A Reflection On Evangelism

When I am challenged to follow the great commission

Nearly two millennia after the ascension of Jesus, huge pockets of people still have never heard that there is a Savior from the awful devastation of sin and death. We are uncomfortable that thousands of children on other continents starve to death, but we are numb to the eternal hunger of billions. Isn’t God more urgent than this? Is His passion to save really this sluggish?

The God who pursues has issued a directive. The disciples of the High Commander are ordered to pray for pursuers to rush into His harvest, and even to go. It’s an urgent appeal, and it’s comprehensive as well. Through the great commission, we are called to do more than spread the Word verbally; we are called to live it everywhere. Like light that floods a dark room, salt that influences a whole meal, or leaven that raises an entire loaf, we are urged to follow in the footsteps of the One who came to save.

Jesus’ command is comprehensive, compelling, and urgent. Give. Pray. Go. Die, if necessary. Fill the world with His glory.

Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:19