The Mandate

๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—  ๐—จ๐—ฃ

โ€ข Would you consider yourself a good student? Why or why not?ย 

โ€ข Recall some good news you recently shared with friends. How did people react?ย 

โ€ข Explain how you use social media and the internet. Would you say that these platforms have made it easier to share things about yourself? Why or why not?ย 


๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐——

๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜– ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ; ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ! . . . ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ. ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—  ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿด:๐Ÿญ,๐Ÿฐ


(Read also ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—  ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿด:๐Ÿฎโ€“๐Ÿฏ; ๐Ÿฑโ€“๐Ÿณ.)


Christians are recipients of teachings of Godโ€™s word. We are disciplesโ€”students who diligently obey what we have been taught. In this passage, the psalmist encourages Godโ€™s people to listen and tell others about what they hear. In our context today, we have heard the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and are commanded to make disciples (Matthew 28:19) to ensure that what we have heard is taught and passed on to others (2 Timothy 2:2). For a Christian, all roads lead to discipleship. Letโ€™s look at what this means and how we can apply it in our lives.


๐Ÿญ. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.ย 

๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜– ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ; ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ! ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ; ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด. ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—  ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿด:๐Ÿญโ€“๐Ÿฏ


First, we are recipients and students of Godโ€™s word. We all need to read, study, and grow in our understanding of Godโ€™s word. We are taught by those who have come to know Christ before us, in order for us to also grow in our relationship with God. We intentionally give and incline our ears to what God says through the people who teach us to follow Him. Share how you first learned about God and who taught you to love Him.ย 


๐Ÿฎ. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜™๐˜‹, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ . . .ย ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—  ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿด:๐Ÿฐโ€“๐Ÿฒ


Second, we are to pass on what we know and teach this to others. We are to tell others about God and what He has done. The gospel and the work of God should not stop with us. We are to respond to the Great Commission of Jesus with obedience, urgency, and commitment. Why is it important to proclaim Christ and help others follow Him, as we have been taught?ย 


๐Ÿฏ. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€.ย 

ย . . ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด . . . ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—  ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿด:๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿณย 


Third, we are to do our part so that the next generations would know about and love God, too. The gospel was passed on to us with boldness and sacrifice, from the time of the twelve disciples until the person who told you about Jesus. What do you think would happen if we kept the best news ever of our salvation to ourselves? Why should we remain steadfast in helping others make disciples as well?ย 


๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก

โ€ข Are you a disciple? Are you making disciples? What is one thing you can do to apply what we talked about today?ย 

โ€ข Recall who told you about Jesus and helped you follow Him. Take some time this week to appreciate these people.ย 

โ€ข Consider the reality of not knowing when someone would die. Why is there an urgency to tell people about God and make disciples? What are you willing to do about it today?ย 


๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—ฅ

โ€ข Thank God for His grace, mercy, and love for you. Thank Him for sending Jesus to die on the cross to save us from His wrath.

โ€ข Ask God to help you see the lost around you as He does, feel compassion for them the way He does, and respond to them as He would.

โ€ข Pray for your family members and friends who need to know about Jesus. Ask God for opportunities, boldness, wisdom, urgency, and empowerment from the Holy Spirit for you to help them follow Jesus.ย