Great Commission or Great Omission?

Before his ascension Jesus issued what is now called “The Great Commission”. A “commission” is “an authoritative and directive command.”

The mandate of The Great Commission is to “Go”. (Matt. 28:19). This is a word of action! We cannot “go” if we are sitting still. We cannot “go” if we stay where we are. We cannot “go” if we do not make a move. And the move we are to make is to make disciples or followers or students of Jesus, teaching them everything Jesus did and taught.

The first disciples took the Lord’s command seriously. They went into the world and shared the Gospel of Jesus and thousands upon thousands were saved by the grace of God.

But is this still the true state of the Church today? We are satisfied to be saved, but are we motivated to support the mission Jesus gave us to see others come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior? Somehow many now believe that the end of our responsibility is to come to church now and then, pray when we can, read the Bible if we feel like it and live a life that is slightly cleaner than the world around us.

We have forgotten the truth that Christ-followers are called to be militant. That we are activists of the Gospel. Our orders are not to sit by while the world remains lost and without Jesus. The ascended King instructs us to go into the world and tell everyone the glorious news of a crucified and risen Saviour who specializes in saving people, changing everything in their lives and shifting their eternal destiny.

Can it be true that The Great Commission became The Great Omission in our lives?