"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,'All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever i have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway[s], even unto the end of the world. Amen" - Matthew 28:18-20
This passage from God's Word is known as the Great Commission. Every believer in Christ who has been taught the basics of the Bible has heard of and read this passage. The trouble is that we have heard it so many times that we forget about the urgency of its message. Jesus has commanded us to go and make disciples (that is what the word teach means in this passage). Why? Because there are billions of people in the world who are dying and going to hell. They need to hear of the living Savior, Jesus Christ who died and rose again for their sins. The Lord has convicted me about how I have not had the heart that He has toward the lost. I need to have the love of Christ toward the lost. When we all let God produce that love in our hearts we will truly be a more effective witness for Christ.
Here is some song lyrics that my brother Jesse wrote having to do with this same topic:
Emergence
I see you there again layin' in the low light,
You're sayin its okay, I've got bigger better plans tonight,
But if you can, just take a look around
You see a world thats shaken up, dragged around, and beaten down,
So...shake the dust off, we're scraping all that rust off,
Tonight we're breakin' out to show this world what we're all about.
Chorus:
Ohhh oh Emer-emergence now we're surfacin'
Emer-emergence, Lord for you we're shinin',
Emer-emergence yeah we're through with hidin',
We'll never know the difference we make,
Until we start living our faith,
So father won't you give us your grace.
(Ohhh ohh so Father won't you give us your grace!)
You're sayin that you're strong, but I feel the pressure rising,
The grip of fear thats captivated you from realizing,
Our God, our Shield has given everything
For us to live out loud and show the people what His love's about..
So shake the dust off, we're scrapin' all that rust off,
Tonight we're breakin' out to show this world what we're all about!
Chorus:
Emer-emergence now we're surfacin'
Emer-emergence, Lord for you we're shinin', Emer-emergence yeah we're through with hidin'
We'll never know the difference we make,
Until we start living our faith,
So father won't you give us your grace.
(Ohhh ohh so Father won't you give us your grace!)
Ohh, though this world tries to break you,
I will never forsake you,
I will...never leave you.
Oh! though this world tries to break you,
I will never forsake you,
I will never leave you!
Chorus:
Emer-emergence now we're surfacin' (Ohhh, though this world tries to break you...)
Emer-emergence, Lord for you we're shinin' (I will never forsake you...)
Emer-emergence yeah we're through with hidin'(I will never leave you...)
We'll never know the difference we make,
Until we start living our faith,
So father won't you give us your grace.
(Ohhh ohh so Father won't you give us your grace!)
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Thanks for the post! Does Jesse have music to those lyrics?
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