Go Ye

Matthew 28:18-20 says And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in Heaven and in earth.  Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.  Amen.

Mark 16:15-18 says And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.  And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Acts 1:6-8 says When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 

1Corinthians 5:9-11 says Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.  Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. 

All of these verses were written to saved people.  Together they compromise what we call 'The Great Commission'.  This is the center of God's heart.  It is the last instruction from our Lord Jesus Christ before He went to Heaven.  Therefore, this is the primary thing that He wants the church to accomplish.  Everything that God allows into the saved person's life is supposed to be used in support of obeying this command.  James 4:17 says Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.  If a saved person lives their life and neglects this command then they are living a life of sin.  The primary reason for this message is to encourage God's peopled to not sin by neglecting this primary command from God.

Lots of people are convinced that they are obeying this command.  However, Matthew 7:22-23 says Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.' From here Jesus went into the parable of the wiser man and of the foolish man.  The people in our verse were sure that they that they were pleasing God, but will be punished.  Therefore, if you are building your life on what religion tells you to do then you are a foolish man  who will be punished.  The wise man  did the extra effort to dig down to the rock,  which is a type of Christ.  The wise man  took the extra effort to verify what he did was Christ told him to do and that it was not just some religious belief which claimed to come from Christ.

Ephesians 4:4-6 says There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.  The fact that we have many religions which claim to use the Bible proves that there are many people interpreting the Bible the wrong way because they are foolish men  who base their doctrine on religion.  To be a wise man  with a personal relationship with Christ, we must use God's perfect Word God's perfect way.

There is only one perfect Word  (Bible), from God, for English speaking people and it is the 1611 KJV.  Every other so-called bible has a copyright which means it really belongs to some men.  Those are perversions of God's Word.  In John 12:48 Jesus said He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.  'When we are judged by God He will use His Word to judge us and He will use His interpretation.  Therefore, we need to know His interpretation, and not some religion's opinion, so that we are ready for our personal judgment.

Religious people lead God's people into doctrinal error by using the method that Satan used when he tempted Jesus.  They quote part of the Bible but leave out a critical part of what they quote.  At least 85% of doctrinal error can be corrected by looking at the context of any verse which someone quotes.  In this case, people tell us that we have a 'God breathed' word of God.  While that sounds good, it leaves the opening for someone to claim that man corrupted God's Word, since the time that it was 'God breathed', and that we can not trust what is available to us today.

The truth is that we have we have a 'God breathed, God translated, God preserved' word of God in the English language which is available to us today and it reveals our God to us.  If this is not true that what you were shown and told was the word of God is no longer the word of God because it has been corrupted and there is no corruption in God.  You are still lost in your sin if you put your trust in anything other than the perfect incorruptible  (1Peter 1:23).  If the word of God that you trusted for salvation was incorruptible  at that the time of your salvation, then it still is and is to still be trusted for sanctification.

Claiming anything less matches the character of Satan and not the character of the God of the Bible (1John 4:1).  What's more, The Bible tells us that we have a perfect word of God  which gives us God's perfect way  (2Samuel 22:31; Psalms 18:30) to interpret the Bible and give us a perfect picture (John 1:1, John 1:14) of a perfect God.  Since we have One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all,  we MUST have only one correct interpretation of our Bible.  There are many applications, but only one interpretation.

God does not change (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8).  Therefore, God's Word does not change.  In particular, there is a one-to-one relationship between a word in the Bible and its meaning.  No two words in the Bible have the same meaning.  Deuteronomy 8:3; Proverbs 30:5; Matthew 4:4 and Luke 4:4 all tell us Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 'The phrase that proceedeth out of the mouth of God  means that we must use God's definitions for God's words, and not definitions for God's words, and not definitions from men, if we want the correct interpretation.

Without going into all that is involved, I will say that people are going to 'the Greek' and other things because they don't know their English.  I have interpreted over 6,000 verses and cross referenced them to over 125,000 verses.  I have published my work on the web where anyone in the world can show me any error in it and no one has done so.  I have gone to 'the Greek' only twice and that was only for words which occur only once in the Bible.  If people used God's definitions for words, and considered every word,  and considered every jot and title  (punctuation), they would have one interpretation which NEVER disagrees with any other part of the Bible.  This result in only possible when we use God's perfect way  to interpret God's perfect word. 'Anything else will lead you into error and foolishness which will bring the judgment of God upon you.

