A couple of weeks ago I was asked by a friends to write a session for his DNow weekend. I thought I would share it with you!
Thinking back to your childhood who was your favorite super hero and why? My personal favorite is Batman. I like Batman because, to the best of my knowledge, he is the only superhero without super powers. He is just a man who trains his body and uses his resources to buy cool gadgets. Ok, now it’s your turn.
1. Which superhero is your favorite?
2. What is it that you like so much about your superhero?
3. Did you ever dress up like your superhero for Halloween?
4. Are you just thinking right now that superheroes are for nerds?
5. Does your hero’s power come from an event that changed them?
1. Which superhero is your favorite?
2. What is it that you like so much about your superhero?
3. Did you ever dress up like your superhero for Halloween?
4. Are you just thinking right now that superheroes are for nerds?
5. Does your hero’s power come from an event that changed them?
The Great Commission!
In Matthew 28:18-20 we find Jesus’ final command to His disciples. He told them to go and make disciples of all nations and reminded them that He would be with them always! Check it out!
Read Matthew 28:18-20
Now let’s walk through each verse together and see how Jesus’ words can and should impact our daily lives.
Verse 18 – I have often wondered why Jesus would tell His disciples that He has all authority in Heaven and on earth, they are listening to a man who was crucified and is now alive. Do they really need to be told He has all authority in Heaven and earth? Yes they do and so do we!
Verse 19 – Go and make disciples! There it is plain and simple we are to play our part in evangelism. We should both tell about and show others the love of Christ. This is the Gospel or Good news that we are compelled to tell.
Verse 20 – The most frequent promise made in God’s Word is that He will be with us! Jesus reminds us that when He commands us to do something we are not alone in that action but rather it is the Holy Spirit in us that enables us to obey.
Next Level!
Let’s take it to the next level. Sometimes we allow ourselves to think that things like, telling others about Jesus or doing mission work in a foreign country or being a minister, or starting a new church is only for the super Christians. We couldn’t be more wrong.
In 2004, Brad Bird wrote and directed a Pixar movie entitled “The Incredibles.” In interviews Brad said the whole idea behind the story was the “mundane and fantastic sharing the screen.” In other words a mixture of the ordinary with the extraordinary, and that is what a superhero is. That is what we become when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior! Below I have listed some of the ordinary things we encounter in life. Take a minute and see if you can find ways to show God’s extraordinary love in our ordinary days.
Remember at the beginning I asked you to pick your favorite superhero and to recall why you chose that particular one. I hope you can see the ordinary and extraordinary in your hero and realize that you are just the same. In fact when Jesus said “Go and make it disciples,” He literally meant as you are going through your life make disciples. It is a mixture of the mundane and the fantastic!
Here are few scriptures that help us to better understand God’s command for us to evangelize.
1. Acts 1:8
2. Matt 22:37-40
3. 1 John 4:19
4. 1 Corinthians 9:22
5. John 14:6
6. Matthew 9:37
Prayer Ideas
1. Think of 3 people in your life about whom you are unsure of their salvation. Pray for them to come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
2. Pray that you could be the one to share and show Christ’s love to them.
3. Pray that God would reveal to you the extraordinary moments He has set up for you to be a witness.
4. Pray for your Christian friends that they too would realize their superpowers!
