Memorise: And he said unto them, Go ye into the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15
In Mark 16:15,
Jesus didn’t give His disciples a piece of advice but a direct command. This
instruction was not without any backing, He promised them His presence even
unto the end of the world. This is why we need to be bold in carrying out this
instruction. We have been anointed to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ (Isaiah
61:6). The greatest of all fruitfulness is the ability to win lost souls to
the Kingdom of God . There is no achievement that
surpasses this. You may have the anointing to raise the dead or carry out signs
and wonders, but if the
ability to win souls is missing in your calling, then you are not yet fully
obedient because this is the greatest of all instructions; to win souls back to
the kingdom. One of the most fruitful persons in the Bible is John the Baptist,
not for the miracles in his ministry but in calling people to repentance. Are
you fruitful? Are you wining souls to the Kingdom or you are satisfied seeing
unbelievers in their hopelessness? You are fruitful when you can’t allow the
chronic fornicator to go without knowing Jesus. You are fruitful when you don’t
allow thief to end up in hell. You are fruitful when you don’t allow that
smoker to continue in his sin. You are fruitful when you stop that liar from
being a vessel in the hand of the devil. In the mind of God, there is no sinner
without a future and there is no saint without a past. It is God that helps in
transforming our lives, yet there is the need for people to bring sinners to
the cross so that the flesh can be crucified.
It is
privilege to be called disciples in the vineyard of God. God can get results
without us but it pleases Him to include us as co-labourers in the vineyard.
God wants you to be fruitful. He wants you to do greater works than He did. You
cannot afford not to have results to show despite the opportunities and
abilities He invested in you. There are many people going to hell on a daily
basis and God wants to use you to deliver them from perdition and eternal
condemnation. The only people who will be fruitful in this end time are those
who choose to remain and abide in Christ. From time, God has always taken away
those who are not fruitful. Judas was taken away because he did not produce any
fruit. This is why you need to allow Christ to specially cultivate you so that
you can bear fruit. You must submit to the Word of God and become obedient to
His ways. It is not knowledge of the Word that saves but obedience of the Word.
To produce fruit that is profitable to the kingdom of God
and relevant to one’s spiritual development, one must abide in the source from
which all spiritual life emanates. The gospel is for the entire world, hence,
we should preach it everywhere we find ourselves.
Action
Point: Look for someone that is not saved in your place of work and begin to
share the gospel with him or her.
Bible in one year: Nehemiah 9:1-11:24, Ecclesiastes 9:1-6
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