OF TIMOTHYS DISCIPLES FOR CHRIST CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES
The last words of Our Christ Jesus before He ascended to the Father was THE GREAT COMMISSION, MATTHEW 28:19-20. I believe that this is the third most important commandment. The first and second Great Commandments are found in Matthew 22:37-39.
This Great Commission, as it is called was not a suggestion, it was a Commandment. Jesus spent three and a half years training His Disciples for this Commission, He started out with twelve apostles, that He hand picked who was His main body of students, whom He taught how to teach, and gave them gifts of the Spirit, namely healing, and casting out demons.
On His last missionary assignment that we have recorded, their were seventy Disciples on whom He bestowed these gifts,,and sent out (LUKE 10:1-20).
After Jesus' Crucifixion and ascention into heaven the Disciples were dispersed throughout the territories and countries.
The main twelve apostles went about establishing Churches and teaching Elders to oversee the Churches and teach the gospel, which is Discthe Churches today preach repentance and baptism, although some of the biggest Churches has went slack on preaching Hell fire and brimstone. They have almost all forgotten about making Disciples to Make Disciples. In a lot of Churches today once you have been baptized the rest of your Christian life is spent going to Church three times a week.
ipleship. In today's Churches this, t fallhe deliberate tasc of making Disciples to Make Disciples hasen by the wayside. Most of But that is not how the life of a Christian Disciple is supposed to be spent. Being baptized should be the starting point of making Disciples, not the Finnish line.
God's people are Jesus' Disciples, we have a responsibility to Our Lord to go into the world and make Disciples. That is our Great Commission as Christ's Disciples.
As a congregation we gather as an assembly to refuel on God's word, and be taught what Jesus taught His Disciples so once the Church service is over we are equipped to go out into the world and teach Discipleship.
Jesus said, teach them to observe all things that I have Commanded you. And this is why teaching Discipleship is so important, Jesus Commanded it.
