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Saturday, May 15, 2021

Is Jesus’ Mission Your Mission?


Jesus is not after passive surrender. The cross was his instrument of world salvation, so to take it up means actively devoting your life to his mission.

So many Christians believe you must simply obey all the Ten Commandments and then go on with life as usual, unless God appears to you in a burning bush. But following Jesus means accepting his mission as your own and pursuing it wholeheartedly.

That mission is defined by two trajectories: evangelism and caring for the poor.

People talk about wanting to “find God’s will.” It’s not lost; it’s right there in the Bible: “The Lord is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). God wants to use us to bring them to repentance. Read More

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