The Great Commission

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“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, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

If we are to make disciples of all nations, teaching them to observe all that He has commanded us, then how can it be possible to disciple anyone without teaching them to obey what Jesus commanded?

If we know that we are commanded to make disciples by teaching all nations the commands of Jesus, then we must accept that we cannot teach what we do not know.

If we do not know the commandments of Jesus, then we cannot say that we have been discipled, otherwise we would already know the commandments of Jesus.

Who is it that can presume to disciple who does not teach the commands of Jesus let alone knows these commandments for themselves?