They Worshipped Him

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They Worshipped Him

Message 5

Burk Parsons

The Great Commission ends with the comforting words “I am with you always, to the end of the age.” While comforting, these words can be perplexing, causing us to ask, “How is Christ with us to the end of the age?” In this lesson, Dr. Parsons answers this question through a sketch of one of the most significant themes in all of Scripture, revealing God’s enduring desire to dwell with His people and even to use us to fulfill His mission through the local church.

I Am with You Always

Burk Parsons

The Great Commission is given in the context of worship. When Jesus’ followers encountered Him after the resurrection, they fell down and worshiped Him, and He commissioned them to fulfill His mission in making disciples and taking the gospel to the ends of the earth. In this lesson, Dr. Parsons introduces the Great Commission by looking at the reason why God created us: that He might be worshiped.

Teaching Them to Observe All I Have Commanded

Burk Parsons

The first words of the Great Commission reveal that Jesus Christ has been given all authority in heaven and on the earth, and it is by this authority that we are sent into every corner of the earth, confident that Christ’s rule extends over every nation. In this lesson, Dr. Parsons explains how the sovereignty of Jesus Christ is one of the greatest motivations for missions and our greatest assurance of success.

Go Therefore and Make Disciples of All Nations

Burk Parsons

The great commandment of the Great Commission is the clear directive of Jesus Christ to “go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” This is a command requiring nothing short of our obedience, for it is by going and making disciples that we fulfill the Great Commission. In this lesson, Dr. Parsons teaches us exactly what it means—and what it does not mean—to be and to make disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ.