What part of the Great Commission is most frequently neglected?

Stephen Hopkins explains in this video that the Great Commission is often misunderstood. We frequently tend to understand it as simply telling people that “Jesus died for your sins” when the Great Commission involves much more than those words.

First, we are to preach the Gospel to every living creature. We are to take the Gospel into the entire world. Second, we are to bring the good news of the saving work of Christ. New converts are to be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Third, we are commanded to teach them to observe all things. This third element is notably missing in the church today. The discipling and teaching of new believers that Scripture commands must take place.

Matthew 28:18-20 (NKJV) – “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Our Lord's last command is our first priority. In the church, in the family, in the city, to the ends of the earth, join us in October for White Under Harvest. The Great Commission is, I think, very, is misunderstood today. Here again, we tend to see the Great Commission as, just tell people Jesus died for your sins. The Great Commission is threefold, as I see it.

Preach the gospel to every living creature. Take the gospel into all the world. That's the first part. Preach to them the gospel. And then the second, the good news of the saving grace of Christ.

And then the second part of that is that new converts that are to be baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and it's the third part that's kind of left out, and then you're supposed to teach them to observe all things whatsoever are commanded in my word. That's what Jesus said. Where is that in the church today? Where is this last part of the commission being fulfilled? To teach the disciples, to teach them to observe the things that are commanded in His Word.

Not to tell people, Jesus died for your sins, now if you say these words, you know, we proclaim you saved. No, the evidence is going to be in the life of that person. They're going to be a changed person, not a work of ours at all, but the discipling has to take place.