⁸ Peter asked her, “Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?”

“Yes,” she said, “that is the price.”

⁹ Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

¹⁰ At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband. ¹¹ Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.”

What did Ananias and Sapphira do (verse 1)?

How did they agree to handle the money (verse 2)?

Why did Ananias lie to the Holy Spirit (verse 3)?

In your opinion, why was what Ananias did wrong (verse 4)?

What happened when Ananias heard what Peter said (verse 5)?

How was Ananias treated then (verse 6)?

When did Sapphira come in (verse 7)?

How did she respond when Peter questioned her about the land (verse 8)?

Who was at the door and what would they do (verse 9)?

In your opinion, why did Sapphira fall at Peter’s feet and die (verse 10)?

In your opinion, why did great fear seize the whole church (verse 11)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how is the decision of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5:1-11 to lie about the amount they received for the sale of the property similar to the decision of Esau in Genesis 25:24-34 to sell his birthright for a bowl of soup?

In your opinion, how does Ananias and Sapphira’s attempt in Acts 5:1-11 to withhold some money but claim they gave it all show that their attitude about Jesus was not so different from Judas in Matthew 26:14-16 as demonstrated by his offer to the chief priests to “deliver” Jesus?

Revelation 3:14-22 – New International Version (NIV)

¹⁴ “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. ¹⁵ I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! ¹⁶ So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. ¹⁷ You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. ¹⁸ I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

¹⁹ Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. ²⁰ Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

²¹ To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. ²² Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Who has the message for the angel of the church in Laodicea (verse 14)?

What does Jesus know about their deeds (verse 15)?

What does Jesus wish for the church people of Laodicea (verse 15)?

How is Jesus about to treat the church people of Laodicea (verse 16)?

In your opinion, why do the church people of Laodicea not think they “need a thing” (verse 17)?

What do the people not realize about themselves (verse 18)?

Who does Jesus “rebuke and discipline” (verse 19)?

Where does Jesus stand (verse 20)?

Who will Jesus “come in and eat with” (verse 20)?

What right will the victorious receive (verse 21)?

Who is instructed to hear (verse 22)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how could the warning to the church of Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-22 about being “lukewarm” have been a benefit to Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5:1-11 in their discussion about withholding some of the proceeds of the property sale for themselves, but claiming to donate all?

In your opinion, how might Esau, who despised his birthright in Genesis 25:24-34, be similar to the members of the church of Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-22 who are “lukewarm” in their deeds while thinking that they had everything they need?

In your opinion, how is the behavior of someone who is “lukewarm” like the people of the church in Laodicea in Revelation 3:14-22 similar to the behavior of Judas in Matthew 26:14-16 who walked with Jesus for years and witnessed and even participated in miracles and then promised to deliver him for “thirty pieces of silver”?

In your opinion, what do these passages, from Matthew, Genesis, Acts and Revelation show us about the Great Commission?

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October 4, 2015 – The Great Commission – A Study of Matthew – Generosity and Love

Matthew 28:18-20 – 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.”

Generosity and Love

Matthew 26:6-13 – New International Version (NIV)

⁶ “While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, ⁷ a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.

⁸ When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. ⁹ “This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”

¹⁰ Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ¹¹ The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. ¹² When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. ¹³ Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.”

Where was Jesus (verse 6)?

What did the woman do with the “alabaster jar of very expensive perfume” (verse 7)?

How did the disciples respond (verse 8)?

In your opinion, why did the disciples say “This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor” (verse 9)?

How did Jesus describe what the woman had done for him (verse 10)?

Who does Jesus say the disciples “will always have with you” (verse 11)?

What did Jesus say that the woman was preparing for (verse 12)?

Where will what the woman did be preached (verse 13)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

Deuteronomy 15:1-11 - New International Version (NIV)

¹ “At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. ² This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. ³ You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you. ⁴ However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you, ⁵ if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. ⁶ For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you.

⁷ If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. ⁸ Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need. ⁹ Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near,” so that you do not show ill will toward the needy among your fellow Israelites and give them nothing. They may then appeal to the Lord against you, and you will be found guilty of sin. ¹⁰ Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. ¹¹ There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.”

When should debts be canceled (verse 1)?

Whose loans shall creditors cancel (verse 2)?

Who may a payment be required from (verse 3)?

Why does there “need be no poor people among you” (verse 4)?

In your opinion, why did the Israelites need to “fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today” (verse 5)?