I don't have time to explain all that is involved in God's perfect way  to interpret God's perfect Word,  but I can do a demonstration and you can see the results for yourself.  What comes next is a simplified interpretation of the verses which we started with.  Anyone who uses the rules of interpretation which God gave to me will get the same results.  The only way that we can have One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all  is if we use God's perfect Word God's perfect way.  That means that we must all use rules of interpretation which result in the same interpretation, regardless of who does the work or when or where they'' do it.  With that basis said, we will interpret these verses.

I already said that God has a one-to-one relationship between words of the Bible and their meaning.  Within our verses we see the word ye  and the word you. 'Many people believe the doctrinal error that these two words have the same meaning.  They do not and understanding the difference is critical to a proper interpretation of 'The Great Commission'.

Let me start with a quick summary of what we are commanded to do.  This command:

1. Requires action' (go)
2. Is personal (ye)
3. Cannot be done from home (into all the world,  all nations)
4. Requires actively seeking the lost (teach all nations,  preach the gospel to every creature)
5. Requires getting people saved (baptizing them in the name',  is baptized shall be saved)
6. Requires the power of God working through us (in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,  In my name)
7. Requires the truly saved to obey (He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned)
8. Requires further teaching after the initial profession (Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you)

Now we will look a little closer at the words of this command.

The word ye  means 'each and every one of you personally'.  This is a command that each and every one of us personally are given by God and that we will have to personally answer for at our personal judgment by God.

The word you  is the entire group.  What we are to preach and teach is all things whatsoever I have commanded you. 'Our KJV 1611 Bible has what God delivered to the church (to the entire group of saved people) to preach and teach.  We are not to preach some 'personal revelation' like all of these so-called prophecy preachers are teaching.  We are not to add to God's Word or neglect any part of God's Word.  We are to put the same emphasis as God does on things within the Bible.  Thus, we are not to preach always about the blessings from God and neglect to mention God's requirements for getting those blessings.  Neither are we to neglect the punishment for God's people when they sin such as by neglecting to obey or wasting their life seeking the things of this world.

What we are to teach and preach is also called the gospel  in our verses.  'The word the  means 'there is only one and here it is'.  There is only one true Biblical gospel.  The Bible warns us about another gospel  and warns of the judgment of God on us if we believe another gospel. 'In addition, to another gospel. 'In addition, to another gospel  the Bible names 10 different gospel,  which are actually all the same gospel  but presented from different perspectives and with different emphasis on parts of the whole.  (Please see the Word Study on Gospel and the Gospel Flowchart for more details.)  For example, we can look at the head of a coin, the tail of it, the edge of it or the metal content.  Each view shows something different but it is only one coin.  Likewise, these different gospel  are different views of the same basic gospel of God  with Matthew, Mark, Luke and John being our examples of how to present the entire Biblical Gospel. 'This is important because we have all sorts of messages which are called gospel  and even people claiming to preach a 'full gospel'.

With that in mind, we can now look at the true Biblical gospel  that we are to preach and teach.  Basically, God had a personal relationship with Adam and Eve before they sinned.  They walked together and had personal fellowship on a daily basis before they sinned.  The gospel of God  is the 'good news' that God wants the same type of relationship with each person and He wants it on a personal basis.  However, just as sin separated Adam and Eve from God, so also does it separate us from God.  In addition, please notice that Adam and Eve were sinless children of God when they first sinned, and that resulted in their separation from God.  Therefore, the sin of the child of God will also separate the saved child of God from God.  Therefore, the true gospel of God  not only tells us how to get rid of the sin that separates us from God, but it also tells us how to keep further sin from separating us from God after we initially get saved.

Think about this folks.  When your child deliberately does something that they know is wrong, you have a responsibility to correct them.  You can't take them out to do something that they think is fun before you correct them or they will be rewarded for doing wrong and do it more often.  The same thing is true about the relationship between God and the child of God who deliberately sins.

Satan hates all people.  Satan wants people to believe in a religious, but wrong, method of salvation so that they go to Hell while being positive that they will go to Heaven.  If Satan can't get you to believe a lie in order to keep you from being truly Biblically saved, then he wants you to believe a lie which will keep you from all of the blessings that are available from your salvation.  True Biblical salvation is having God's life in us so that we can live with Him and have an eternal ongoing personal relationship with God.  However, since we all start out as sinners, we must accept God's plan of salvation and do so using our own free will.

