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Find your purpose and calling in God’s story By Jim Brangenberg |www.biblicalleadership.com
“Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age “ (Matthew 28:19-20).
replicate his holy behavior in the marketplace across the globe. The Great Commission was the culmination of Christ’s commands when he said, “go and teach the nations everything I have commanded you, teaching them everything that I have taught you.”
What happens when The Cultural Mandate, The Great Commandment, and The Great Commission collide? Simple: we find As Jesus-followers, our calling is to teach others what we know our purpose and calling as followers of Christ. about Jesus; sometimes, that’s other Christians and sometimes other pre-believers. The bottom line is the commission is for all Jesus spent 3.5 years teaching his disciples. So, in all that time, of us. This doesn’t just apply to pastors and missionaries; it apwhat exactly did he teach them? plies to workplace believers, the “carpenters” of today. The Great Commission is for everyone. How to live life. How to execute The Great Commandment. How to love God and love others. How to follow him. And at the end Every week at work, your behavior should reflect this Great of it all, how to pass the same understanding, the same calling, Commission. So, I want to challenge you this week: each day on to others. when you leave for work, picture yourself as a missionary headed off to a place full of people who need to know Jesus. It’s important to note that before Jesus spent time teaching his disciples, he was involved in, and then ran, a family business—a Demonstrate that you know Jesus by the acts of your love and carpentry business. And after 30 years of experience loving the your behavior. Share with others about Jesus through the natupeople in his city, Jesus went on to teach the disciples how to ral conversations that happen at work.
TT 155 | June 7th- June 13th| 2022
