Sundry Various Mullings...

The Gospel

Jesus said:

Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” (NKJV)

If WE have been sent to preach the Gospel (Matthew 28:18-19), should we then not be healing the brokenhearted, setting captives free, recovering the sight of the blind and setting at liberty those who are oppressed and proclaiming the acceptable year of the Lord? 

If not, why?

Or are we just telling them to say a prayer and to come to church from now on?

 

The Great Commission

Matthew 28: 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 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, 20 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.” Amen. (NKJV)

We need to understand the heartbeat of God to know that all He did was all birthed from His love for His creation, the very people He made in His image, many now still corrupted by sin. Jesus saw the masses like sheep without a shepherd, weary and scattered, with a deep sadness (Matthew 9:36). Today, the Father has released His Spirit onto all who believe, to reverse this tide.
When we catch an understanding of this love of the Lord, we catch the spirit of witnessing for Him.
We must never support Christianity like a cause. It is not even a religion. It is our loving Father seeking out for His lost creation, to save as many as would return to Him. This is the Great Commission that we are part of. An awesome responsibility that we can achieve by first knowing Him and catching this very heartbeat.