The Great Commission is Jesus&amp;#8217; last earthly message to his disciples in the Gospel of Matthew. While Jesus still leads and guides, this is the message he wants his disciples to remember as his parting command. This is his final message. He stresses emphatically that it is based upon his authority over everyone and everything and everywhere. What is that message? GO MAKE DISCIPLES!

Notice Jesus doesn&amp;#8217;t want us running all over the place telling about him. Notice he doesn&amp;#8217;t just want us baptizing everyone we see. Notice he doesn&amp;#8217;t just want us to teach others to follow him. He wants us to do all three! Go, baptize, and teach to obey so they will be my disciples, too! If we heed these marching orders, if we get out of the shadow of our church buildings and culture, he will go with us! That&amp;#8217;s it. That&amp;#8217;s Jesus&amp;#8217; one last word. It&amp;#8217;s also our first word!