The Great Commission

[missourimary]

OK, this thought struck me this morning and I just want your take on it.

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.


Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.


IF a church preaches multiple evangelistic messages (Acts 2:38) and intersperses them sporadically with teachings on how to dress and the rapture, and sometimes hits a few parables (relating them to one of the topics above) are they truly obeying the verses above?

[Godsdrummer]

Originally Posted by missourimary

OK, this thought struck me this morning and I just want your take on it.

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.


Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.


IF a church preaches multiple evangelistic messages (Acts 2:38) and intersperses them sporadically with teachings on how to dress and the rapture, and sometimes hits a few parables (relating them to one of the topics above) are they truly obeying the verses above?

In my humble opinion NO!!!
First off Jesus never did teach or command anything to do with how we dress, or for that matter what we call the rapture. And the gospel is not Acts 2:28. The Gospel is the good news that Jesus became the way back into relationship with God.

I once had a long discustion with the pastor I was raised under. He preached 5 things, church attendance, standards of holiness,oneness of the godhead, baptism in Jesus name, and Tithe and offering. He ask me what else there was to preach, I told him we have the whole bible. See I told him that we did not need to preach all those things that God had a way to show each person the right way is they had Gods spirit. I they did not have Gods spirit then making them obey something did not make them right with God.