Ramsey Creek Baptist Church

In this text there is a command ("make disciples of all nations"), the rationale for the command ("all authority has been given to [Jesus]", and clarifiers that explain how the command is to be fulfilled ("go, baptize, teach"). The Great Commission is what drives our mission efforts and is primarily a call to disciple-making. So the end goal of missions is making disciples who are passionate for the glory of God. Characteristics of a genuine disciple: * True disciples will hold to His Word and grow in grace as a result of it. (John 8:31-32) * True disciples will have noticeable, lasting, and genuine love for one another. (John 13:35) * True disciples will ultimately and obviously prove their allegiance to Jesus by how they live. (John 15:8) Every Christian is commanded to not only be a true disciple, but to make more true disciples.