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Copyright © 2017 Scott Allan Gilbert All rights reserved. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has permission to reproduce and disseminate this document in any form by any means for purposes chosen by the Seminary, including, without limitation, preservation or instruction. GO MAKE DISCIPLES: SERMONIC APPLICATION OF THE IMPERATIVE OF THE GREAT COMMISSION __________________ A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary __________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy __________________ by Scott Allan Gilbert December 2017 AAAAPPPPPPPPRRRROOOOVVVVAAAALLLL SSSSHHHHEEEEEEEETTTT GO MAKE DISCIPLES: SERMONIC APPLICATION OF THE IMPERATIVE OF THE GREAT COMMISSION Scott Allan Gilbert Read and Approved by: __________________________________________ Robert A. Vogel (Chair) __________________________________________ Hershael W. York __________________________________________ William F. Cook III Date______________________________ To Jenn, Caleb, and Emily: You are blessings beyond measure TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................. viii LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................ xi PREFACE ............................................................................................................ xii Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1 Sermonic Treatment of the Great Commission ......................................... 3 Continuing Normativity ................................................................... 3 The Meaning of “Go” ....................................................................... 5 The Nature of Making Disciples ....................................................... 7 The Nations ..................................................................................... 9 Thesis ................................................................................................... 12 Contemporary Scholarship and Preaching the Great Commission........... 14 Preaching Guides ........................................................................... 15 Interpretive and Exegetical Scholarship .......................................... 17 Hermeneutic of Application ........................................................... 20 Methodology ......................................................................................... 22 Overview and Chapters ......................................................................... 26 2. HERMENEUTICAL APPROACHES TO APPLICATION ........................... 29 Four Clarifications ................................................................................ 30 Step-Based Approaches ......................................................................... 35 Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard ....................................................... 36 iv Chapter Page Robertson McQuilkin..................................................................... 39 William Larkin, Jr. ......................................................................... 42 The World Behind the Text: Walter Kaiser, Jr. ....................................... 44 The World in Front of the Text ............................................................. 47 Paul Ricoeur .................................................................................. 48 Abraham Kuruvilla ........................................................................ 56 A Way Forward ..................................................................................... 65 Application and Matthew 28:19 ............................................................. 78 3. FOR WHOM IS THE GREAT COMMISSION? ......................................... 81 Five Views Regarding the Intended Significance of the Imperative of Matthew 28:19-20 ...................................................................... 82 The Imperative Was for the Apostles .............................................. 82 The Imperative Is for Ministers ...................................................... 89 The Imperative Is for the Local Church .......................................... 96 The Imperative Is for the Universal Church .................................. 100 The Imperative Is for Every Believer ............................................. 105 Hermeneutical and Interpretive Analysis to Determine the Most Viable View ..................................................................................109 Principle of Immediate Context .................................................... 110 Principle of Original Recipients .................................................... 114 Conclusion of Analysis ................................................................. 118 The World in Front of the Text ............................................................120 Rhetorical Criticism ..................................................................... 122 Narrative Criticism ...................................................................... 131 Excursus: Ecclesiology in Matthew .......................................................140 Ἐκκλησία in Matthew ................................................................... 140 Baptism and the Church .............................................................. 144 v Chapter Page Synthesis of Ecclesiology in Matthew ........................................... 145 Conclusion ...........................................................................................146 4. EXEGETICAL DECISIONS .....................................................................150 The Meaning of Πορευθέντες .................................................................151 Summary of Views ....................................................................... 151 Imperatival Function of the Participle ........................................... 156 Make Disciples .....................................................................................165 Lexical and Grammatical Analysis ................................................ 166 Rhetorical and Narrative Analysis ................................................. 170 Interpretation of Analysis ............................................................. 181 Nations ................................................................................................188 Lexical and Syntactical Analysis ................................................... 192 Rhetorical and Narrative Analysis ................................................. 194 Interpretation of Analysis ............................................................. 