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Jesus' First Great Commission

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Shazoo.Ru For many years they've made Matthew 28.19-20 as Jesus' Great Commission, making disciples. But the idea was just humanly decided. Jesus never mentioned it as his "great commission" to the church. So I can also safely make my own great-commission selection . Any believer can. And I believe Jesus' first great commission is in Matthew 6. First Great Commission It's really "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." That's Jesus' prayer and it reflected his true mission on earth. To bring down the Kingdom of the Holy God on earth, make it fully operational here, and make heaven a genuine reality on earth. It's a supernatural commission. God's sons and daughters are the ones tasked here (that's why we pray "Our heavenly Father" ) and should have this mission-vision at heart. That's Jesus' first great commission. And the second one---making disciples of all nations---

Jesus' True Riches and Worldly Wealth

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Waterford Bank. A lot of Jesus' parables were on money or wealth and experts say it's proof that God wants us to be materially prosperous. Agreed. Yet Jesus wasn't rich (by worldly standards, at least). And you have a problem with this. I mean, how can you talk with authority on money if you're not rich? Where's your credibility? Yet, Jesus talked of his "true riches." Jesus' true riches and worldly wealth---do they connect? They keep saying this in church. A pastor can talk authoritatively about money only if his church is rich. Or if he has a thriving business. But if not, then he better talk of something else, they insist. Imagine a guy like Jesus---no job, no business, homeless, roaming the streets or remote places or hillsides, no pillow to lay his head on, picking leftover grains in fields. And then he comes and talks in your church about money. You think the church would listen? Perhaps, if it's really Jesus, the church probabl