Reaching the entire world in one generation

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.

God is incredible

Why don’t you read some of these testimonies

Mother-child group

Hi.
On tuesdays Eva (my whife) and Emma (my 1 year old daughter) usually goes to a mother-child group at a church here in Helsinki. Today I went there with Emma instead because Eva had school.

I was the only father there. Eva says that often there are some fathers, but this time I was the only one. But there was one i knew, one of Evas friends so I was not entirely “alone” there. Emma knew the others so she was ok. And i am not people shy so i managed to melt in.

It was fun. We sat in a ring with the mothers and children and sang childrens songs. There were lots of toys in the middle for the children to play with. Basically, the parents sat and sang, while their children did what they did, some played somewhere while others sat in their parents lap.

If I had any John Wayne image in me I had to let it go. Because you can’t be sitting in a ring singing childrens songs all John Wayney. And it was good. I encourage all fathers to go to such a gathering with your child.

Being a disciple

Jesus called some fishermen in Gallilea to follow him. They became his disciples. They were to be with him and learn from him. A disciple learns from and does what his master do.

When Jesus ascended to heaven, he said to his disciples:

“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 28:18-20

So we are all called to be a disciple of Jesus, and to make disciples.
As disciples, we are called to follow Jesus, and do what he did.

“I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” - John 14:12-14

What did Jesus do then?

• He healed the sick
• He raised the dead
• He proclaimed the good news
• He set the captives free

At least I havent raised anyone from the dead lately. Sometimes I vitness when people are healed from sickness. But in my opinion it could me way more often. But i think one of the reason why we don’t see som much people getting healed today is that we just don’t pray for them. It is because of the cross that people are saved, healed and raised from the dead. And it is just as easy for God to heal someone as it is for him to forgive someone, and it is because of what Jesus did on the cross.

But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
- Isaiah 53:8