How will God bless Israel (verse 6)?

What should Israelites not be to the “poor among your fellow Israelites” (verse 7)?

In your opinion, how would you feel if you were to “be openhanded and freely lend” to the poor who at the end of every seven years you would be unable to collect from (verse 8)?

What wicked thought is not to be harbored (verse 9)?

What kind of thought is to be avoided while giving “generously” (verse 10)?

 How will the Lord God bless this kind of giving (verse 10)?

What will there always be in the land (verse 11)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how does your view of the statement that Jesus made that “the poor you will always have with you” in Matthew 26:6-13 change when you see the context that it was originally used in from Deuteronomy 15:1-11?

Colossians 2:6-15 - New International Version (NIV)

⁶ “So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, ⁷ rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

⁸ See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.

⁹ For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, ¹⁰ and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. ¹¹ In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, ¹² having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

¹³ When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, ¹⁴ having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵ And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.”

Who have the readers of Paul “just received” (verse 6)?

What are the readers to overflow with (verse 7)?

How could the readers be taken captive (verse 8)?

What lives in Christ (verse 9)?

In your opinion, how can the readers be “brought to fullness” in Christ (verse 10)?

What caused the readers “whole self ruled by the flesh” to be put off (verse 11)?

How was the “whole self” buried with Christ (verse 12)?

When did God make the readers “alive with Christ” (verse 13)?

What did Christ do with the “charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us” (verse 14)?

How did Christ triumph over the “powers and authorities” (verse 15)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how is the instruction to “be openhanded” and the “give generously” that was given to the Israelites in Deuteronomy 15:1-11 exceeded by Jesus as He “cancelled the charge of our legal indebtedness” by “nailing it to the cross” in Colossians 2:6-15?

In your opinion, how do the actions of the woman in Matthew 26:6-13 as she poured the alabaster jar of very expensive perfume on Jesus show that she had avoided the “hollow and deceptive philosophy” and was “rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness” as instructed by Paul in Colossians 2:6-15?

1 John 4:7-12 – New International Version (NIV)

⁷ “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁸ Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. ⁹ This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. ¹⁰ This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. ¹¹ Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. ¹² No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

Who does John instruct to “love one another” (verse 7)?

Where does love come from (verse 7)?

Who knows God (verse 7)?

How can we know that “whoever does not love does not know God” (verse 8)?

In your opinion, how can we live through the “one and only Son” (verse 9)?

What is love (verse 10)?

Who was sent as “an atoning sacrifice for our sins” (verse 10)?

Why should we “love one another” (verse 11)?

When is God’s love “made complete in us” (verse 12)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how does Christ who according to Paul in Colossians 2:6-15 “canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross” prove what John says in 1 John 4:7-12 that “this is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us”?

In your opinion, how does God in 1 John 4:7-12 demonstrate the instruction to “give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart” that Moses instructed the people of Israel to do in Deuteronomy 15:1-11?

In your opinion, how does the love of the woman to Jesus in Matthew 26:6-13 in giving Jesus the very valuable perfume a foreshadowing of the love Jesus showed as He went “to the cross as an atoning sacrifice for our sins” according to John in 1 John 4:7-12?

In your opinion, what do these passages, from Matthew, Deuteronomy, Colossians and 1 John show us about the Great Commission?

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September 27, 2015 – The Great Commission – A Study of Matthew – Conspiracies and Love

Matthew 28:18-20 – 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.”

Conspiracies and Love

Matthew 26:1-5 – New International Version (NIV)

¹ “When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples, ² “As you know, the Passover is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

³ Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, ⁴ and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. ⁵ “But not during the festival,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”

Who did Jesus talk to (verse 1)?

When was the Passover (verse 2)?

What was going to happen at the Passover (verse 2)?

Who assembled at the palace of the high priest (verse 3)?

In your opinion, why did they secretly scheme to arrest and kill Jesus (verse 4)?

Why did they not want to arrest and kill Jesus during the festival (verse 5)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

Psalm 2 - New International Version (NIV)

¹ “Why do the nations conspire
    and the peoples plot in vain?
² The kings of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
³ “Let us break their chains
    and throw off their shackles.”

⁴ The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
    the Lord scoffs at them.
⁵ He rebukes them in his anger
    and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
⁶ “I have installed my king
    on Zion, my holy mountain.”

