Matt 28:19, 20, "Go therefore and
make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son
and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age. Amen."
Rom 1:13, 14, "Now I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that I often planned to
come to you (but was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also,
just as among the other Gentiles.
14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise."
Jesus said in Matt 16:26, "For what profit is it to a man if
he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for
his soul?". Each of us should know what is our business here on earth.
A certain man was going up and down a certain hill, walking
aimlessly. When others asked him what he was doing and where he was going he replied that
he didn't know himself. They realised he was mentally ill and took him to an asylum.
The shocking thing is that most people don't know what their goal
in life is - they live aimlessly. Even on their deathbed, they still don't know where they
are going. It is madness to live such a life.
The story is told of a certain German king who gave a staff to his
court jester to find a greater fool than himself and give the staff to that person. The
court jester traveled throughout the world looking for a bigger fool than himself but he
couldn't find one. Eventually he returned only to find his king seriously ill. So the king
called him and he reported to the king that he couldn't find a bigger fool than himself.
Then the king shared with him that he was going on an important, long journey and he
doesn't know what to expect and where he was going.
The court jester answered him, "but surely o king you have prepared for this
important long journey." The king answered that he never thought about his death or
made any preparations. Then the court jester answered, "o king then I must hand this
staff to you", and he gave him the staff. The king was a bigger fool than the court
jester, for he had not prepared for his death.
Paul knew what he was about. He knew that he was indebted to
proclaim the Gospel.
If you're indebted it is important that you pay your debt. You might count a debt as small
and insignificant but not so in God's eyes.
Pray that God the Holy Spirit would remind you what you owe.
May we be constantly reminded of our indebtedness.
Jesus gave some last instructions before He departed, "Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo,
I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen."
Jesus did not command us to only teach them knowledge about His
commands but to teach them to keep them. If you haven't done that you are indebted.
Remember that you can only teach them to keep Jesus' commands if
you keep them yourself.
Ezek 3:18, 19, "When I say to a wicked man, 'You will surely
die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to
save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for
his blood. 19 But if you do warn the wicked man
and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin;
but you will have saved yourself."
If we ignore the Great Commission then there is no greater fool
than ourselves.