Discipleship

The Gospel is the most important message you will ever hear (and hopefully share with others) in your life.  It is God's promise of salvation through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, who died and gave His life so mankind could be forgiven. 

 

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)

 

Before ascending to be with His Father in Heaven, Jesus left the disciples with clear instructions to make preaching the Gospel, or "good news," their number one priority. 

 

Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19) 

 

This is a command that everyone seeking to spend eternity with God should be very quick to obey.  After all, Jesus makes it clear that a person is only His disciple if they abide in Him.

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Jesus said to the people who believed in him, "You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings" (John 8:31)

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Brothers and sisters, if we love God, if we love Jesus, then we have to obey Him and make disciples.  We have to feed His sheep and share this message of hope with the world around us.  How can we, after being saved ourselves, continue living ignorant of the truth that every un-repented soul will perish and go to Hell?

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If you are familiar with the Bible, you will know that God ALWAYS keeps His Word.  You cannot expect God to be gracious but ignore justice.  People that do not repent and not everyone that calls Jesus "Lord" will enter into Heaven (Matthew 7:21).  We cannot simply sit in church services on Sundays and leave not caring to share the Gospel with unbelieving family, neighbors, friends, coworkers, loved ones, etc.  We are called to step out of the pews, decompartmentalize our faith, season our conversations with salt, and spread the Gospel wherever we go.

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Being fully aware of these truths, what will you do?  How will you respond?