Title Absolute Command
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Hymn: 461 (whole 519) 'Can you carry the cross'
Meditation: Do you know the purpose for which God saved us? Do you know the reason for the disciple's life? Do you know the absolute command of our Lord to the church, the gathering of disciples? It is the ministry of making disciples.
Confession of Faith: Apostles' Creed
Text: "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 obey all that I have commanded you; behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the world." (Matthew 28) :19-20)
What is more precious than success is devotion to something worthwhile and important. The Lord commanded His disciples and body, the Church, to make disciples of all nations. Today, let's meditate on the absolute command of our Lord.
First, "Make disciples." This is the main verb of the absolute imperative. The church is a gathering of disciples of Christ. The Lord is among the disciples. Disciples who have the life of the Lord must testify of Him and make other disciples. That is soul salvation.
Second, he commands, “Go” and “Go ye.” This tells us that we must obey by our actions, but also that we must go into the world of unbelief. It is not a Christian life for a believer to build a wall with the world.
Third, "Baptize." Here, baptism is a generic term for evangelism to bring people outside of God's family into God's family. Evangelism is to make people who cannot or cannot worship God become part of God's family that worships God.
Fourth, "Teach them to keep them." Evangelized believers must be nurtured. This nurture is something only true disciples of Christ can do. The process of evangelism, settlement, nurture, and discipleship is necessary. But more important than the process is obedience. It has a teaching purpose. It is to keep.
Saints! Are you a disciple of Christ? Then the most important priority is to make disciples. The purpose of all the work done by individual members and the church should be for the salvation of souls and the ministry of making disciples.
Prayer: Lord, who called me and saved me and made me a disciple, thank you for setting me up as a minister of life by making disciples who save and build souls. Let my life be the ministry of making disciples. I pray in Jesus name. Amen.
Lord's Prayer