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Read: Matthew 28:18-20

Listen: Matthew 28

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. Matthew 28:19-20

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.

The calling to be disciples who make disciples extends to us. This is the mission of the church. We follow Jesus, and we invite others to follow him too. We invest in the next generation through children’s ministries to offer them a lifelong journey with Jesus. We learn to clearly communicate the gospel in small groups, so we can share our faith confidently outside the church. We strengthen other churches, so we have more people equipped to live out this mission. This is why we serve and give to our church. When we all unite in Jesus’s mission, we see God move and lives changed.

TODAY: Think of someone God has placed in your life to disciple. Maybe you need to share your faith story with them or invite them to join you at church. How will you show them who Jesus is through your words and actions? Courageously take one step toward Jesus’s mission of making disciples.