Your Life Mission – Understanding the Great Commission You have been commissioned by Jesus - TO MAKE DISCIPLES 1. Jesus commanded you 2. People go to hell without Jesus 3. People’s lives are hurting 4. It gives our life incredible purpose Acts 1 -- Waiting on the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit’s positions with man: WITH, IN, UPON Jesus also said: “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” John 14:15-18, (NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/jhn/14/15-18/s_1011015 Jesus desires to WORK WITH YOU to make disciples The Holy Spirit empowers by enabling us to walk like Jesus The Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. John 14:26, (NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/jhn/14/26/s_1011026 In the gospel of John, Jesus says: “When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.” John 16:13-14, (NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/jhn/16/13-14/s_1013013 In the gospel of Luke the author writes : “So He (Jesus) came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:” Then Jesus said : "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; (and) to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." Luke 4:16-19, (NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/luk/4/16-19/s_977016

Matthew 28:1-10 The Resurrection story is unlike any other account among the world's religions because Jesus’ tomb was empty. Jesus' resurrection stands on reliable evidence of eyewitness testimony of His appearance, the empty tomb and the growth of the Christian faith. Literally tens of thousands of men and women have died on account of their faith in the resurrected Jesus. The early persecution only helped the church grow even stronger. Empowered by God, we see that Christianity begins to flourish without governmental power, military might or manipulation. Matthew 28:1-10 demonstrates God's love and power at the center of Jesus' resurrection, which gives Christians the assurance that those who follow Christ will also be resurrected at His return! If Jesus is in the Tomb All Hope for Eternal Life is Crushed Matthew 28:1-10 The Resurrection:  Essential Evidence of the Resurrection 2. Eyewitness Accounts 3. The Rise & Growth of the Christian Faith 1. Our New, “Born Again” Life is Dependent on the Resurrection The Apostle Peter wrote:  "All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by His great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.  And through your faith, God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see."  1 Peter 1:3-5, (NLT)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nlt/1pe/1/3-5/s_1152003 2. Our Justification is Dependent on the Resurrection The Book of Romans says: "for our benefit, too, assuring us that God will also count us as righteous if we believe in Him, the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25 He was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to life to make us right with God."  Romans 4:24-25, (NLT)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nlt/rom/4/24-25/s_1050024 3. Our Eternal Life in Body & Spirit is Dependent on the Resurrection

Matthew 27:50-56 - The Cross (Part 3) is a message that focusses on Jesus' three final declarations from the cross. They reveal His anguish, the completion of His work to purchase our salvation, and His restored peace with our Heavenly Father. Jesus cries out "Tetelestai" translated as "It is finished" to declare His victory over Satan, Sin and Death. No matter the difficulty of our circumstances we can remember through Jesus "It is finished." Christ has paid our debt in full Matthew 27:50-56 – The Cross (Part 3): Shows a Declaration of ANGUISH & AFFLICTION The Apostle John wrote: “After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!”” John 19:28 (NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/jhn/19/28/s_1016028 In the book of Psalms is says “As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before Him?” Psalm 42:1-2, (NLT) God’s Wrath on Sin has been Satisfied The Apostle Paul wrote: “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.” Romans 5:8-10, (NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/rom/5/8-10/s_1051008 God’s Wrath on Sin has been Satisfied The Apostle wrote: “For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 15:56-57, (NLT) “God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21, (NIV) Victory is won. Our Debt for sin is Paid in Full Luke writes: “And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, “Father, ‘into Your hands I commit My spirit.’ ” Having said this, He breathed His last.”” Luke 23:46 (NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/luk/23/46/s_996046   Matthew 27:50-56 – The Cross (Part 3): Jesus’ DECLARATION OF SERENITY “Father, into your hands I commit My spirit.” The Temple Veil Torn in Two Declares: Jesus is Our High Priest ACCESS TO GOD IS AVAILABLE TO ALL Salvation is through Jesus Alone The Book of Hebrews says: “But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.” Hebrews 9:11-12, (NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/heb/9/11-12/s_1142011 The Fulfillment of OT Ceremonies & Sacrifice JESUS’ WORK ON THE CROSS WAS SO COMPLETE - EVEN SINNERS CAN SEE HIS DIVINITY Visit Us At:  https://www.themissionchurch.net

  OUR INTERRUPTIONS – ARE OFTEN GOD’S APPOINTMENTS The Book of Luke quotes Jesus when He said: "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.  Luke 9:23-24,( NKJV)   https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/luk/9/23-24/s_982023 The world wants prosperity Jesus. Not crucified Jesus. He was wounded for our transgressions (against God), He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way (sin), and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:5-6 NKJV The Cross (Part 1) shows us: 2) WE ARE NOT THE JUDGES OF GOOD/ EVIL, RIGHT/ WRONG. Pastor Jon Courson Quotes: The world wants Jesus, but not crucified. The world wants a Jesus figure, a Christ-consciousness, a cosmic spirituality, a harmonic convergence, and teachings on love, truth and global unity. The world still says, “Give us Christ, but not on the cross.” Why? Because Christ crucified means we have to acknowledge the part we played in His horrific death. We have to acknowledge we are sinners in need of a Savior and the world doesn’t want to do that. They want Jesus as a Hero, but not as a Lamb slain for their sin.

