The following resource is from desiring God.org. Well, welcome to this first session of what Jesus demands from the world.

Let me tell you where the conception of these lessons in this book came from and lead into one of the most primal, basic, fundamental

demands that Jesus ever made from the world, namely, be born again. Years ago I was pondering

the great commission especially the second half of it and it occurred to me that this great commission that Jesus gave to us

for the world has a second half to it and it's really big. It says and teach them those people that you have made disciples, teach them to observe all that I have commanded you.

And I thought to myself to even know all that he has commanded us.

And so what I did was I took a break about a four month break and I read the

Gospels all four of them all the way through over and over and

and collected all the imperatives all the commands all the

demands, I think I had 500 imperatives of some kind or another

and I noticed that it didn't say

teach them all that I have commanded you.

Do you catch the difference?

It said teach them to observe all that I have commanded you,

Matthew 2820.

Which means my responsibility as a disciples of the nations of the church

is not just inform them what Jesus commanded.

Rather, it's to speak in such a way, teach in such a way,

pray in such a way that people actually do what he commanded. Now that makes

me feel absolutely helpless, right? How can I so teach that people are so transformed so deeply that they can do these radical commands that Jesus commanded.

But that's the challenge I set before myself. I ask, Father, how do you do this commission?

How do you teach?

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