Deeper Life #263

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

—Matthew 28:19

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE MEAN when it says to be an example to the flock of God? You must be a walking example of what you believe, in every moment of your life, known and unknown. You must bear the scrutiny of God until you prove that you are indeed a specimen of what He can do. Then He will send you out to disciple all nations.

When souls are born again into the kingdom of God, the church of Christ makes a tremendous rejoicing, as it ought to make. But then what does it do? When God brings souls to you, what have you to do? Disciple them. And the only way you can disciple them is, not by making them proselytes of your views, but by teaching them to do what Jesus commanded you.

Do you say, “Do as I say, but not as I do”? To disciple people for God, we must become what other people should be.

Prayer Thought: I resolve to be a true example of the transforming grace of God.

SUGGESTED READING: Matthew 28:16–20