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Commission means
to formally [publicly or officially] choose someone to do a special piece of
work. And Great
means big, or famous, or very good; extreme.
Therefore, a Great Commission has to be given by a Greater Authority to
the ones He trusts to carry out the task.
That’s exactly what Jesus—the Great Authority—gave to us, the ones who
believe in Him. He publicly and officially
told His disciples in:
Matthew
28:18-20: All authority has been given to Me in heaven
and on earth. Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all the things that I
have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
Amen.
Mark
16:15-18: Go into all the world and preach the gospel to
every creature. He who believes and is
baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. . . .
Luke
24:46-49: Thus it is written; and thus it was necessary
for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance
and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning
at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of
these things.
These
verses constitute The GREAT COMMISSION and they were spoken by
Jesus himself to His disciples after He rose the third day and appeared to
them. That means, without the
resurrection of Jesus Christ, there would be no Great Commission for us, His
disciples. There would be no purpose for
our being or living. There would be no
hope to live for tomorrow. And without
hope, there would be no One to look up to, to get guidance or consolation when
we are sad, angry, dismayed and disappointed by all the evil Satan and our
ungodly choices are wreaking upon this earth.
Why
are you alive today? The Great Commission.
How can you get comfort and succeed in this unruly world? By breathing and doing The Great Commission. What is this Great Commission? It is simply speaking to lost souls about the
Good News of Jesus Christ and confirming how only He can remove the record of
past sins and make the repentant soul into a new creature, holy and special,
like you who is doing the speaking [preaching or teaching]; and also be
commissioned to go out and to do the same so that His Kingdom in heaven
multiplies exponentially—becoming extremely big, or GREAT!
Observe
that Jesus gave His followers this Great Commission after His resurrection so
that His excruciating crucifixion would not be in vain (for nothing). He carried out His part of God’s plan through
tears of blood on a blood-stained cross; and expects us to do our part of God’s
plan as an expression of gratitude, reverence and awe, demonstrating fierce loyalty
as for a Friend; for now we are no
longer condemned to hell, but today’s unbelievers are now at the status of
condemnation.
THEREFORE NOW THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION TO THOSE
WHO HAVE TAKEN JESUS AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOUR (Romans 8:1), who do not walk
according to the flesh (Galatians 5:19-21), but according to the Spirit
(Galatians 5:22-23), who were once not a people but are now the
people of God, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy
(1 Peter 2:10). Mercy is forgiving
someone who deserves to be punished for the crime/sin he’s done and giving that
person a second chance to change and to do what is right. Don’t you want that same mercy for your family members, your friends and neighbours,
your classmates and co-workers, your community at large, your nation, the
world?
We,
the disciples of Christ, are the Chosen Ones for our generation and
beyond. But you are a chosen generation,
a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may
proclaim [preach and teach] the praises of Him who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light (1
Peter 2:9).
You
are the light in this dark world. LET IT SHINE! You carry God’s mercy for Him in this world, SPREAD IT ALL OVER! It’s that simple. One soul at a time is all that is
required. And it’s totally between you
and God how you carry out your Great Commission, your divine assignment. That is why we have the five-fold ministry
(apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers) and the gifts of the
Holy Spirit (Read 1 Corinthians 12:8-11), the greatest being LOVE for
God, for yourself, and for humanity.
Each of us has a ministry and gift(s) given to us to complete our Commission.
You can only carry out The Great Commission by working on yourself and your relationship with God—the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. Your success will be evident by the Fruit of the Spirit you bear. While you are working on yourself and your relationship with God, you must also work on saving souls (making disciples) of all nations, beginning at your “Jerusalem”, the community in which you live, go to school, work, and worship. You do this by wearing the Whole Armor of God.
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To
succeed at your commission:
1
Take your
Bible and simply start at the Book of John; or follow a daily Bible reading
plan starting at Genesis. You can read one verse a day or a chapter every day;
and what you do not understand, ask questions to your Pastor and/or other mature
Christians. Pray—talk to God
honestly—about what you’ve read and ask how it can be applied to your life—that
is called the washing of the Word
to keep the soul clean because the world will surely soil your sanctified soul
if you are not washed every day in the Water
(Ephesians 5:26-27; John 4:10-14).
2 Then STEP OUT! with
your beautiful feet and let those in your “Jerusalem”—your family, friends,
co-workers, neighbors, anyone you can touch with your testimony—hear about the
power of Christ through someone they know who is not
ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for
everyone who believes . . . . (Romans 1:16).
3 Support other Christians who
are working in prisons, hospitals, orphanages and distant villages all over the
world by praying for their success in winning souls and by giving them whatever
aid they need to bring others to Christ.
This is my plea to you, fellow Christian.
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