⁷ I will proclaim the Lord’s decree:

He said to me, “You are my son;
    today I have become your father.
⁸ Ask me,
    and I will make the nations your inheritance,
    the ends of the earth your possession.
⁹ You will break them with a rod of iron;
    you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”

¹⁰ Therefore, you kings, be wise;
    be warned, you rulers of the earth.
¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear
    and celebrate his rule with trembling.
¹² Kiss his son, or he will be angry
    and your way will lead to your destruction,
for his wrath can flare up in a moment.
    Blessed are all who take refuge in him.”

What do the nations do (verse 1)?

Who do the kings of the earth and the rulers band together against (verse 2)?

How does the “One enthroned in heaven” respond (verse 4)?

What does the “One enthroned in heaven” say to them (verse 6)?

In your opinion, why did the Lord say “you are my son; today I have become your father” (verse 7)?

What will be the inheritance (verse 8)?

How should the kings behave (verse 10)?

Who should be served with fear (verse 11)?

Who is blessed (verse 12)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how were the “chief priests and elders of the people” of Matthew 26:1-5 conspiring and plotting as Psalm 2 talked about?

Acts 13:26-41 - New International Version (NIV)

²⁶ “Fellow children of Abraham and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent. ²⁷ The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. ²⁸ Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. ²⁹ When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. ³⁰ But God raised him from the dead, ³¹ and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people.

³² “We tell you the good news: What God promised our ancestors ³³ he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm:

“‘You are my son;
    today I have become your father.’

³⁴ God raised him from the dead so that he will never be subject to decay. As God has said,

“‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’

³⁵ So it is also stated elsewhere:

“‘You will not let your holy one see decay.’

³⁶ “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed. ³⁷ But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

³⁸ “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. ³⁹ Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of Moses. ⁴⁰ Take care that what the prophets have said does not happen to you:

⁴¹ “‘Look, you scoffers,
    wonder and perish,
for I am going to do something in your days
    that you would never believe,
    even if someone told you.’”

Who is Paul speaking to (verse 26)?

What did the people of Jerusalem and their rulers do when they condemned Jesus (verse 27)?

What did the people of Jerusalem and their rulers ask Pilate to do (verse 28)?

When did they take Him down from the cross and lay Him in the tomb (verse 29)?

What did God do (verse 30)?

What did Paul bring (verse 32)?

How did God fulfill the promises to the ancestors (verse 33)?

In your opinion, what does it mean that “he will never be subject to decay” (verse 34)?

What happened to David after he had “served God’s purpose in his own generation” (verse 36)?

Who “did not see decay” (verse 37)?

What is proclaimed “through Jesus” (verse 38)?

Who is set free from every sin (verse 39)?

In your opinion, why do the scoffers wonder (verse 41)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how do the “people of Jerusalem and their rulers” from Acts 13:26-41 illustrate the conspiring of the nations and the plotting of the people that Psalm 2 begins with?

In your opinion, how do the words of Paul in Acts 13:26-41 show the success that Jesus was anticipating when He said “As you know, the Passover is two days away—and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified” in Matthew 26:1-5?

2 Peter 1:3-11 – New International Version (NIV)

³ “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. ⁴ Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

⁵ For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; ⁷ and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. ⁸ For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.

¹⁰ Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, ¹¹ and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

What has God’s divine power given us (verse 3)?

What can we participate in through “his very great and precious promises” (verse 4)?

What causes the corruption of the world (verse 4)?

In your opinion, how do we “make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love” (verses 5, 6 and 7)?

How are kept from being “ineffective and unproductive” in our knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (verse 8)?

Who is “nearsighted and blind” (verse 9)?

In your opinion, how do we confirm our “calling and election” (verse 10)?

What kind of welcome will we receive into “the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” if we “make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love” (verse 11)?

In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?

In your opinion, how do the instructions of Peter in 2 Peter 1:3-11 allow us to build upon the good news of the salvation that Paul talked about in Acts 13:26-41?

In your opinion, how does the discussion about the nations conspiring and the people plotting against God in Psalm 2 contrast with the effort that Peter instructs the “brothers and sisters” to make in 2 Peter 1:3-11?

In your opinion, how does the willingness of Jesus to go to Jerusalem to “be handed over to be crucified” in Matthew illustrate the love that Peter instructs all of us to work for in 2 Peter 1:3-11?

In your opinion, what do these passages, from Matthew, Psalms, Acts and 2 Peter show us about the Great Commission?

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