Reflection from Matthew 28:16-20

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The call, commission, and covenant which were given and promised at the peak of that mountain are still the same appeal to the present time. Since the power and identity of our great Rabbi never change, so His overflowing desire to cover the earth with his love and grace remains. This 21th century, we can never hide the fact that the weight of this demand for the believers increases. We are truly in the last days, living in the already but not yet. We are becoming the highlights of Matthew 28:16-20, for the labour of this great commission has been presently passing on to us. Indeed, the work of the early apostles was magnificently accomplished because the gospel has faithfully reached us. However, the very meaning of that mission is not yet absolutely fulfilled. Until there is a nation in which have not yet witnessed by the gospel of Christ this grand purpose is not yet complete. In another lens, and perhaps, the leaders of today have not yet learned the lessons from the leaders of yesterday. 

            Certainly, both the church and the government progresses through the years but honestly, not even reached the utmost potential because there are still some leaders who may not primarily opposed but continuously doubted or halfhearted in the ways and trace of God. After all, the common denominator of the gospels is not only the kingship and leadership of Christ. What it perfectly offers to the readers is the great example on how a leader must live and lead. Wright penned his description to the Man behind the gospel story, “His utter, generous love, and his fearless rebuke of wickedness and oppression make a formidable combination. His own life strikingly matched his own stringent teaching. What a man we say ourselves.” These then are what we ought to practice; to imitate the character of the Man in the gospel. And this is apparently what makes a true disciple.

           Conclusively, after an intense study of this passage, what commonly surfaced out are the Church and the Nation. Here, we can also encounter workers who doubted and later on worshiped.  Actions like going and abiding. Today, what we must hold tightly in our hands is the pure heart of Christ that unite all creations, as everyone is purposively fulfilling His mission under the roof of His creation.