Does the Great Commission Apply to Every Christian? | Doug Wilson
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- In this episode of Ask Doug, pastor Doug Wilson answers the question "Does the Great Commission apply to every Christian?"
Ask Doug is presented by Canon Press.
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"Paul refuses to circumcise Titus, even when it was demanded by many in the Jerusalem crowd, not because it didn’t matter to them, but because it mattered so much that if he acquiesced, he would have been giving the impression that faith in Jesus is not enough for salvation: one has to become a Jew first, before one can become a Christian. That would jeopardize the exclusive sufficiency of Jesus.
To create a contemporary analogy: If I’m called to preach the gospel among a lot of people who are cultural teetotallers, I’ll give up alcohol for the sake of the gospel. But if they start saying, “You cannot be a Christian and drink alcohol,” I’ll reply, “Pass the port” or “I’ll think I’ll have a glass of Beaujolais with my meal.” Paul is flexible and therefore prepared to circumcise Timothy when the exclusive sufficiency of Christ is not at stake and when a little cultural accommodation will advance the gospel; he is rigidly inflexible and therefore refuses to circumcise Titus when people are saying that Gentiles must be circumcised and become Jews to accept the Jewish Messiah."
-D.A. Carson, The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World, p. 145.
Yeah, we have different gifts, but there are many who use this as an excuse to do almost nothing, in light of all the truth they know.
But isn’t the stay at home Mom evangelizing/discipling or setting a foundation and being an example of what it means to be a Christian?
A very good point. And I am confident that Doug would agree.
@@kaylar3197 Thanks! Have a good day ☺️
Very good!
Excellent food to chew on.
He brought up some good points
My mission field is the world of mathematics and its foundations.
And I'm not talking about leading my colleagues to reciting the sinner's prayer. I am talking about things like discerning what is fruitful and wholesome in designing a research program.
But the tendendency for those who don't evangelize in some measure regularly, is that they may not do it at all. There are a lot of Professing Christians who NEVER evangelize!
Step back and realize we use the word church because the English translations for some reason used the German word church. ‘church’ may be fine in German but in English it is interpreted 1st as the building; 2nd as a corporate organization- point being it is not properly though of as the local fellowship of followers of Christ so where our forebears may not have thought of it that way modern Americans do.
Understanding the reference is to each local fellowship we all are commissioned.
Being a Christian doesn't make you a member of the church. Submitting to your local bishop is what makes you part of the church.
But if each member of the body has the Holy Spirit, why would they wait to give a reason for the hope that they have. Every pronouncement us an articulation of Hope because we serve a great God tgat governs it all!
John Tobey Because the word of God says to wait till asked to give a reason for their hope.
Do We have a direct Command to read the Bible every day? i would love to be able to give an imperative here, but cannot think of one from Holy Script.
Absolutely! In fact we've got a mandate for once every two hours: "As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby". 1 Pet 2:2
@@CanonPress Not having had kids, that took me a second to put together, lol
@@CanonPress But just as a new baby eats frequently, they eat less, so they can sufficiently digest it. Once a baby get older, he eats less frequently during the day but more volume.
I disagree with brother Doug here. Every Christian is a living testament of witness and person of the LORD Jesus Christ. Every christian has an individual mandate as well as corporate.
The great comission is not for today .we have a mandate to preach Christ as revealed by Paul in his last prison epistles .we don't lay hands anoint with oil or be waterbaptised .eph 4'5 one lord one faith One Baptism abides .this is spirit not carnal .
I don't believe the Great Commission is for the Church today any more than I believe that signs and wonders are. Where in the text does it even *suggest* that it is for all believers for all time? The apostles received their commission and carried it out as I understand. Nonetheless, this passage has been used (misused?) to inspire/finance much mission work and to browbeat believers about their evangelistic inadequacy.
QUESTION - WHY ARE THERE BEER BOTTLES ON YOUR BOOK SHELF
You have some serious self assessment to do man. Your Pharisee attitude is the thing Christ hated. In the grand scheme of evil,.you care about beer bottles? GTFO
Why did you ask that?
