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." Matthew 28:18-19
What if these verses were left out of the Gospel?
Of course, God's plan is perfect and there really is no "what ifs" in his plans. And yet the enormous significance of this one sentence in the history of our world is simply amazing. I am not speaking about the realm of Christians only. Judeo-Christian ethics, laws, and value has penetrated every significant economies of this world. It has continued its expansion for two millenia and will continue its dominance into foreseeable future.
For Non-Western Christians like us, this verse is even more significant. This really is the only explicit validation of our own existence as Christians. For us, the verse 19 is like a portal to the only Truth that matters. I wish there were more references of people in foreign countries like us in the Bible. But in its absence, I thank our Lord Jesus Christ for this new Mission; to make disciples of all nations, to seek out all human races and enlighten them with the Truth. That God created all things including myself, gave me life and the choice to fall away from him, then sent his Son to death and resurrection in order to save me from my own fatal choices.
I thank those early missionaries who took His command to heart and reached out to our people. And I pray that I too have the courage and spiritual strength to continue His Mission.
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Wow! What a way to express Matthew 28:19 at greater detail!
I too, thank the early missionaries who took this commission to heart and directed it toward WORLD evangelization.
thanks, kris, for a moving blog. many saints, ordinary people like us, gave up their lives to bring the gospel to heathens (like our ancestors in korea), but they were obedient to the call to go and make disciples.
how true the saying is that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. modern-day christians in the western world often mistakenly see persecution and martyrdom as hindering the growth of the church.
but what is becoming clearer and clearer is that without persecution and martyrdom of the saints, the church cannot grow.
i'm so thankful for those faithful christians who went in obedience to preach the gospel to korea. their blood is the seed
of the korean church.
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