201 Conclusion ...........................................................................................204 5. APPLICATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE WORLD IN FRONT OF THE TEXT ........................................................................................208 The Intended Significance of the Great Commission .............................212 Make Disciples .....................................................................................214 All Nations ...........................................................................................220 Go … ...................................................................................................228 Synthesis of Application for “Go” and “All the Nations” ................ 230 Go, Send, or Disobey ................................................................... 238 Conclusion ...........................................................................................239 6. CONCLUSION .......................................................................................241 vi Summary of Chapters ...........................................................................241 Suggestions for Additional Study ..........................................................247 Preaching the Great Commission ..........................................................248 Appendix GO MAKE DISCIPLES ................................................................................249 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................ 268 vii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Acts Thom. Acts of Thomas 1 Apol. 1 Apology Agr. De agricultura 3 Bar. 3 Baruch (Greek Apocalypse) BDAG W. Bauer, F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich. Greek- English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Chicago, 1999 BDF F. Blass, A. Debrunner, and Robert W. Funk. Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Chicago, 1961 BECNT Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament Bel Bel and the Dragon BSac Bibliotheca Sacra CBQ The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 1 Clem. 1 Clement Congr. De congressu eruditionis gratia CTQ Concordia Theological Quarterly Det. Quod deterius potiori insidari soleat Dial. Dialogue with Trypho Did. Didache 1 Esd 1 Esdras Fug. De fuga et inventione HTR Harvard Theological Review HvTSt Hervormde Teologiese Studies ICC International Critical Commentary viii Ign. Pol. Ignatius, To Polycarp IMB International Mission Board JBL Journal of Biblical Literature Jdt Judith JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society Jos. Ant. Jewish Antiquities JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series LCL Loeb Classical Library L & N Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains LNTS Library of New Testament Studies LSJ Liddell, Henry George, Robert Scott, Henry Stuart Jones, A Greek- English Lexicon, 9th ed. Oxford, 1948 LXX Septuagint 1 Macc 1 Maccabees Migr. De migratione Abrahami Mos.1 De vita Mosis I NAC New American Commentary NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament NIGTC New International Greek Testament Commentary NTS New Testament Studies NovT Novum Testamentum NovTSup Novum Testamentum Supplements Plant. De plantatione Pol. Phil. Polycarp, To the Philippians QG 4 Quaestiones et solutiones in Genesin IV ix

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Copyright © 2017 Scott Allan Gilbert All rights reserved. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has permission to reproduce and disseminate this document in any form by any means for purposes chosen by the Seminary, including, without limitation, preservation or instruction. GO MAKE DISCIPLES: SERMONIC APPLICATION OF THE IMPERATIVE OF THE GREAT COMMISSION __________________ A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary __________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy __________________ by Scott Allan Gilbert December 2017 AAAAPPPPPPPPRRRROOOOVVVVAAAALLLL SSSSHHHHEEEEEEEETTTT GO MAKE DISCIPLES: SERMONIC APPLICATION OF THE IMPERATIVE OF THE GREAT COMMISSION Scott Allan Gilbert Read and Approved by: __________________________________________ Robert A. Vogel (Chair) __________________________________________ Hershael W. York __________________________________________ William F. Cook III Date______________________________ To Jenn, Caleb, and Emily: You are blessings beyond measure TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................. viii LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................ xi PREFACE ............................................................................................................ xii Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1 Sermonic Treatment of the Great Commission ......................................... 3 Continuing Normativity ................................................................... 3 The Meaning of “Go” ....................................................................... 5 The Nature of Making Disciples ....................................................... 7 The Nations ..................................................................................... 9 Thesis ................................................................................................... 12 Contemporary Scholarship and Preaching the Great Commission........... 14 Preaching Guides ........................................................................... 15 Interpretive and Exegetical Scholarship .......................................... 17 Hermeneutic of Application ........................................................... 20 Methodology ......................................................................................... 22 Overview and Chapters ......................................................................... 26 2. HERMENEUTICAL APPROACHES TO APPLICATION ........................... 29 Four Clarifications ................................................................................ 30 Step-Based Approaches ......................................................................... 35 Klein, Blomberg, and Hubbard ....................................................... 36 iv Chapter Page Robertson McQuilkin..................................................................... 39 William Larkin, Jr. ......................................................................... 42 The World Behind the Text: Walter Kaiser, Jr. ....................................... 44 The World in Front of the Text ............................................................. 47 Paul Ricoeur .................................................................................. 48 Abraham Kuruvilla ........................................................................ 