A Christian Obligation

A Christian obligation

“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  
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. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” 
                                                                      Matthew 28:18-20.
The above scripture quite often called the divine commission is something we as Christians need to take seriously. Certainly the early church did. Within two hundred years of Christ giving it to the church, Christianity had reached the whole of the known world.
It gave to those who heard and accepted the teachings of Christ, freedom and hope not only in this world but for eternity to come.
These early Christians had a basic message. That message being “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved”.
They had no time to get involved in politics. They realized that short of Christ’s second coming there would be no Christian nation on this earth.
They never spoke against the civil secular governments. They simply presented the message. A positive message of love and life everlasting through faith in Christ Jesus.
Sadly as I look at some high profile evangelist in here in North America I see them turning from that message.
They make wild claims of healings that are not. They make prophetic predictions that don’t come true. They write books that make millions for themselves that contain wrong teaching and when they are exposed they don’t repent.
As Christians we need to be on our guard for such men.
The apostle Paul states,
“What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?  
God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.” 
                                                                                                 1 Corinthians 5:12,13.
Sadly we as Christians give such people the benefit of the doubt and don’t stand up to them. Letting them hide behind the words “don’t speak against God’s elect.”
The thing is that those who are not teaching God’s word correctly are not God’s elect.
To quote Paul again,
“For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.  
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” 
                                                                                                         2Timothy 4:3,4.
This is happening today, and thanks to the internet these false teachers and heretics are getting more exposure than ever before.
As Christians we need to be aware of this. We need to be studying the Bible directly more than ever before. We need to be praying and asking God to give us insight into His word. To show us what is truth and what is not.
We need to be questioning especially those in the media. We need to be asking ourselves is what is being taught truly sound biblical teaching.
Please think about it.