Waverly Church of Christ

The last words spoken by a valedictorian at his or her graduation ceremony are meant to inspire the graduating students to go forth and accomplish great things. A coach before a championship game challenge the players to their best efforts in the game before them. A preacher to a couple as he binds them together in wedlock are intended to remind them of the nature of the union into which they are entering. The last words which Matthew records for us in His account are words of Jesus which He wanted to last in our minds. They are what some have come to call “the marching orders of the King.” These words of Jesus are known to us as “the Great Commission.”