Mark 16:15 – And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
After the Resurrection, Jesus didn’t ascend directly to Heaven. Instead, He walked upon the earth in his scarred, resurrected body for 40 days, and during that time He was seen by hundreds of people – proving once and for all that He was indeed the Risen Lord.
As the time drew nigh for Him to take His heavenly flight, Jesus gave the remaining 11 disciples a very important duty – the very succinct and explicit order that we refer to today as The Great Commission. Jesus instructed His followers to spread the word of His endless love and mercy to every single person upon the face of the planet in order that they might have the opportunity to come to know Him and accept Him as their personal Saviour.
Of course we all can’t simply pull up stakes and start traveling the world, but there are many ways in which we Christians can do our part to help complete the important mission that Christ left us with:
1 – First of all, we can support the brave missionaries (financially and otherwise) who have answered God’s call to preach the Gospel in faraway and dangerous lands. Through them, all Christians can play an important role is fulfilling Jesus’ last earthly directive.
2 – We can use the Internet and other forms of mass communications to get the Good News into the hearts and minds of the people living in virtually every nook and cranny of the globe.
3 – Most of all, we can pray for God’s blessings and protection for the millions of Christians who are living and teaching His Word in places where doing so means risking their very lives.
As believers who have been saved by the grace and mercy of our blessed Saviour, we each have a solemn duty to do whatever we can to help spread the Gospel to all the world. I know that I certainly need to do more in this regard, and chances are you do too. But as long as we try to do our very best I think our Heavenly Father will be well pleased.
Yes!!!