I have observed over many years that the true action of discipleship has been waning among true Christian believers. We have forgotten how or have been just too busy to “make disciples” (Matthew 28:19 NKJV) in our neighborhoods, workplaces or everyday everywhere.
The Lord Jesus came to earth to save all who would hear, believe, repent, confess His name and be baptized. When He went back to the Father, He left His disciples with the responsibility to “Go… make disciples.” He trusted them to do that. He left no Plan B. If His disciples had not carried out His command, you and I would not know the Lord Jesus as we do, and salvation would elude us.
A great work of making disciples has been done in the intervening years between the departure of our Lord and now. However, with a world population growing as it is, we need to be aware of the following.
Millions are dying without the knowledge of our Lord and Savior.
We have it within our power to change this sad situation.
Our Lord left His disciples with the marching orders to tell the world of Him and His love.
The Holy Spirit preserved the Word of God, in which those marching orders also are preserved.
It is up to you and me to make disciples!
I am not some fanatic saying that we need to forsake all and go into some foreign land as missionaries. Rather, we need to lift our eyes and see the “fields… already white for harvest” (John 4:35). We need to see the fields around us and to swing the harvesting sickle while we still have the breath of life.
