Quotes about Commission
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. —PSALM 2:8
- Heidi Baker
God called us to take His message of love and faith to the whole world.
- Kenneth Copeland
We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.
- Anonymous
When God created human beings in his 'image' and 'likeness,' he was designating us as his representatives on the earth. Instead of running things directly himself, he chose us as his intermediaries to run things here in this world. As his image bearers, we speak and act on his behalf.
- Carolyn Custis James
Remember that it is the actions, and not the commission, that make the officer, and that there is more expected from him, than the title
- George Washington
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.
- Hudson Taylor
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.
- Roland Allen
Mission is not ours; mission is God's. Certainly, the mission of God is the prior reality out of which flows any mission that we get involved in. Or, as has been nicely put, it is not so much the case that God has a mission for his church in the world but that God has a church for his mission in the world. Mission was not made for the church; the church was made for mission-God's mission.14
- Christopher Wright
It is not so much the case that God has a mission for his church in the world, as that God has a church for his mission in the world. Mission was not made for the church; the church was made for mission — God's mission. Chris Wright
- Christopher Wright
The work of the church is not survival. She exists to fulfill the Great Commission. Her work is making disciples of all nations.
- Brother Andrew
The work of the church is not survival. She exists to fulfill the Great Commission.
- Brother Andrew
God my Creator said, 'Go and make disciples.' So I don't want to sit and make excuses.
- Francis Chan