Pk’s Corner
November 2015
Matthew 28: 19a, “Go therefore and make disciples of all
nations,…”
After 3 years of traveling with Jesus,
the disciples were now ready to continue Christ’s work. On the mountain top, just before the
Ascension, Jesus gives them this last instruction, “Go and Make”.
That commission has since been handed
down to all believers. The church as the
body of Christ is called to make Disciples for the Kingdom of God. The United Methodist Churches mission
statement is, “Disciples making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the
transformation of the World”.
There is a problem though. Are you a disciple? That is the question we have to ask ourselves. The next question is “What is a disciple?”
A Disciple is a person who follows and
learns from another. So now the question
is “Are you following and learning from Jesus Christ? Just going to church one hour a week does not
make you a disciple. To be a disciple
means following, learning, growing and living in Christ. To be a disciple means putting Jesus first
and everything else in the back.
We are coming upon the holiday season
once again. Soon we will be caught up in
the revelry and fun of what the holiday has to bring. It will be easy to be consumed by the fun, or
the stress of the season, and to not follow Jesus.
As we plunge head long into this
season, I pray you will look for ways to follow Jesus and learn from
Jesus. The churches task is to provide
you with the guidance to be a disciple. Take advantage of that. And once we become the disciples we are
called to be, then we can go about making disciples of all nations.
Remember, to Do discipling means you first must Be a disciple. Like a
Frank Sinatra song, you cannot have the Do without the Be.
Amen
