November 15, 2026
Teacher: Daniel Broyles
Jesus has left the world and gone to the Father.
John 16:28 I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”
Jesus followers remain in the world.
John 13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. … ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’
Jesus followers hope in His return.
John 14:1–3, 6, 18 [1] “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. [2] In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? [3] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. … [6] Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. … [18] “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Jesus followers are sent into the world as Jesus was sent.
John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide …
John 17:13–18 [13] But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. [14] I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. [15] I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. [16] They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. [17] Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. [18] As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
Great Commission Passages
Matthew 28:18–20 [18] And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. [19] Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Mark 16:15 [15] And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
Luke 24:45–49 [45] Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, [46] and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, [47] and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. [48] You are witnesses of these things. [49] And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
John 20:21 [21] Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.”
Acts 1:8 [8] But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Big Truth:
Jesus Followers Are Ambassadors For Christ
We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. (2 Cor. 5:20)
2 Corinthians 5:13–21 [13] For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. [14] For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; [15] and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
[16] From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. [17] Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. [18] All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; [19] that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. [20] Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. [21] For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Big Ideas:
- The Ministry Of Reconciliation Is God Making His Appeal Through Us (20)
- The Ministry Of Reconciliation Is Inseparable From Reconciliation (16-19)
- The Ministry Of Reconciliation Is Compelled By Love (14-15)
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