Jesus’ Great Commission

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

There are thousands of people doing mission work, but they are not thinking of making disciples, and far less of teaching them to observe all things that Jesus taught them. They don’t even know themselves what He taught them.

They were also supposed to baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. They don’t know what they are baptizing them into, and that is why a multitude of religious assemblies spring up. These assemblies have no connection with the gospel. “Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.” and .

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” In we read: “For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!”

From what we have just read we can see that even then they were deceived by the false grace. . We are to make all people disciples of Jesus. Then we receive grace to live a new life. . In the Old Testament we see that they also received forgiveness of sins. However, the blood of goats could not take away sin, because the law was only a shadow of what Jesus came with. Jesus came with a death over sin, and the disciples bear this death in their body, and the result is newness of life. and .

Millions of people believe they become children of God through the forgiveness of sins, and so they continue living in sin and reckon that God sees them as perfect through Jesus’ blood. We read: “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” . This results in newness of life. Those who believe they are children of God without living a new life are deceived. And why are they deceived? Because they do not love the truth. . People have lived in this false grace right from the days of the apostles.

However, Paul thanked God for those who loved the truth and became partakers of sanctification by the Spirit, because they obtained the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. .

Sigurd Bratlie