1. In order to get saved God wants us to believe what He wrote in His Word and not just believe some religious man (1John 5:13). 
2. John 1:12-13 says that receive  the Son of God is equal to (eve  ) believe on his name,  which is the requirement to know that we have eternal life  and the requirement for spiritual growth.  We are to receive him  for an ongoing personal relationship that is pictured by a marriage relationship (Ephesians 5:31-32). 
3. We must receive him  so that He can change our basic nature.  Romans 3:21-25 says But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.  We are not condemned because we do sin but because our basic nature makes us sinners and forces us to continually sin.  Only by receiving the faith of Jesus Christ  can our basic nature be changed and we receive the righteousness of God. 
4. 1John 3:4 says Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 
5. In order for God to remain righteous  and also remove the record of our sin, He sent His Son to live and die as a human being.  Then God counted His death as payment for the sins of those who receive Him. 'Romans 5:8-9 says But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.  Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 
6. In order for this to happen, we must call upon Him as our Lord. 'Not as Jesus  or as Savior  but as Lord,  which means we are agreeing to obey Him for the rest of our lives.  (Doctrinal error teaches the lie from Satan that this distinction, which comes literally from the Bible, does not matter.  However, that claim goes against God's command to live...by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.)  Romans 10:10, 13 says For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation'For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

While the Bible tells us how to get saved, the fact is that the majority of it deals with how we are to maintain our personal relationship with Him after our salvation.  All of this additional instructions are part of what we are to be Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. 'Thus, 'The Great commission' is far more than just getting people to make a profession.  In addition, we can't teach someone else to obey what we refuse to obey.  Therefore, the first step after getting saved is to learn what God expects from us in this new relationship with Him.  As we learn, we are to 'trust and obey'.  Further, we are told how to tell if we are, or are not, doing as we were told.  Notice that Mark says He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.  It does not say that He that believeth, but refuses to be baptized'shall be damned. 'Before we deal with the disobedient let's look at the signs that someone is obedient.

1. Matthew says'teach all nations  and Mark says'into all the world.  I am not here because I like the Philippines better than the U.S.  Yes, in general, I like the people here better than I generally like the people in the U.S., but I am more comfortable in the U.S.  However, I am in the Philippines as a personal command from God to me.  This is the type of obedience that God expects from each of His children and He only gives full blessings to the children that are fully obedient. 
2. Matthew says'teach...baptizing them...Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.  Mark says preach the gospel to every creature.  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.  We are to do three things:
1. tell the lost how to get saved.
2. get newly saved obedient, which is demonstrated by baptism.
3. get saved people into the church so that they will grow spiritually and receive the blessings of God due to their'observing all things whatsoever I have commanded you.
3. 'Mark tells us And these signs shall follow them that believe  and then lists several examples of signs.  We know that they are examples because no one has all of these signs.  However, all of these signs are miracles.  Therefore, if God doesn't do things in and through your personal life which are obviously God doing the work, then you are lost or disobedient to this command to preach and teach 'The Great Commission'. 
4. Notice that Acts 1:8 says But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.  Also notice that the power  is given to Jesus Christ and not to us directly.  We have to maintain our relationship with Him in order to in order to have God's power  in our life.  Further, the power  is to result in our personally (ye)  being witnesses unto me. 'If we are not being a witnesses  then we are not using God's power  properly and will end up losing it.  The power of God is given to enable our obedience. 
5. Notice that 2Corinthians 5:9 says Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.  We will find out if we are accepted of him  at the judgment seat of Christ  (For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ  ).  Therefore, everything in our life after our initial profession is to be aimed at our being accepted of him  at the judgment seat of Christ. 
6. Notice that 2Corinthians 5:10-11 says that there saved people will receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 'There will be punishment handed out there because these verses say that the terror of the Lord  is a direct result (therefore  ) of the judgment seat of Christ. 
7. Our verses also say we persuade men  and we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. 'Something that is made manifest  is revealed to all of our senses. 
8. If you are not living a life that reveals God to the entire world and is a witness  of Christ then you are lost or disobedient.  Disobedience can cause:
1. sickness and death (1Corinthians 11:30-32; Romans 6:16; 1John 5:16). 
2. 1,000 yearss of tears in Heaven (2Corinthians 5:10-11)
3. Homeless in Heaven: Parables of talents and of pounds

It is your choice how you live your life and God promises results matching that choice when we are judged by Him.  We can refuse to accept Him as Lord and end up in the lake of fire  for eternity in spite of making a profession and being religious.  We can accept Him as Lord but then turn to disobedience and suffer terrible consequences.  Or, we can accept Him as Lord and live a life of obedience where others see God in our life and we are constantly a witness  for Him.  You now have an opportunity to come to the altar and talk with your Lord about what He thinks of your level of obedience.  Those people who truly want His blessings will show that to the rest of the church and come ask Him what He wants them to do so that he can bless them.  If nothing else, they will come to be an example to anyone who is here and lost.  It is easier for a lost person to come to the Lord if the saved come first and pray for the Lord to deal with the lost that are here.

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