Greetings to all brothers and sisters in Christ,
Perhaps, most of us are very familiar with our church vision -Matthew 28:18-20-
" 81Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Perhaps, many of you have been hearing this statement for hundreds times. But right now, i would like to share my little thoughts on this statement.
Just few years back, while doing my usual routine, suddenly there's this quote sparked in my mind which i believe is strongly from the Lord. It says
"All disciples are Christians, but not all Christians are disciples". Reckoning upon the spontaneous quote again, i find it actually makes sense. Utter truth. When i re-read the greatest commission of Jesus Christ to His disciples, He commanded "...therefore, go and make
disciples...." He did not say "Go and make believers...."....
I was once again convicted by the word "disciple" by Jesus.
Disciples literally does not mean just believers, but followers of Christ. And following of His saying, He mentioned "...and teaching them to obey everything that i have commanded..."
Wow... It's aligned! A follower that obey the commandments. And after i read the Greatest Commission over and over again, I believe that we, Mad Gen should not just build believers of Christ and just stop at there, but beyond that, let us continue on and build strong and biblical people.... strong and biblical students...strong and biblical youths for this generation.
Make up our mind. Take the Great Commission into our heart. Understand every word that has stated by our Lord Jesus. For it will definitely help us in building a true Strong and Biblical disciple of Christ.
2818. "To add, one must add"
Let us not dilute the substance of His Greatest Commission.