Great Commission Quotes

• The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.

  Hudson Taylor

  Wisdom, Christian Inspirational, Religion

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• Any church that is not seriously involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission has forfeited its biblical right to exist.

  Oswald J. Smith

  Christian, Biblical, Religion

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• There is no higher calling or greater privilege known to man than being involved in helping fulfill the Great Commission.

  Bill Bright

  Men, Calling, Privilege

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• Rediscover the real meaning of the Great Commission. Beginning in our own prayer and devotional lives, we must begin to feel the compassion of the Lord for a lost and dying world. As we have already seen, the Great Commission is not something that was given to a tiny group of specially trained and educated envoys. It was given to all Christians—to the whole Church. It is something that we are all to be engaged in naturally every day.

  K.P. Yohannan

  Christian, Prayer, Real

  K. P. Yohannan (2004). “Come, Let's Reach the World: Partnership in Church Planting Among the Most Unreached”, Gfa Books

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• You have one business on earth – to save souls.

  John Wesley

  Soul, Missionary, Earth

  John Wesley (1986). “The Bicentennial edition of the works: Sermons III”

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• If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?

  David Livingstone

  Wisdom, Kings, Inspiration

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• If the Great Commission is true, our plans are not too big; they are too small.

  Pat Morley

  Christian Inspirational, Missionary, Motto

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• The church that does not evangelize will fossilize.

  Oswald J. Smith

  Religion, Church, Doe

  Smith, Oswald J., Smith, Paul B., Sybring, Yvonne (1982). “I Have Walked Alone with Jesus : Day by Day Meditations of Oswald J. Smith”

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• The Great Commission will not be fulfilled with our spare time or spare money.

  David Kim

  Missionary, Spare Time, Fulfilled

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• It's just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.

  Dallas Willard

  Struggle, Church, Watches

  Source: renovare.org

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• God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply.

  Hudson Taylor

  Inspiring, Christian, Missionary

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• To know the will of God, we need an open Bible and an open map.

  William Carey

  Christian Inspirational, Missionary, Needs

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• The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.

  Dallas Willard

  Church, Missions, Mission Statement

  Source: renovare.org

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• Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

  Isaiah

  Voice, Lord, Evangelism

  "The Book of Isaiah". Book by Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 6:8), www.huffingtonpost.com.

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• A great commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will grow a great church.

  Rick Warren

  Commitment, Church, Grows

  "EXCLUSIVE Rick Warren: 'Flat Out Wrong' That Muslims, Christians View God the Same". Interview with Brandon A. Cox, www.christianpost.com. March 2, 2012.

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  We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

  John Stott

  Christian, Vision, Missionary

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• The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.

  Henry Martyn

  Christian, Jesus, Religion

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• It is an incredibly difficult task to lead people from self-centered consumerism to being servant-hearted Christians. It is not a task for fainthearted ministers or those who don't like to get their religious robes wrinkled. But it is what the Great Commission is all about

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Religious, Self

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• Jesus said, "Teach all nations." He never said that we need governmental permission to evangelize. Faithfulness to God and the Great Commission compels us to reach beyond borders to people in restricted nations.

  Richard Wurmbrand

  Jesus, People, Borders

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• I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light.

  Ion Keith-Falconer

  Christian, Prayer, Light

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• The Great Commission will not get done if we’re not ready to risk our lives and the lives of our family.

  John Piper

  Risk, Done, Our Family

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  Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.

  William Carey

  Christian, Spiritual, Religion

  "The Missionary Herald". The Baptist Magazine, Volume 35, January 1843.

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• The Great Commission to go into all the world is not only geographical, but must include every field, profession, discipline, sport, etc.

  Rick Joyner

  Sports, Discipline, World

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• Most of us are married to a model of ministry and we flirt with the Great Commission.

  Andy Stanley

  Flirting, Missionary, Ministry

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• Is not the commission of our Lord still binding upon us? Can we not do more than now we are doing?

  William Carey

  Missionary, Lord, Missions

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