Quotes about Commission

humans were made to be "vicegerents." That is, they were to act on God's behalf within his world. But that is only possible and can only escape serious and dangerous distortion when worship precedes action.

Go, send, or disobey.

If I love my Lord, I have no business being guided by natural emotions—I have to feed His sheep. We will not be delivered or released from His commission to us. Beware

The opportunities for using our financial resources to spread the gospel and strengthen the church all over the world are greater than they've ever been. As God raised up Esther for just such a time as hers, I'm convinced he's raise us up, with all our wealth, to help fulfill the great commission. The question is, what are we doing with that money? Our job is to make sure it gets to his intended recipients.

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

I cannot forget that the Nobel Prize for Peace was also a commission - a commission to work harder than I had ever worked before for "the brotherhood of man".

Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.

Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.

the practice of biblical theology is necessary to fulfilling the Great Commission.

Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They found that out as they followed the impulse of the Spirit.