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There is nothing wrong with the fact that we at Mount Calvary like to meet with each other in fellowship and worship and to hear from God’s Word and understand it better.
In some ways I would like this to be the actual reason for the Church’s existence but, and it may come as a surprise, this is not the case.
All these things are not wrong or bad but it is not our primary reason to be here.
John MacArthur said;
If we were saved for fellowship then we would be taken to Heaven where fellowship is perfect.
If we were saved for praise and worship we would be taken to Heaven where praise and worship is unhindered and perfect.
If we were saved for the sake of teaching and training and knowledge and wisdom we should be taken to Heaven where knowledge is perfect.
Actually, our number one reason for being here is to make disciples.
And God has given us all that we need to do it.
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The timeline of these events set out in Matthew is not immediately clear for this meeting on some mountain in Galilee.
Matthew says that the eleven went to meet Jesus as prearranged.
Earlier in the chapter we read:
Interestingly, Jesus did not call them anything except brothers, even though they had acted more as deserters but this is Jesus through and through.
Just as we saw last week with Peter, Jesus seeks to restore relationships and that is done through forgiveness.
The Apostles were given forgiveness, and the Great Commission, which is what this passage is called, is also about forgiveness of sins of the whole world.
Jesus had appeared on a number of occasions, at least four of these were to his immediate disciples.
I suspect we have not been told about all of them.
A lot of things happened in the 40 days that Jesus was still around on earth before He ascended back to the Father.
By this time the twelfth disciple had committed suicide by hanging after being filled with remorse for his betrayal.
Remorse and repentance are different.
Remorse affects our feelings but repentance is one of heart and mind to change.
Now these disciples went to Galilee to meet with Jesus.
This is where it all starts.
It starts with our availability.
We have to show up.
The greatest ability we have is availability.
It is answering the Isaiah call: “Here I am”.
There was enough desire in their hearts to go and meet with Him.
And because they turned up Jesus was there to meet them and He gave the Great Commission and His Promised Presence from then on.
We are also to keep on meeting with the Lord at the place He says, which right now is Mount Calvary Baptist Church.
We are to hear the Word, to pray and meet together with His people.
Some people give up for all sorts of reasons - normally because the pastor or someone else has upset them.
It is just an excuse not to live in reconciled relationship with each other.
God forgave us and it is expected that we do the same.
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Now the eleven are on the mountain are likely to be there with 500 or so brothers that we find in:
And when they see Jesus they worship Him.
Worship belongs to God alone.
Indeed we find in the Scriptures when someone tries to bow down to an angel they are told not to do it for worship belongs to God alone.
Here, there is no rebuke.
Why?
Because Jesus IS God.
They worshipped Him for they already loved and trusted Him.
This is where it all starts.
With a heart of worship.
He is our passion and we are to love Jesus with all our heart, soul and strength.
As we go on in our Christian lives we need to cultivate by constant communion with Jesus that which is full of praise and worship to Him.
If we are not doing this then what will happen is that we will fill ourselves with our own agendas rather than that of God’s.
Then we have a word here translated as doubt.
The disciples doubted.
This was no unbelief on their part but simply incredulous about a man who had been dead now before them alive.
The word does not translate easily into English for it has within it a sense of hesitancy rather than disbelief.
But if somehow they did doubt, these great apostles, then that should be an encouragement to us for they were actually seeing the Lord and were struggling with how to come to terms with it.
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So, Matthew says, Jesus then drew near to His disciples.
His nearness no doubt would have dispelled any concern that they were seeing things or that He was a ghost.
His nearness would have been comforting for they would really, really know He is alive and that He was flesh and bone even if He wasn’t quite the same as He was before.
They could no longer have any hesitancy.
Then Jesus spoke.
“All authority has been given to Me in Heaven and Earth.”
This is one of those phrases that you really have to stop and think about.
Everything has been given to Him.
He is over everything.
He was saying: “I am the King, the President, the Prime Minister.
I am the Chief, the Owner, the CEO, I am the Managing Director, the Chairman, the Governor.
I am the Captain, the Sultan, the Emperor”.
Everything is now under His control whether it is people or angels or other spiritual beings.
He has the right to direct, command, and execute.
All are under His power.
He also has the power to forgive, to judge, to receive or reject people, and the power to save.
So, what is expected since He has all authority?
Submission.
That’s what.
He is in charge and we are called to submit to Him and participate in His Kingdom.
He is God.
Authority simply belongs to deity.
Now Jesus’ authority has been reconfirmed by what He achieved at the cross and resurrection.
He won.
Others lost.
He has the freedom to whatever He wants, to whomever He wants, whenever He wants, however He wants without exceptions.
We are happy for Him to save us but we also need to be happy for Him to rule over us.
We are to be people who submit.
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Here is the command of Jesus: Make disciples.
That is the command.
And what is required of commands?
Obedience.
That’s right.
So far, we have had availability and submission, now comes obedience.
We make disciples by going, baptising and by teaching.
I suppose the first question we should ask is: “What is a disciple?”
A disciple is a learner, someone who hears, understands and obeys.
Isn’t a disciple one who follows and comes under the authority of one who is greater.
A disciple then is not something that happens by a single decision but is a lifetime choice.
It is larger than simply making converts.
A convert is at the start of a journey.
A disciple is one who is learning and enrolled in the school of Jesus as their tutor.
A convert maybe a five minute conversation - but this is not what is being commanded here - this is a getting alongside someone and mentoring them.
Remember that this was Jesus’ way: He sought out people, and after they had come to Him, He attached Himself to them and then He taught them until they were themselves able to make disciples.
This is hard, arduous work as the disciples were hard, arduous work.
It will no simpler for us!
We are looking for those who will make a decision for Christ with a permanent change of allegiance to Him.
And where are we to go?
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