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Healthy Habit #4: Sharing the Gospel “As You Go!”
The Great Commission
The Great Commission is Jesus’ last instructions to His disciples—to us, and yet many are confused by the Commission’s call to “go”. Go where? Is Jesus saying we’re all to travel around the world on mission? Do I have to go somewhere to be obedient to Christ’s instruction? Not necessarily. In Matthew 28, the word “go” is not an imperative verb. “Go” is a participial form in Greek and should be translated “while you go”, or “in your going”, or “as you go.” It is the context of the main verb in the passage. Jesus was addressing a mobile company. They were always on the go, always traveling. The mobility of the New Testament is the background for the making of disciples. What Jesus is saying is that wherever you go — home, school, work, or play — you are to intentionally share Jesus with those God puts around you “AS YOU GO”.
Then Jesus came to them and said,
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
~ Matthew 28:18-20 (NIV)
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
- Take our One Verse Evangelism Class to learn a simple, yet powerful way to share the gospel with confidence. If you can’t make it to one of the live classes, we also have OVE online training videos available.
- Develop and maintain a Key Relationship with a non- believers in your sphere of influence. This is a person with whom you will pray, spend time with and ultimately share the gospel. If you tell us who your Key Relationship is, we will pray for you and cheer you on as you reach out to them with the love of Christ.
- Participate in a Church-wide Community Service Day, volunteer to serve with our Inner-city or JAIL Ministries, or go on a Short-Term Mission Trip. They are all equally amazing opportunities to be the hands and feet of Christ.
- Give. When we give our tithes and offerings, we not only help to provide an environment for non-believers to have an encounter with Jesus, and create opportunities for believers to grow in their faith, we also support the various ministries that reach out into our local and global communities with the transforming truth of the Gospel.