Do you not drink? We, CHRISTians, are Commanded to partake of alcohol to remember n honor CHRIST, proclaiming HIM by obeying HIS Command. Would you have shunned CHRIST and left the party when HE Turned Water into Wine!?!
@@calebryant6663 Dear Confused Pilgrim ... Sir, you are the one with a problem ... I asked why there were beer bottles on a library book shelf ... AND YOU WENT OFF ON A TANGENT about what is and what isn't important in being a Christian ... you are the one who needs to look in the mirror and see yourself for what you are!
@@aonewatchman don't back track. You knew what you meant and so did everyone else.
@@wretch1 Dear Confused Pilgrim Wretched Music ... Please explain where I "backtracked?"
Peter said, "Save yourself from this corrupt generation" ... Peter did't say save others! The Great Commission was given ONLY to his Apostles to go to fellow Jews ... Read this for yourself in your Bible ... the Apostles were chosen by Jesus and given Apostolic authority to go to fellow Jews ... we were not! The rest of us must save ourselves because NO ONE CAN SAVE ANOTHER! Why do people bend Scripture?
go into the highways and byways and compel them to come in .....no way out of it ... dont hide the light - shout it from the housetops .
Every church, denomination and person in the world vends scripture in one way or another.
@@Nobo35 Dear Confused Pilgrim BigHerm02 ... So you are saying that everyone is right and no one is wrong????
What about II Corinthians 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Not to mention II Corinthians 5 where we are given the ministry of reconciliation.
@@mandm275 Dear Confused Pilgrim ... THE "WE" ... Paul is speaking about HERE are the APOSTLES ... They had Apostolic Authority and they were commissioned to go all over the world ... IT IS RIGHT THERE IN BLACK AND WHITE IN THE BIBLE ... WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WRITTEN? Stop listening to the "traditions of men" and start READING your Bible. Respectfully submitted, a watchman of His Word ... Peter
Are those alcoholic beverage bottles on the bookshelf? If so, that is very inappropriate. I don't suppose you would have a S.I. swimsuit calender hanging in your office, lest it may cause a brother to stumble.
Sad that is all you got from this entire message. There is so much there.
And those bottles look like some type of Euro-collectible, empty.
While not drinking to get "drunk", Jesus clearly drank wine... Would you make those same comments to your Savior? The pharisees did, calling him "A glutton and a drunkard" for eating and drinking with sinners (Luke 7:33-34).
I am pretty sure Paul's admonition on not causing someone to stumble does not mean we should do everything out of fear not to offend a hypersensitive legalist mindset. Paul is talking about provoking someone intentionally, not about living our lives in constant suffocation that someone might be offended at what we do.
Comparing someone's love for the taste of beer to lusting after women in swimsuits (or tempting someone to lust) is a very false analogy. One is not a sin, the other is a clear violation of Christ's commandment. Bread, beer and wine are not sinful, but gluttony and drunkenness are (Proverbs 23:2; Ephesians 5:18).
***** If Paul was willing to never eat meat again, where does that leave you? This is a love issue, not a legalistic one. But the love has grown cold, so what should I expect.
Thanks for the response :)... However, I do think you are stretching Paul's commandment to a degree not intended by the Apostle.
I think we would both agree that in Paul's social surroundings meat was being sacrificed to idols. Christians were intentionally eating that meat in front of other Christians who thought the meat was unclean. Paul said, in actuality, there was nothing wrong with eating the meat but he would never intentionally eat that meat in front of someone he knew would be offended ( Corinthians 8).
In the same way, I am quite sure that Wilson would never drink beer in front of someone he knew would be offended. Having bottles of expensive draft beer as decoration in your office is not intentionally going out of your way to offend someone brother... I really think there is an important difference.
We are commanded to not intentionally make someone offended, but we are not commanded to never do anything that might possibly make anyone offended. If you do not make that distinction, how could we do anything in our lives? People are offended by all kinds of things. Someone might be offended that I wear casual clothing to my church. What should I do about that? Should I really change my clothing then? And if I dressed up in response, someone might be offended that I dress up too formally... Paul's command has to do with intentionally flaunting something around someone who has a specific struggle. It's not about constantly taking count of every possible thing that anyone might be offended about. Flaunting that you eat meat sacrificed to idols was wrong, and in the same way, flaunting beer around someone is wrong. Having a bottle collection I really don't see as the same issue.
