NEW MANDATE A new MANDATE means the idea of a new authoritative instruction or command. In the Bible, Jesus gave his disciples a new mandate to make disciples of all nations. This mandate is also known as the Great Commission. • Mandate means an official order or commission to do something • A mandate is a command or instruction that comes from an authority figure. • The Great Commission is the name given to the mandate Jesus gave to his disciples. • The mandate is a faith-sharing mandate that requires the church to preach the gospel to all people. ISAIAH 43:18-19 18. Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. 19. ⁠Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the