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NASB | Matthew 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words], baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, |
Bible Question:
If this request was just directed at the apostles then why do some say it is to all? On the other hand we are not all evangelists(Eph 4:11), so is there a difference between how some say that this request or 'great commission' was intended for all? - ie, does evangelists have a different meaning to spreading the word of God in order to convert? Why do I ask this? Because I see a great deal of conflict in interpretation and I personally think this is ok; however, when it is to provoke guilt I feel that it stops being of good intent and to force one's own interpretation on to another is not so good. For example, look at the diverse answers to the first question in this verse forum. All three answers are very different and to me that is ok. I sometimes think that we will only ever gets bits of it right but God knows it all and so trust Him. |
Bible Answer: Coffee, there is a sense in which all Christians are called upon to be full-time evangelists. We either let our light so shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify God [cf.Matt.5:16] or we don't. Lip service alone is not a sufficient medium with which to demonstrate to the world that we are regenerate believers in Christ Jesus. Jesus asked, "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord' and not do the things which I say?" [Luke 6:46]. Our faith must be genuine in order for the Holy Spirit to effect good works through us. Although the hyprocrite may get by for a season, fooling and deceiving man, he does not fool or deceive God, for as John Milton said, "For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible, except to God alone." --Hank |