"Make Disciples"

He said to them, "Go into all the world and

preach the good news to all creation."

(Mark 16:15)

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations..."

(Matthew 28:19)

Are "clones" necessary today?  YES!  Huh?  As Christians and servants of the Lord Jesus, we need to duplicate our salvation and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ in others.  We need to teach the Word of God to everyone we see; we must witness of the love, redemption and saving grace of Jesus Christ to the world.  It's why the Church began in the Book of Acts.    We must "Make Disciples" of all Nations, kindred, and tongues. 

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;

and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea

and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

(Acts 1:8)

All of us should "sow" and have a string of "disciples" behind us, a trail of souls we've won to God, a line of "clones" following our examples of the Lord Jesus Christ in the earth.  Luke 24:47 says, "and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."  It's a mandate to all Christians, and it's not hard when we know the joy of the living waters poured into our own souls, when we feel Him in our hands, feel Him in our feet, and the moving of His Spirit within us, when we hear His voice and know His protection and provision, when we know the power of His Blood, His Name and His Word, and when we know without a doubt the thrill of coming up out of baptismal waters in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and feeling free and clean and holy and innocent and forgiven and  ...

"All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the

people one from another as a shepherd separates

the sheep from the goats."

(Matthew 25:32)

It is not a simple thing to "make disciples" of people.  The Lord spent day and night with His disciples, teaching, teaching, teaching them.  He poured everything He had into them, quoting the Word, making them think with parables, testing their comprehension from time to time by asking them deep questions; it was a very concerted effort.  The Lord was diligent with the dedicated and strong continual transferring of His mind into them.  We, then, have an obligation to know the Holy Bible, so that we can teach it and give understanding to those we win to Jesus Christ.  We are all still learning ourselves, but we have an assignment to take the gospel to every creature, and then make disciples of them  ...  the world is waiting  ...

"But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through

 death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and

free from accusation-- if you continue in your faith, established and firm,

not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you

 heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and

of which I, Paul, have become a servant."

(Colossians 1:22-23)

Servants of the Lord Jesus Christ must have His vision, His goal, His purpose, His desire for the world.  The Lord is not willing that any should be lost or perish.  When we look at a world globe, do we see oceans and nations, or do we see faces of precious souls?  When on our streets and in our market places, do we see just people, or do we see hurting, hungry, brothers and sisters to be?  When praying, does the vision of the world come before us like a round populated teardrop falling from the face of a loving God?  Are souls in our dreams, in our visions, and in our hearts?  Do we yearn to see all people of all nations worshiping the One true Holy omnipotent God, Jesus Christ?  

Pray, dear friend, that we will be one in the Lord.  People in other nations: Pray for America.  America: Pray for people in other nations.  If you are in Jesus Christ, you are my brother and my sister; I desire that you are filled with His Spirit, blessed, protected, encouraged, holy, and righteous in the sight of God, even as you desire the same for me.  Before long, we will see One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, One Church Order, One Church, One people serving the Lord Jesus Christ in every nation, kindred and tongue, marching in cadence to the voice of the soon-coming King of Kings and Lord of Lords!

     

It wasn't a suggestion; it was a command to go forth and make disciples of all nations.  We are not saved to sit down, but to go out.  To whom much is given, much is required.  We are always given more from God than for just our household; that's so we will share with others.  To bring another soul to Jesus Christ and see the tears of repentance, the joy of living water flooding their souls, the beauty and innocence after baptism in Jesus' name, the freedom on their countenances, the wholeness that consumes them  ...  it's a sight to behold, and the greatest joy in earth.  The Bible says the angels desire to look into it, when souls are filled with the Spirit of God! 

  

"Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they

did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have

preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven;

which things the angels desire to look into."

(I Peter 1:12)

The wedding plans are under way; the Bridegroom is readying the trumpet sound; the Bride is preparing her hope chest; the Church is filling up  ...  We are on the home stretch; come brothers and sisters, gather the harvest, reach for the hands, look into the eyes of those we'll spend eternity with, see what Jesus Christ sees in the creation in earth  ...  and do it  ...  "Make disciples."

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(He's the Father of the Nations, making 

disciples of all Nations)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

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