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Matthew 28:16-20
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16Then the eleven disciples
went to
17When they saw him, they
worshiped him; but some doubted.
18Then Jesus came to them and
said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
19Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very
end of the age.”
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1)
According to
verse 16 where did the eleven disciples go?
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They went
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To
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To the mountain.
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Where
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Jesus had told
them to go.
2)
According to
verse 17 what happened when the disciples saw
Jesus?
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When they saw Jesus,
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They worshiped him.
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But some doubted.
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 18 to whom has all authority in heaven and on earth been
given?
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All authority
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In heaven.
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And on earth.
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Has been given to
Jesus.
4)
What does ‘nations’
in verse 19 refer to?
o
‘Nations’ refers
to people groups.
5)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 19 and 20 what did he commission
the disciples to do as a result of all authority in heaven and on earth having
been given to him?
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Make disciples of
all people groups by
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Going to them.
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Baptizing them in
the name
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Of the Father.
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And of the Son.
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And of the Holy
Spirit.
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And teaching them
to obey everything.
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That
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Jesus has commanded
the disciples.
6)
What is the nature
of the mission of making disciples of all people groups in the context of
crossing the cultural barrier?
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Making disciples
of all people groups is a cross-cultural mission.
7)
What should
discipleship be based on since disciples are supposed to obey everything that Jesus
has commanded?
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Discipleship should
be based on obedience to everything.
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That
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Jesus has commanded.
8)
Are disciples
being made if they have been taught what Jesus has commanded but are not
obeying it and why?
o
No, because discipleship
is obedience-based.
9)
What should be
done to ensure that disciples obey what they have been taught that Jesus has commanded?
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Disciples should
be held accountable for obeying what they have been taught.
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That
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Jesus has commanded.
10)
Is ‘everything’
in verse 20 an adequate translation and why, given the King James version of Matthew
28:20?
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No, because in
the original language there are two words,
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One an adjective.
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And the other a
noun.
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Both meaning
‘all’, for the emphasis of the meticulous exhaustiveness of all.
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That
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Jesus has commanded.
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This is a common
problem among all the modern English translations.
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The King James
Version provides a more adequate translation by using ‘all things whatsoever’ for
the emphasis.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Matthew 28:20 (King James Version) that says,
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20Teaching them to observe
all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even
unto the end of the world. Amen.
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11)
What was the advantage the disciples had in the context of the
benefits of discipleship when Jesus was with them?
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Jesus would
correct them.
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When
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They conducted
themselves in a way that was not characteristic of him.
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With his presence
comes the continual conforming of the disciples to the image of the Son of God.
12)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 20 what was his
promise when disciples are taught all things whatsoever he has commanded?
o
Surely Jesus is with
the disciples always, conforming them to the image of the Son of God to the
very end of the age.
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Matthew 28:16-20
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