Sermon and Worship Resources

Synonyms: Levi, disciple, evangelist, tax collector, the 12, the twelve, apostle, sermon on the mount, jewish audience, beatitudes, lord's prayer, great commission, parables, olivet discourse, mount of olives, olivet, synoptic

Showing 1 to 25 of 487 results

1. A Church Shaped By The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of the Kingdom when He announced His mission. And you remember He announced that mission by saying, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed Me…” (Luke 4:18). At the close of His ministry, He commissioned us for Kingdom work—giving us the Great Commission. As a part of our work we are to baptize “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”—and we are to remember that Jesus is with us always—to the end of the age. Not only are the charter and the ...

2. Having Fun with The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... this commission that put some new, happy light on how to do evangelism. New Testament scholars like to point out that because Matthew is the most Jewish of all the gospel writers, he tends to focus more on obedience. This is evident in his version of the Great Commission, as it is not so much preaching or the conjuring of the Spirit that is to be done in evangelism (Luke 24:46-48; Mark 16:15-18; John 20:22-23), but instead evangelists are to teach to the targets of evangelism "to obey everything ... [Christ ...

3. Envision: The Great Commission

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

James Merritt

I am absolutely convinced after having lived my life to this point, that there is nothing more powerful than a vision. Every great institution, every great invention, every great innovation known to the human race has been the result of somebody’s vision. This past month we have asked you to envision a church filled with followers of Christ, who give everything they have and everything they are to doing three things 24/7: Love God, Serve Others, sharing Jesus. It all begins with loving God. We have learned ...

4. His Last Command ... Our First Concern!

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... us have been asked to do all week is to wash the dishes or take out the trash, this comes as quite a jolt! I know of no other statement in the Bible that can give a man more of a sense of esteem, joy, and purpose than Christ's great commission to his disciples. It turns the farm, the assembly line, the office, the kitchen, the mill, the classroom, the truck, and the retail store into an artist's studio where we may fairly affirm, "I'm here on temporary assignment with God. My talent and time and money are ...

5. Sent From The Mountain

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... tell to the nations. In the late 1700s, a man named Samson Occum was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. He was Native American, and he was sent as a missionary to the Oneida Indians. On the day of his ordination and commissioning, the preacher based his sermon on the Great Commission.1 The point was clear: "White people like us have given an Indian like you something you did not have, and we want you to give it away to as many Indian people as you can." In the late 1700s, that may or may not have been a ...

6. One More Thing

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Robert Allen

... of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." However, when we look closely and listen carefully, the last words of Jesus to his disciples really did three things. There is a claim of power. There is a great commission. There is the promise of a presence. The one more thing which Jesus had to say to his disciples was a summation of his teachings. Today, as we look at the parting words of Jesus to his disciples and to the whole church, I want us to look at ...

7. Oops! I Did It Again

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... burst out, “You know, boy, kindness can make you cry.” (7) Well, kindness can make you cry. But that is part of what taking up the cross of Jesus is all about. We love as he loved. We don’t try to repeal the Great Commandment or the Great Commission. We try to live them out. Oh, we backslide sometimes, just as Peter did, but by God’s grace we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and even more importantly, we hoist the cross back on our shoulder, and we seek to live as Jesus lived. That’s who ...

8. How Good News Spreads!

1 Kings 8:22-61

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... November winter winds sweeping across the Soviet plains. And to this day I remain an uncommissioned artist. There is in my life and yours, however, a genuine commissioning that, if you think about it, far outshines any other possible call to art. It is the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. "Go," God commissions in Matthew. "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations...." In 1 Kings 8:42, it is said of God, "Men will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm." God, it seems ...

9. Laborers Needed for the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... may consider the ten percent figure too great. Suppose only one percent of all Christians take seriously the words of Jesus to "preach the Gospel to every creature." Then the entire world would be evangelized in ten years. We cannot blame God for the Great Commission not being fulfilled by saying that he created too many people in this world. Nor can we say that the ratio between Christian and non-Christian is too drastic! We cannot blame the devil for the Commission not being expedited, either, as though ...

10. Daily Homework

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... been saved. III. God Gives Us His Presence To Empower Us To Go "Teaching them to observe all the things I commanded you and lo I am with you always even until the end of the age." (Matthew 28:20, NASB) This is so crucial. Do you see how The Great Commission is a joint effort? God is not just asking us to do this for Him. He is asking us to do this with Him. It is the only time where the teacher gets involved with the student in doing the homework and carrying out the assignment! I don't want ...

11. The Nano-Punch of Pentecost

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... they do, even “to the end of the age.” Solving world hunger and advancing world peace are noble causes. They are worthy of our attention and investment. But they aren’t our Main Assignment . . . our main assignment is here: The Great Commission. You might even call The “Great Commission” Jesus’ Last Tweet. In this sentence Jesus affirmed all that he had proclaimed, all that he was, all that he had fulfilled, all that he had promised. And all of those “alls” he passed on with a new power, the ...

12. Teachers Without Chalkboards

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

... It is what might be called a "practical education." Learners are not only to know something at lesson's end, but they are also to be something and to do something because of who they are. The denominational article set the goal as "discipled people." The Great Commission labels it obedience. The goal of this teaching is not information but commitment. The outcome is to be a following of Jesus, a going where he sends and a doing of what he commands. In a real sense, the pupils in this classroom are to become ...

