Around 100 pastors and ministry workers from the surrounding islands gather once a month on the main island of Batam to worship and pray together. Around 50 attended on 5 Nov while the other half attended to something unforeseen. What a joy to witness the unity of God’s servants.
I was deeply honoured to share a message on true faith – a faith that bears true fruit and leads to true freedom in Christ.
All glory and thanks to the Lord for the privilege of fellowshipping with these faithful servants.
“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.”
We are commissioned to go and make disciples, and not merely sharing the gospel. Sharing the gospel is only the starting point of true disciple making.
Many churches and ministries today stop at “decisions for Christ” but Jesus our Lord called for making disciples who live under His Lordship. Without emphasising the cost of discipleship, we risk creating a shallow Christianity that lacks endurance, fruit and holiness.
Postscript :
Even if one obeys the Great Commission to go and make disciples, can he or she make disciples if he or she is not one in the first place ? Our Lord had given 3 demands of discipleship in Luke 14:26,27 and 33. If he or she cannot fulfil these 3 demands, can he or she considered himself or herself a disciple ?
