THE GREAT OMISSION OF THE GREAT COMMISSION

Teaching them to obey all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen – Matthew 28:20

The Lord Jesus Christ instructed us to make disciples by teaching them to obey whatsoever He commanded. He didn’t say we should teach them to believe but rather to obey. Of course, we must believe, however, the proof of our believing is in obeying.

Christianity is therefore more about obeying rather than just believing. We’re not so much believers as we are ‘obeyers’. The message of just believing in the finished work of the cross has proved to be destructive. Many Christians believe they don’t have to obey God because the Lord Jesus

Christ has already obeyed God for them. So whether they obey or disobey Him is of no consequence. Deception!

Obedience is the great omission of the great commission. The church needs to go back to what the Lord Jesus Christ commissioned us to do. We must make disciples and teach them to obey the Commandments of the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s not enough to just go into all the world and preach, but we must finish the job by making disciples and teaching them to obey whatsoever the Lord Jesus Christ commanded.

PRAYER

Father in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I pray that you may lead the church back to the Doctrine of Christ. Help us to make disciples and teach them to obey whatsoever the Lord Jesus Christ commanded. Amen.