13. Last Words Are Important

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , and suffering, these Christians know who they are and whose they are. Though they can’t practice what we call public evangelism, and are tremendously limited in what they do outside the walls of their church buildings, they find ways to live out the Great Commission. Bishop Pereira is clear about it. . When a young person comes to him and tells him he feels that God is calling him to ministry – and many young people are experiencing this call – the bishop tells him to go out and win ten persons ...

14. King Forever!

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... . The Lord says, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given unto me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." This statement is sometimes referred to as the great commission. Now, a king might commission an artist to do a sculpture or a painting. A church might commission an architect to do a cathedral. But who ever heard of God Almighty giving a commission to a man? Yet this is exactly part of what the ascension ...

15. The Majesty Of God's Love

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... Jesus entails that this oneness includes a human component, God can not be God unless he is all wrapped up in the lives of human beings (for the Son with whom he is one is such a human). Here we see what is really at stake for God in the great commission to make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19). Reunited with the man Jesus in his ascension, it is God's very nature to seek union with human beings. In the work of evangelism (in bringing others to faith in him), God is truly "doing his thing." He is ...

16. Whatever It Takes

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... advance left us no problems which need to be alleviated, no wounds which only Divine Love can heal? St. Paul felt a passion. He was on a mission. You and I are in this room today two thousand years later because St. Paul was not deterred. He took the great commission very seriously. IN THE SECOND PLACE, ST. PAUL WAS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TOOK TO WIN PEOPLE TO CHRIST. Listen to what he says, “To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law ...

17. Converts Or Disciples?

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... in America; you have so many riches and your people have become so selfish. So few Americans seem to pay any attention to God in any meaningful way.” Are there any Christians within the church? That seems to lie at the heart of Christ’s great commission. He did not charge his people to make converts, but to make disciples. Alongside any intention to grow the church in numbers is a greater concern to grow the church in depth. A disciple is a student of Jesus. Disciples have a relationship that is ...

18. Envision: A Church After God’s Heart

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

James Merritt

... all begins with an attitude. I want you to ask yourself this question, right now, and think about it over the next three weeks. “Do you come here to be served or to serve?” Then, the last step is probably the greatest step – III. Finish The Great Commission – Share Jesus Outside of John 3:16, it is one of the most familiar passages in the scriptures. We have heard them many, many, times. “And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go ...

19. The State Of The Church

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Robert Allen

... , the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you ... As we look at and examine the state of the church in today’s world, I want to suggest some things we must do if we are to once again begin fulfilling the Great Commission. I. We must develop a devotional life. A young woman came to see me once because she was going through some problems. She said, "I feel all alone. I don’t even think God is concerned about me because I feel so empty on the inside." "Do you pray ...

20. Follow Your Mission (Series: An Invitation to Christian Discipleship)

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... so,” Larry replied. “What made you do this?” they asked. Larry said, “Sometimes you just can’t sit there!” II. Into All Worlds Go! Go! Go into all your worlds! That is how I like to paraphrase it. Go into all your worlds. When Acts talked about the Great Commission, he said go to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the outer most parts of the earth. John Wesley said, “I look upon all the world as my parish. By that I mean in whatever part I am, I judge it my bounden duty to declare unto all that ...

21. He Commanded Us to Preach

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... to forgive others. But there should also be repentance, a turning away from sin and a turning towards remorse and conviction to make ourselves and others better. We cannot therefore compromise the gospel of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection, for he commanded us to preach. Our great commission may be found in Luke 4:18-19 as well as Matthew 28:19-20: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners ...

22. Show and Tell

Mark 1:16-22

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... leading someone astray being like trying to swim with a millstone around our neck. There are all kinds of reasons, excuses and rational for NOT sharing the Gospel. But not a single one of them can trump the Great Commission. Someone said that the reason Jesus Ascended into Heaven as soon as the Great Commission was given was so He wouldn't have to listen to excuses and questions or debate the issue. Instead He just left our Mission orders to GO. B. One of out greatest fears is that people will perceive ...

23. Is It Too Late? ... Continued

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

George Johnson

... taking place in the Horn of Africa. In the Food and Recovery Resolution for the Horn of Africa there is a concern for the soil in that part of the world. Letter writing is a political act. It involves a decision which is part of following the great commission God gave us when it says in Genesis "till and keep the soil." Little will happen to stop the trend toward environmental destruction until we take political action. To not get involved is to bury the talent God has given us. 7. Pray For Healing. We must ...

24. Traveling Tables

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... going”). “As you are going” make disciples of all cultures, baptizing people in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19). Notice what the Great Commission doesn’t say. Jesus never said “Go into all the world, and keep your mouth shut, your head down, your guard up, your hands clean, your knees bent, your eyes closed, your ears plugged, and your fingers crossed.” No, Jesus just said “GO.” Go ...

25. What in the World Are We Doing?

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... a wrong, with the help of God, we can right it. Where there are hungry people, with the help of God, we can feed them. Where there is no hospital, with the help of God, we can build one. This is our task, our calling, our great commission. Some years ago, Ed Beck was an All-American basketball player. After his great career, he took a group of athletes on a mission work trip to Korea. After their project was completed, they were saying good-bye to the Korean villagers. Deep friendships had been established ...

Showing results