Reaching the entire world in one generation

17 04 2007

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, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” - Matthew 28:18-19

I wonder how long Jesus had in mind it would take the church to do this. Well it has gone 2000 years since… Has something gone very wrong? I think one problem is that we as individuals do not take this command seriously nor personally, we think it’s “the church’s job” as in “there are those who get paid to do that kind of stuff”
Well my dear audience. If that is the case, we will never see the world saved.
This applies to you and me. But the problem is also that we make it too complicated.
It´s about living out the love of God where you are, being light and salt.
Instead of one trying to reach all, all should try to reach one..
I made a simple world salvation calculator that shows that in one generation every person on this planet could be saved, even if we started from 1.
We as individuals need to make disciples, who makes disciples, who makes disciples…
Just focus on one, two or three and learn them everything you know. A good leader duplicates himself. Jesus focused on 12 and taught them for three years. If we discipled one person a year (who would start to do the same) in 33 years every single man on earth would be a disciple.


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2 responses to “Reaching the entire world in one generation”

24 04 2007
Tianyan (09:01:44) :

Well, you know me, not particularly religious :P. However, on the subject of being a good person, what is great about it is not being a good person, but the effort of trying to become one. We are mortals, we stumble, we fall all the time, and what is important is to make a genuine effort in standing up and keep on going. If reaching the goal is all we want, then maybe we will stop (neglect) making that genuine effort.

25 04 2007
Toffe (09:02:11) :

…yet :)

You said it. To become a better person we need to be humble and able to see our own flaws. That is a process that lasts a lifetime.

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