In addition, brother, I would encourage you to have a different view towards alcohol. The Lord's Supper was originally instituted with the use of alcohol, and alcohol can be safely drunk with moderation without any side effects on the mind (drunkenness, of course, is wrong). There are a few people who have genetic dispositions for addiction, and in front of them, of course, we should not drink (as Paul commanded).
Anyways, I do not think Wilson is unloving because of the collection of bottles in his office :). Just a thought for you to consider, even if you disagree in the end.
God bless!
The point is a "heart check" imo...at least for me. Am I more interested in pointing out errors, even ones that have nothing to do with the message or am I going to extend grace and perhaps let the Holy Spirit speak to me through this.
SORRY DOUG - YOU ARE WRONG according to Scripture. The Great Commission was given to the Eleven Apostles (i.e. who Jesus had personally selected/called and gave Apostolic Authority to them only ... Go Read that Scripture in the Gospels ... and you will find you are wrong! You owe the world an apology for "adding to" the Word of God!
You are wrong
@@carlmoore6674 Dear Confused Pilgrim Carl Moore ... If I am Scripturally wrong ... it is your duty to Scripturally correct this Christian Believer! If your Bible says that the Great Commission wasn't just given to the 11 Apostles ... then your Bible is different than mine. If you can find Scripture to prove me wrong ... you must do so ... IF YOU CAN'T FIND SCRIPTURE TO PROVE ME WRONG ... THAN YOU OWE ME AN APPOLIGE. Respectfully submitted as my Scriptural understanding; I share with you what His Spirit has shared with my spirit. A watchman of His Word .... Peter
The Great Commission: (Matthew 28: 16-20) - "The Great Commission
16Then THE ELEVEN DISCIPLES went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Your interpretation is really twisted if you think the Great Commission was only for the original disciples! You sound like a Preterist. And Preterism is a heresy. You better repent of this nonsense
@@carlmoore6674 Dear Confused Pilgrim ... SHOW ME THE SCRIPTURE ... OR ... KEEP SILIENT ...Because Jesus' Last Commandment in the Bible (Revelation 22:18-19) - PUTS A CURSE ON ALL THOSE WHO WOULD CHANGE THE BIBLE "I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll." SO ... SHOW ME YOUR SCRIPTURE! Respectfully submitted, a watchman of His Word
@@carlmoore6674 Dear Confused Pilgrim ... IF YOU CAN'T SHOW ME SCRIPTURE ... THEN YOU ARE WRONG! You don't know your Bible. The Apostle were given Apostolic Authority to teach the world which Scripture says in several places in the New Testament that they did so by the end of the 1st Century. They were commissioned by Jesus to leave home and hearth and go over hill and dale to evangelize the whole world. They had Apostolic Authority ... when they died ... so died Apostolic Authority. They were commissioned by Jesus to teach. You and I were not commissioned to teach. We were commissioned to "Save ourselves!" Acts 2:36-41) explains this: "37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off-for all whom the Lord our God will call.” 40With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “SAVE YOURSELVES FROM THIS CORRUPT GENERATION.” 41Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. Dear Confused Pilgrim ... You study and believe the Traditions of men" ... I study and Believe in The Word of God!" Who then sir, is on God's Side? Wake up and trust in the Word of God .... not the Traditions of men! It is so ... I believe ... So be it. A watchman of His Word. ...Peter
The bottles of alcohol on the shelf are all without tops attached.. It seems Doug has already knocked a few cold beers off already that day. Maybe thats why he talks so much shit..He is partially drunk... That makes perfect sense..
Why are you here? Never mind, it doesn't matter. You are murderous in your heart. Hating a brother is murderous and if you do not turn You will certainly perish. You are storing and heaping GOD'S Holy Wrath up for yourself. This is quite serious. GOD Came in the flesh to save sinners, of which you clearly are. Turn and put your dead Faith away, Truly Trusting in CHRIST, The HOLY HOLY HOLY [ONE], and you will be Saved; not by your works, but by GOD'S Great Grace in CHRIST!
Have you not seen these same bottles in other videos, sir?