From his supreme authority comes the commission he has given his church. We live and minister
“between the times” of his first and second coming, and he commissions us to join him as he
wins the nations and reconciles all things unto Himself. In Matthew’s gospel, we are given Jesus’
command: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 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, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you
always, to the very end of the age” (Mt 18:18-20). This great commission is often proclaimed but
sometimes we overlook the particulars of the command. In the first phrase, “All authority has
been given to Me in heaven and on earth,” it is made clear that the follower of any other lord
must repent and follow Jesus, and that this is on the basis of the supreme authority of the Lord of
the universe. He created the universe; he sustains it; indeed, in Him all things hold together.
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“between the times” of his first and second coming, and he commissions us to join him as he
wins the nations and reconciles all things unto Himself. In Matthew’s gospel, we are given Jesus’
command: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 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, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you
always, to the very end of the age” (Mt 18:18-20). This great commission is often proclaimed but
sometimes we overlook the particulars of the command. In the first phrase, “All authority has
been given to Me in heaven and on earth,” it is made clear that the follower of any other lord
must repent and follow Jesus, and that this is on the basis of the supreme authority of the Lord of
the universe. He created the universe; he sustains it; indeed, in Him all things hold together.
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