# Sunday Setup – Matthew 28:18

Sermon transcript from Cross Church Surprise.
Series: Sunday Setup
Date: March 5, 2026
Watch: https://crosschurchcares.com/surprise/episodes/sunday-setup-matthew-2818

## Summary

What does it mean to go forth in the authority of Jesus? Are we truly ready to share the gospel with our neighbors and communities? Discover how Christ empowers us to fulfill the Great Commission and make His name known. Let's dive in together!

## Transcript

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 Hey, Cross Church family and welcome to 
 the Sunday setup. This is our time every 
 Thursday at 2:00 where we digitally 
 gather together to dive into our piece 
 of scripture that we'll be studying this 
 Sunday. We want to take some time to 
 pray through it just like we'll be 
 praising through it and preaching 
 through it this Sunday so we can 
 practice it next week. [music] Today we 
 continue on in our series through the 
 great commission. And as we're in 
 Matthew chapter 28, uh today I want us 
 to look at verse 18. And we'll bounce 
 around a little bit outside of this 
 verse, but I just want to focus here for 
 our time today in Matthew 28. [music] 
 Look in verse 18, right before Jesus 
 gives the great commission where he's 
 going to tell them to go and make 
 disciples and baptize and make Jesus 
 known throughout the world. In verse 18, 
 it says this, right before this, says 
 Jesus came near and he said to them that 
 all authority has been given to me in 
 heaven and on earth. 
 I want us to start this time with just 
 praising God and a prayer prompt where 
 we recognize how amazing our Jesus is. 
 And I think it starts so easy. Starts 
 right here. This is our prayer prompt is 
 Jesus, you have authority because that 
 Jesus, you have authority because you 
 are God. Jesus, you have authority 
 because you are the creator. Jesus, you 
 have authority because you are eternal. 
 Jesus, you have authority because pray 
 those prayers to our [music] God. 
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 >> Jesus, you have authority because you 
 are the ultimate God. You are the 
 savior, the only savior who could come, 
 who could die for our sins, who could 
 raise again to defeat [music] death and 
 show us a new life. God, you are a you 
 are authoritative, Lord. You have 
 authority, Jesus. Your name is above all 
 other names because there is no one like 
 you. [music] You are holy. You are 
 blameless. You are eternal, God. And you 
 are graceful, Lord. Your authority is 
 different than all other authorities we 
 see in our world. In this verse again, 
 Jesus says that all authority has been 
 given to me. And he says in heaven and 
 on earth. Right now, we don't live in 
 heaven. One day hopefully we will see 
 heaven when we confess Jesus as our 
 Lord. Believe in our heart that he has 
 saved us. But on this side of earth, 
 Jesus still has authority. And in this 
 verse, before he gives the great 
 commission, he's going to send them out. 
 But he's not sending them out upon their 
 own authority. He's sending them [music] 
 out upon his authority. And here is our 
 prayer prompt. As we think of the great 
 commission, [music] as we think of how 
 we are to go in this series, as we say, 
 let's go in this next two years. Let's 
 go fulfill the great commission. Here's 
 our prayer prompt [music] is God, let us 
 go in your authority, too. God, let us 
 go in your authority to my neighbors. 
 God, let us go in your authority to my 
 workplace. God, let us go in your 
 authority to my family. God, let us go 
 in your authority [music] to pray those 
 prayers specifically of who we need to 
 share the gospel to in this [music] 
 season and the next. 
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 >> God, let us go in your authority 
 in our personal lives, God, in our 
 families. 
 in our communities. God, let us go in 
 your authority in our cities, God, in 
 our state. God, let us go in your 
 authority as we start more churches, 
 Lord, as we fulfill the great commission 
 one church at a time, God. Let us not go 
 in our strength. Let us not go in our 
 wits. Let us not go in our strategy. Let 
 us not go in fill in the blank. God, let 
 us go in your authority and your 
 authority alone. God, we thank you that 
 you have given us the great commission. 
 But Lord, we thank you that it is not 
 upon our power, but we are empowered by 
 you. We are empowered by God, our 
 savior, our Jesus Christ, to go and make 
 Jesus known to the world around us. 
 Lord, we thank you that you have chosen 
 us, that you have allowed us to be a 
 part of your will. And God, we just lift 
 all this up in Jesus' [music] name. 
 Amen. Hey, thank you guys for joining us 
 today. Let us go in the authority of 
 Jesus this week and let us gather 
 together this Sunday and dive into God's 
 word. Take care. [music] 
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