"Body of the Shadows" course

Summary of Lesson #2
5 points with chart:

  1. The great commission recorded in Acts and Matthew are reviewed.

  2. Mark records that Jesus wants people to believe the apostles' gospel and be baptized and they will be saved.
Mark 16
16 "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. (NKJV)

  3. Mark records that Jesus will have signs accompany the believing apostles.

Mark 16
17 "And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; (NKJV)

  4. Luke says that Jesus put "repentance" with "forgiving sins".

Luke 24
47 "and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. (NKJV)

  5. John says that Jesus gave the apostles the authority to forgive sins.
John 20
23 "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." (NKJV)

SUMMARY OF THE GREAT COMMISSION