We usually attach a lot of weight to someone's first and last words.

In Matthew's Gospel, the first and last words of Jesus have to do with fishing for men

and making disciples of all nations.

The question for followers of Jesus is, do we see these words as weighty?

How does it affect our lives to know that Jesus has given his people a mission?

A mission that starts right where we live, but doesn't stop there.

It extends to the ends of the earth.

In this message from Matthew, chapter 28, verses 18-20, David Platt reminds us why we need

biblical mission.

We were made to glorify God and to make him known among all the nations.

This message is in a series covering biblical traits that should be a part of every church.

This is the Radical with David Platt podcast.

Here is David with a message titled, You Need Biblical Mission.

Well, if you have a Bible and I hope you or somebody around you does that you can look

on with, let me invite you to open to me to Matthew, chapter 28.

Although you may not even need to open there today, because many, if not most, of you have

the verses we're looking at today, memorized.

And I'll go ahead and give you a heads up that our time together today is going to be

heavy on application of what we already know from the word, at least in our minds.

And we want to welcome those of you in Montgomery County and Loudon and Arlington and PW and

online and especially children in our gatherings, as this is one of our family worship Sundays,

at many of our locations where many of our volunteers get a bit of a break and we remind

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