In these illegal trials, we also see Peter's progression of sin. What began with pride and prayerlessness ultimately turned into the shocking, utter denial of Jesus. From the Book of Mark it is written:  “ 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”  (Mark 7:21-23, NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/mar/7/21-23/s_964021 CS LEWIS quotes:  "The soul is but a hollow which God fills. Its union with God is, almost by definition, a continual self-abandonment." (The Problem with Pain) MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE Quotes : "I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness. I never cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus." Your religion is vile to God - unless Jesus is your Lord The Prophet Zechariah wrote: "12 I said to them, "If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain." So, they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver. 13 And the Lord said to me, "Throw it to the potter" — that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter." (Zechariah 11:12-13, NKJV)  https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/zec/11/12-13/s_922012 The FOURTH ILLEGAL TRIAL of Jesus - Matthew 27 The FOURTH ILLEGAL TRIAL of Jesus – LUKE 23

 Before He was betrayed, arrested, tried and killed Jesus turned to His Father in prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Although Jesus’ disciples thought they would stand by His side, even Peter denied Jesus and was prone to sin. Victory at Gethsemane came not by force or wit, but instead Jesus shows us the important of prayer. Through prayer God gives us power and strength and it is here Jesus lives out obedience under agony. For the first time in all eternity the Trinity was conflicted. Although Jesus asks for the cup to pass, God’s wrath must be satisfied because He is just, holy and sin cannot go unpunished. Life is not a fairy tale and God is not magic. Jesus will have victory at Gethsemane because He submits to His Father’s will. Our salvation was contingent upon Jesus obediently going to the cross. Gethsemane reveals the depth of Jesus' sorrow, the intensity of Jesus' prayer (not what I want, but what God wants) and the strength of Jesus' resolve. Why would Jesus allow His own Son to endure such a terrible trial and death? Why do we go through such hardship? Some blessings God cannot give us until we are mature enough to contain the blessings. God's blessings cannot take us where our character cannot hold us. Our victory is found in prayer and it is in prayer where God develops our character to align our will with His. Be encouraged Christian, there is power in prayer and our salvation is secure in Jesus alone who is faithful.

Genuine relationship with God is not marked by Hyper Spirituality, but humility. The Lordship of Jesus is revealed by humility and a fervent desire to obey God's Word. During The Last Supper Jesus displays the ultimate servant leadership by washing the disciple’s feet and it is then the disciples recognize we are flawed sinners.

When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 2. Jesus will reign as KING All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. 3. This Kingdom was God’s desire from the beginning of time Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 4. Jesus is coming again in radiant glory 5. Jesus' Judgment of the nations at his second coming. 6. Jesus has three messages to the world during the Tribulation prior to the judgment of the nations. Read: Revelation 14:6-11 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water." Find what Babylon stands for in the end times and how it is connected to you. And another angel followed, saying, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication." What is the mark of the beast? What should we know about it to avoid taking this mark? What are the consequeces of not taking the mark of the beast?

DON’T BE FOOLED BY ANYTHING LESS The Apostle John says "7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen." REVELATION 1:7 NKJV The Glorious Return of King Jesus will fulfill the promise to Israel:   The Apostle Paul says "7 There are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed." GALATIANS 1:7-9 NKJV The Glorious Return of King Jesus will be at a specific time: REVELATION 19 MATTHEW 24:31 IS THE REGATHERING OF ISRAEL NOT THE RAPTURE The Prophet Isaiah says "He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth." ISAIAH 11:12 NKJV The Prophet Zechariah says "6 Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord. 7 Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon... 8 For thus said the Lord of hosts, after His glory sent Me to the nations who plundered you, for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. 9 Behold, I will shake My hand over them, and they shall become... plunder for those who served them (Israel). Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me. 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come, and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord." ZECHARIAH 2:6-10 ESV The Purpose of the Glorious Return of King Jesus: The Prophet Jeremiah says "31 “The day is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. 32 This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt... They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the Lord. 33 “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day," says the Lord. "I will put my commandments deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts... I will be their God, and they will be My people. 34 And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, 'You should know the Lord.' For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know Me already," says the Lord... "And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins. " 35 It is the Lord who provides the sun to light the day, and the moon and stars to light the night, and who stirs the sea into roaring waves. His name is the Lord of Heaven's Armies, and this is what He says: 36 "I am as likely to reject my people Israel as I am to abolish the laws of nature!" 37 This is what the Lord says: "Just as the heavens cannot be measured and the foundations of the earth cannot be explored... so I will not consider casting them (Israel) away for the evil they have done. I, the Lord, have spoken! 38 "The day is coming," says the Lord, "when all Jerusalem will be rebuilt for Me.” (39 skipped) 40 “The city will never again be captured or destroyed." " JEREMIAH 31:31-38 NLT