Our Scripture reading today is Matthew 28:19-20, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen."
These verses of Scripture are referred to as the Great Commission. Right before Jesus returned back to Heaven, He left the disciples (the church) with the following set of instructions. Some have said His last instructions should be our first obligation. As individuals, we have the responsibility to go with the Gospel. This does not mean we need to leave Canada to do this. We can go with the Gospel to the local community where we live and do business.
“Who is to go out of that first band of disciples? It is Peter, the rash and the headstrong. It is John, who sometimes wishes to call fire from heaven to destroy men. It is Philip, with whom the Saviour has been so long, and yet he has not known him. It is Thomas, who must put his finger into the print of the nails, or he will not believe him. Yet the Master says to them, ‘Go ye; all power is given unto me, therefore go ye. You are as good for my purpose as anybody else would be. There is no power in you, I know, but then all power is in me, therefore go ye.’” (Spurgeon)
We need to stop making excuses and GO with the truth that sets people free!