The Mission

These are the final words of their rabbi, Jesus. The one they sacrificed their careers for. The one they love. As one hangs on to the final words of a loved one, the disciples cling to one of Jesus’s last commands before he ascends. He calls them to a new role. They know what it means to be a disciple. Follow Jesus, eat with him and absorb his lessons. Now he asks them to make disciples. They are to take his model and disciple others. He bestows this mission to them: Be a disciple who makes disciples...