18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 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, 20 teaching them to observe all that I've commanded you and remember I am with you each and every day until the end of the age.
For those that would say this is the job or duty of the pastor or evangelist would be ignoring the very words of Christ himself. For some who have been saved for 5, 10, 15 or more years and have not been discipled or been part of discipling others is again either selfish or naive. Please hear my heart as I am not trying to make anyone upset but I believe its time for the body and mechanism of the church to grow up and take its rightful place on earth today.
I see so many Facebook posts of so much political things from Christians that are upset that this country is not running according to the constitution and I would agree BUT also point out our real home again is not here. The kingdom we belong to and its King have written us a way, a constitution if you will to live by and we ignore it.
It is said that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. It is interesting that the Greek word for martyr is translated as witness in our language. Yes sometimes like public speaking being a witness for Christ can bring a fear as big as death to us but the first step of making disciples is to bear witness preaching the gospel to all the nations. Dare I say we can start in our back yards.
In the first century the people that turned the world upside down where persecuted and feared for their lives. Many were killed and martyred and scattered to save their lives. In this intense time the church GREW and transformed the world. Seeing much influence in the world today? Seeing much being transformed? Me either? Why? Is God hiding? No....but the current representation of Christ on earth today, his body, IS!
Yes I want our country back to where it once was. Yes I want schools run better and our economic system run more constitutionally but those changes wont come to the voters box before it first comes to the church through reformation and repentance and going back to our calling. All of these wishes and hopes we feel in lack in our lives stem from running away from our basic calling. We have again been distracted by self and our needs and desires in this present place and time and that has our advisory the devil dancing with pleasure.
Bear witness for the truth today! Become a disciple of Christ and enter back into your pilgrimage to the Kingdom of God and turn from the kingdom of this earth. God Bless!
In His Service and Under His Mercy!
Brian
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