56 A Way Forward ..................................................................................... 65 Application and Matthew 28:19 ............................................................. 78 3. FOR WHOM IS THE GREAT COMMISSION? ......................................... 81 Five Views Regarding the Intended Significance of the Imperative of Matthew 28:19-20 ...................................................................... 82 The Imperative Was for the Apostles .............................................. 82 The Imperative Is for Ministers ...................................................... 89 The Imperative Is for the Local Church .......................................... 96 The Imperative Is for the Universal Church .................................. 100 The Imperative Is for Every Believer ............................................. 105 Hermeneutical and Interpretive Analysis to Determine the Most Viable View ..................................................................................109 Principle of Immediate Context .................................................... 110 Principle of Original Recipients .................................................... 114 Conclusion of Analysis ................................................................. 118 The World in Front of the Text ............................................................120 Rhetorical Criticism ..................................................................... 122 Narrative Criticism ...................................................................... 131 Excursus: Ecclesiology in Matthew .......................................................140 Ἐκκλησία in Matthew ................................................................... 140 Baptism and the Church .............................................................. 144 v Chapter Page Synthesis of Ecclesiology in Matthew ........................................... 145 Conclusion ...........................................................................................146 4. EXEGETICAL DECISIONS .....................................................................150 The Meaning of Πορευθέντες .................................................................151 Summary of Views ....................................................................... 151 Imperatival Function of the Participle ........................................... 156 Make Disciples .....................................................................................165 Lexical and Grammatical Analysis ................................................ 166 Rhetorical and Narrative Analysis ................................................. 170 Interpretation of Analysis ............................................................. 181 Nations ................................................................................................188 Lexical and Syntactical Analysis ................................................... 192 Rhetorical and Narrative Analysis ................................................. 194 Interpretation of Analysis ............................................................. 201 Conclusion ...........................................................................................204 5. APPLICATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE WORLD IN FRONT OF THE TEXT ........................................................................................208 The Intended Significance of the Great Commission .............................212 Make Disciples .....................................................................................214 All Nations ...........................................................................................220 Go … ...................................................................................................228 Synthesis of Application for “Go” and “All the Nations” ................ 230 Go, Send, or Disobey ................................................................... 238 Conclusion ...........................................................................................239 6. CONCLUSION .......................................................................................241 vi Summary of Chapters ...........................................................................241 Suggestions for Additional Study ..........................................................247 Preaching the Great Commission ..........................................................248 Appendix GO MAKE DISCIPLES ................................................................................249 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................ 268 vii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Acts Thom. Acts of Thomas 1 Apol. 1 Apology Agr. De agricultura 3 Bar. 3 Baruch (Greek Apocalypse) BDAG W. Bauer, F. W. Danker, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich. Greek- English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. 3rd ed. Chicago, 1999 BDF F. Blass, A. Debrunner, and Robert W. Funk. Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature. Chicago, 1961 BECNT Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament Bel Bel and the Dragon BSac Bibliotheca Sacra CBQ The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 1 Clem. 1 Clement Congr. De congressu eruditionis gratia CTQ Concordia Theological Quarterly Det. Quod deterius potiori insidari soleat Dial. Dialogue with Trypho Did. Didache 1 Esd 1 Esdras Fug. De fuga et inventione HTR Harvard Theological Review HvTSt Hervormde Teologiese Studies ICC International Critical Commentary viii Ign. Pol. Ignatius, To Polycarp IMB International Mission Board JBL Journal of Biblical Literature Jdt Judith JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society Jos. Ant. Jewish Antiquities JSNT Journal for the Study of the New Testament JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series JSOTSup Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series LCL Loeb Classical Library L & N Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Based on Semantic Domains LNTS Library of New Testament Studies LSJ Liddell, Henry George, Robert Scott, Henry Stuart Jones, A Greek- English Lexicon, 9th ed. Oxford, 1948 LXX Septuagint 1 Macc 1 Maccabees Migr. De migratione Abrahami Mos.1 De vita Mosis I NAC New American Commentary NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament NIGTC New International Greek Testament Commentary NTS New Testament Studies NovT Novum Testamentum NovTSup Novum Testamentum Supplements Plant. De plantatione Pol. Phil. Polycarp, To the Philippians QG 4 Quaestiones et solutiones in Genesin IV ix

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