The Great Commandment & Great Commission: To Know Christ & to Make Him Known (by Ptr. Narry Santos)

At GCF-Vancouver's first anniversary, we affirm what we are committed to do and become as a church: "To Know Christ and Make Him Known". We desire to become "know-ers" of Jesus. To enable us to do this, we will answer the basic question: "How can we know Christ and make Him known?"

I. Let's all obey the great Commandment

*what makes the commandment radical? #Jesus put the 2 commandments together

*worship=loving God with all of our heart, with all of our mind and with all of our soul

The greatest commandment of Jesus is to love God with our whole being and to love others as ourselves. As we so it as individuals, let's do it together as a church.

@love the Lord your God = worship
@love your neighbor as yourself = ministry

***Love is seeking the highest good for the other person in everything all the time***

**Loving neighbor is so important that it comes next to loving God.

**A bell is not a bell unless it is rang.. a song is not a song unless it is sung.. love is not love until you give it away

II. Let's all observe the great commission

The great commission of Jesus is to make disciples of all nations, by going (evangelism), baptizing (fellowship) and teaching them to obey (discipleship).The promise of this commission is seen in Jesus' presence until the end

#go make disciples of all nations=MISSION
#baptizing them=FELLOWSHIP
*in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
*we identify people to the fullness of the Godhead
#teaching them to obey=DISCIPLESHIP
*redwood trees grow to up to 400 feet.. but the roots are only 2 feet deep.. they grow in groups!! that's like discipleship :)

"where you are is why you are"

** a great commitment to the great commandment and the great commission will grow a great church **

** we need to be single-minded in our vision

In GCF-Vancouver, we put the content of the Great Commandment and the great Commission in our mission: "For the glory of God, we commit ourselves to EVANGELIZE and ENLIST people into our fellowship, to EDIFY and EQUIP them for spiritual maturity and service, and to EXALT God together in worship." May we always commit to do God's mission for us individually and as a church!

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