THE EXTERIOR
(For the last section, a somewhat different presentation.)
Mt 28:19-20 "Therefore go and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things, whatever I commanded you. And, behold, I am with you all the days until the end of the world."
Mark 16:15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned." (NKJV)
Lu 24:46-48 Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things." (NKJV)
Go Into All the World
Making Disciples Of All Nations
Baptizing Them In the Name of The Father The Son And The Holy Spirit
Teaching Them To Do as I Have Commanded You
One mission given to many with varied gifts to accomplish separate but equal tasks. The mission falls not only to Billy Graham or John Wesley or Orville Moody or Father Marquette or the Christian cable networks. It wasn't given only to a few in the First Century. It calls to all, past and present. Along with an empowering Spirit to comfort us and lead the effort. Jesus even said the Spirit would speak for us when we testify. Many gifts exist, from help and encouragement to ones that have been called extinct. Each of us must find the gift each is given and, once found, use it for the Lord. We will never regret using it to obey.
It's an act of love.
In all things, do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Matthew 7:12.
Luke 6:31.
No Question Mark merely details some of the bits and pieces that compose this sentence. The old Testament became a single sentence in Christ's teaching hands. Our eternal death sentence became a single atonement in his punctured palms as he lived out the words. The sentences of history become a single vision in those perfect hands.
A death sentence converted to a life sentence, an eternal life sentence.
