Summit Student Ministries

 In Matthew 28, we hear about the section in Scripture where Jesus gives what now has been named The Great Commission to his disciples. Most Christians can probably quote this verse from memory without any prompting: Go into all the world, and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, .and so on. What was the precursor to this bold statement and final command? It may not be what you might think. The precursor to Jesus giving this bold command to his disciples is interesting. The disciples were on the mountain where Jesus told them to meet him, and it says in the verses leading up to the Great Commission that the disciples were worshiping, AND SOME DOUBTED. Some of the disciples doubted. The disciples were EYE TO EYE with Jesus. They could touch Jesus. They are the literal first hand witnesses to Jesus's life and ministry. They saw EVERYTHING that Jesus did while on earth, and it says that some of them DOUBTED. It is so enco...

 Evangelism circle: God's Heart, Faith, Healing, Cost, Storms and Rejection. Matthew 8 gives an explicitly detailed trajectory and cycle of evangelism that I believe is important to read and understand as you become more confident in evangelizing. Here are some prompting questions to help dig deeper into Matthew 8. Read Matthew 8:1-4. Talk about what these verses show us about the heart of God. Read Matthew 8:5-13 What does Jesus say about the faith of the centurion? Read Matthew 8:14-17 Who does Jesus heal in this section? Read Matthew 8:18-22 What is the cost of following Jesus? Do you think Jesus is being too harsh in verse 22? Read Matthew 8:23-27 Jesus has power over the storm. Has Jesus calmed any storms in your personal life? Are there any storms you need him to calm right now? Read Matthew 8:28-34 Jesus performed a miracle for these people and they rejected him. What does that tell us about what could happen in our own life when we share the good news with people? How is he...

 Jesus was the first and greatest evangelist of our time. He was the first embodiment of the God of scripture. He pointed people to God the Father and was always bringing the good news everywhere he walked and everywhere he taught. There wasn't a place that he wasn't sharing the good news of the Gospel. He was the walking Gospel. His goal was to point people back to their creator, and back to the God of heaven. Preaching the good news and bringing the hope of Jesus to the lost is the greatest gift we can give the world. Another way to bring the good news to the world  is through signs and wonders.  Jesus was in the habit of feeding, healing, raising, and loving the lost so well that people were turned to God the father and the truth of the Gospel. Signs and wonders are some of the greatest tools that God wants us as believers to use in order to spread the Gospel and evangelize.