The Great Commandment - Matt 22:37- 40
³⁷ Jesus replied, “ ‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’*³⁸ This is the first and greatest commandment.³⁹ A second is equally important: ‘.’*⁴⁰ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”^[1]

1. LORD your God with all your heart - Ministry to God (Worship)
2. Love your neighbor as yourself - Ministry to Man (Evangelism/Edification)

Great Commission - Matt 28:19- 20 (how to love your neighbor!)
HIS VISION: Because of His love for us, Jesus' vision was to redeem humanity from condemnation. Apart from Him, there is no other hope for mankind.

LUKE 4:18,19¹⁸ “The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free,¹⁹ and that the time of the LORD’s favor has come.*” ^[2]

These verses describe in essence what God wants us to do:

1. Preach the gospel to the poor
2. Heal the broken-hearted
3. Preach deliverance to the captives
4. Preach recovery of sight to the blind
5. Set at liberty the oppressed
6. Declare the blessings of the Lord


Jesus had a vision of saving us by paying a very high price: shedding His blood and dying on the cross of Calvary. Our work is to take this vision of Jesus and reproduce it in others, sharing the message of salvation.

Identify with the Vision: We need a revelation of what His vision is and the qualities that identify it as God's vision. It is important that you also know that the vision of God is related to leadership and ministry. If you have a pure heart and correct attitude, God is going to bless you and He will prosper the work of your hands. The burning desire of your heart should be to win your city and your nation for Christ by making every believer a leader able to reproduce the work of God.

You must enter in the Vision: To enter the divine vision means to remain in the spiritual realm, so that we can see from that position what we desire to happen in the natural realm. We need to understand that the only way we are going to make a change in our lives and our ministries is through divine intervention, which comes from entering into His divine Vision.

We need to understand that the vision is: To win souls and make disciples- Reaching people for the gospel is not enough, they must be formed into disciples of
Jesus and reproduce fruit that lasts. Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

The goal is: To make every believer a leader. We need to: win, consolidate, disciple and send, as Jesus did with His twelve.
Rom 10:14-15 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"


How do we implement His Vision?
The New Testament Church
Acts 2:40-47 The NT church had no NT Bible. They were simply driven by love. They were not professional Christians. Continued steadfastly in the following: the apostle's doctrine, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayers.
They were also together, had everything in common and attended to the needs of the people. How did they do this? They continued daily in the following:

1. With one accord in the temple - celebration
2. Breaking bread from house to house - they daily had communion/fellowship in their homes

Their attitude: Gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God.
The result: Favor with the people. God added to the church daily.

Purpose statement
To evangelize and bring people to Christ into the fellowship of His family, developing them into mature disciples for their ministry in the church and mission to the world, in order to glorify God.

Our motivation
Our motivation behind our purpose is God's love for us (John 3:16), which has been poured our into our hearts by the Holy Spirit (Rom 5:5). Because we are supernaturally motivated by Godly love, it is our nature to love! We love by witnessing and winning
the lost, and discipline them. It’s all about loving!!!

MATT 25:42-45⁴² For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink.⁴³ I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’⁴⁴ “Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’⁴⁵ “And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’⁴⁶ “And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life.” ^[3]