This past Sunday night during our Sunday evening meeting at Jubilee, I began a three week series centered around obeying the Great Commission.  If you happen to be unfamiliar with the Great Commission, it is one of the last commands that Jesus gave to His followers.  Jesus gave orders to make disciples of all nations, baptize, and teach the very same things that He taught.  This is the primary mission of the Church in the earth.  

There is one huge problem though.  We do not live as though it is our primary mission and a standing order from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!  We have relegated soul winning and disciple making to the “evangelist types” who are daring enough to share their faith in public.  It seems as though a lot of Christians are comfortable that they are saved and on their way to heaven while conservative estimates state that there are at least 4.5 billion (that’s billion with a “B”) people in the world who do not know Jesus as Savior and Lord.  

In my message last night and in the next couple of weeks, we will take a journey through the scriptures in order to see that Jesus just didn’t die for us to be cleansed from sin.  He lives as a shining example for us to follow having defeated all of our enemies for us.  The world?  Jesus overcame it.  Sin?  Jesus lived a sinless life, shed His sinless blood to cleanse us from the filth of sin, and took upon Himself the punishment that we deserved.  Satan?  He disarmed every demonic power and principality.

So, why is it we cannot obey Him?

You see, He not only removed our sin, guilt, and shame; He also removed all of our excuses.  There is no acceptable excuse as why we are not living to preach the wonderful message about Jesus, make disciples, and serve this world with the love of God.  This is not to condemn but to motivate and encourage.  There are so many broken people and needs around us and we have the answer:  JESUS!  

As we go into the Christmas holidays what would be a better way to show gratitude to Jesus than living as He lived, serving as He served, and loving as He loved?