The Great Commission: Putting the Cart Before the Horse

[JairCrawford]

Sometimes I ask fellow Christians what it is that motivates us to spread the Gospel to others?

Is it simply because it is the right thing to do?

Is it because the Bible tells us to?

Is it because we don't want people end up in Hell?

Obviously all of those answers are true, but I truly believe many of us make the mistake of leaving it at that. Not only do those reasons above alone not even BEGIN to scratch the surface, but if that is all that motivates us, I fear we aren't doing as well as we could be in spreading the Gospel.

Rather, we should find ourselves at a place where we are so overcome and overwhelmed by Christ's love for us, that we get to a state ourselves where we are so in Love with our Savior that we CANNOT HELP but tell others because they don't want to miss this! Oh how much deeper does deep call out to deep!

Thoughts? Comments?

 

[Ugly]

The beginning of your post is the most difficult. You paint a picture wherein you have us suppose that the answers provided were spoken more out of obligation than personal sentiment. Yet I have no context to know this is true.
Did this people really speak so blandly?
I, for one, may give a similar answer to most. But in a setting with someone I'm close to I may give a more heartfelt response.
So I can't rightly start this premise off with belief that these responses are a true reflection. It may be nothing more than they didn't meet with your approval so you paint them that way.

Once the basis of your post is more clearly established it's easier to go forward.

 

[Hizikyah]

For me He changed my heart and I know Yah is the Mighty One and I want others to know Him also, this world is full of sin and death, YHWH is the only thing right, every thing right comes from Him, there is nothing greater than this. Also as a follower of Messiah Yahshua it is our duty to preach the Kingdom of YHWH is at hand



Mat 4:17, "From that time יהושע began to proclaim and to say, “Repent, for the reign of the heavens has drawn near.”



Luke 4:18, “The Spirit of יהוה is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to bring the Good News to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away crushed ones with a release” (Isa 61:1-3)


Revelation 21:1-2, "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea. And I, Yahanan, saw the holy city, YHWH Shammah, coming down from YHWH out of heaven, prepared as brides adorned for their husbands. And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying: Behold, the tabernacle of YHWH is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and YHWH Himself will be with them, and be their Father.”


Ezekiyl 48:35, "The distance around the city will be eighteen thousand measures; and the name of the city from that day will be: YHWH SHAMMAH (YHWH Is There)."


Revelation 21:4-8 And YHWH will wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there will be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, nor will there be any more pain, for the former things have passed away. And He Who sat upon the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And He said to me: Write, for these words are true and faithful. And He said to me: It is done! I am Aleph and Tau, the Beginning and the End. I will give to him who thirsts of the fountain of the water of life freely. He who overcomes will inherit all things; and I will be his Father, and he will be My son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and worshipers of false gods, and all liars, will have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”


Isaiah 60:20, “No longer does your sun go down, nor your moon withdraw itself, for יהוה shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.”

I want to eternally live in this Kingdom and I want as many others as possible to be there also, it is our purpose and it could not get any better.

Psalm 103:19, "יהוה has established His throne in the heavens, and His reign shall rule over all.”



Psalm 22:28, "For the reign belongs to יהוה, And He is ruling over the nations."


Philippians 3:20, “But our citizenship is in heaven, out from which we also eagerly wait for our Ruler, Yahshua Messiah the King.”




1 Corinthians 2:9, "But as it is written: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the mind of man the things which YHWH has prepared for those who love Him."

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[notuptome]

The Lord Himself told us to witness. Mat 28

For the cause of Christ
Roger

 

[JairCrawford]

The beginning of your post is the most difficult. You paint a picture wherein you have us suppose that the answers provided were spoken more out of obligation than personal sentiment. Yet I have no context to know this is true.
Did this people really speak so blandly?
I, for one, may give a similar answer to most. But in a setting with someone I'm close to I may give a more heartfelt response.
So I can't rightly start this premise off with belief that these responses are a true reflection. It may be nothing more than they didn't meet with your approval so you paint them that way.

Once the basis of your post is more clearly established it's easier to go forward.

Maybe I didn't word the beginning very well. My intent is not to put these people in a bad light at all. In fact I'm practically paraphrasing. The OP isn't really about them. The intent is more to cause us to reflect on our attitudes and to ask ourselves how do we allow Him to motivate us.