Read Matthew 28.16-20. What’s your first remembrance of hearing the Great Commission? What did it mean to you then? What does it mean to you today?
After reading the Great Commission, note your responses to the following:
1. Who receives the Great Commission?
2. What is their response?
3. How does Matthew characterize their faith?
4. What command is given?
Read Luke 24.50-53. How does the conclusion of Luke’s Gospel encourage you?
What are the similarities and differences in the ending of Luke’s Gospel and Matthew’s Gospel?
Read 1 Corinthians 15.5-7. How does this text encourage you? What must have it been like to be in that gathering of believers? How has your appreciation for the gathering of believers changed during this quarantine season?
Matthew characterizes himself and his friends this way, “When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.” Matthew 28.17.
How is doubt possible when the Resurrected Jesus is standing in front of the disciples? Is it possible to both believe and doubt? Why or why not.
Read and reflect on the comments of Fredrick Bruner: “The Christian faith is bi-polar. Disciples live their life between worship and doubt, trusting and questioning, hoping and worrying.”
How has your enthusiasm for online worship changed in the last several weeks? How are you engaging these moments of worship? How do you sense God meeting you here?
What is the singular command in the Great Commission?
Read Mathew 22.37-40. What is the Command Jesus describes here?
The Great Commission and Great Commandment cannot be separated. How do you see these two “Greats” as interdependent? How are they being lived out in your life today?
After watching the interview with Chris and Mike, how were you encouraged, challenged, inspired?
Three questions were asked at the end of the message. Respond to each here.
- Where have you experienced growth as a disciple?
- Where and how is God at work in your transformation journey from knowledge to knowing?
- Where is a place you continue to doubt? Who is joining you in this space?
Read Acts 1.1-11. Give God praise for His eternal plan. Invite God to meet you, “Right here, Jesus. Right now, Jesus.”
