Can I Be Honest With You?

Almost every Christian I talk to lately says they believe, "We're living in the last days" but how many are living with a "Last days urgency?" I believe that many believers want to make the most of the little time we have left. They just don't know what to do.

You've probably heard the saying, "ignorance is bliss but with knowledge comes responsibility." I'm going to share some things with you that you may not be aware of and once you are aware you will be responsible for what you do with what you know.

If you live in America today, you are one of the richest people on earth and you live in the most wealthy and blessed nation in the history of the world. If you own your home and 2 vehicles, you're among the richest 2% of the population of the world. The question is: Are you using the blessings you've inherited to increase the population of Heaven? Will you use your temporary blessings to impact eternity?

It's not about how much money a person has or doesn't have. It's about what we do with what we have. It's about a person's priorities. It's about whether or not we have the same priorities as Jesus.

Imagine what would have happened if one of the first disciples of Jesus chose not to obey a direct command from Jesus. It would not have ended well for that disciple. In fact, it probably would have ended with that disciple no longer being a disciple. You can't disobey your master and remain in right relationship with Him.

But what about you and me today? What are our spiritual priorities? Are they the same as the priorities of Jesus? Jesus commanded his followers to make disciples of all nations. He commanded them to go to them, preach the gospel to them, baptize those who respond to the message, and then to teach them to obey everything that Jesus commanded his first followers to do.

Jesus built repetition into the process by giving a command that ALL future generations of His followers must be taught to obey ALL of His commands. This means that EVERY follower of Jesus from the first century right up to today is still required to obey EVERY command. This includes the commands to Go, Preach, Baptize, and Teach obedience to His commands in order to make disciples of everyone on earth.

This process will not end before Jesus comes back! It will continue right up until the return of Christ.

At the time of Christ, a disciple was someone who memorized, agreed with, and obeyed the master's teaching. They also imitated the actions of their rabbi and consistently gathered more disciples to their rabbi.

If we don't make disciples using this definition, we will never make disciples as Jesus intended!

Now let's do a quick self evaluation. Take a moment and ask yourself these questions:

• Am I really a disciple of Jesus? 
• Before today, did I even know what a disciple really was?
• Do I know how to make a disciple?
• Have I ever made a disciple?
• Am I going anywhere with the purpose of sharing the gospel and making disciples? 
• If not, am I willing to go anywhere to make disciples? (across the street - across the globe?) 
• Do I know how to share the gospel with someone? 
• Have I ever baptized anyone? 
• And would I feel comfortable baptizing someone?
• Do I obey all of Jesus' commands?
• Do I even know all of Jesus' commands?

And what about your money? How much of it is being directed toward making disciples of ALL NATIONS and FINISHING the Great Commission?

We live in a culture where we don't think twice about spending $7.00 on a Latte at the drive through or $100.00 on a dinner out with the family. We spend thousands on vacations and hundreds a month entertaining ourselves. We spend tens of thousands on our vehicles and hundreds of thousands on our houses. Yet, most of us spend little to nothing on discipling the world and finishing the Great Commission.

Someone once said, "Give me 30 minutes with your bank statement and I'll tell you what's important to you." What does your bank statement reveal about what's important to you? What does mine reveal about me?

Do you have any money you could free up and direct toward finishing the Great Commission? Do you have a subscription you could cancel? Or could you give up one trip through the drive through per week to free up some resources for discipling the world?

Now, you might be saying, "I give to my local church so I'm doing my part." Oh how I wish that were true. Sadly less than 1/10 of 1% of church offerings is used to reach the most unreached people on earth. At Go Multiply almost all of our resources are used to reach the most unreached on earth.

Now, if you want your money to actually be used to reach the most unreached you will have to donate it to ministries like Go Multiply who are actively engaged in training and sending disciple-makers who are willing to lay down their lives for the cause of Christ to the most unreached people on earth.

In all seriousness, what sacrifices are you willing to make in order to see the Great Commission FINISHED in our lifetimes? If you are an American, you probably don't know the language, culture, or customs of the remaining unreached people groups on earth. The food and sleeping arrangements may not be acceptable to you. So, how will YOU reach and disciple them?

You can't go to them yourself. But you can send others. You can help train, equip, empower, and deploy local disciples who know the language and culture and who blend in because they look like they belong there.

As I type this, we at Go Multiply have over 10,000 disciple-makers waiting to be trained and sent. These potential trainees live very near to the most unreached people on earth. Will you help us train and send them?

The cost is just $50.00 to train each one and then another $100.00 or so to send them and equip them with bibles for the new believers. How many will you train and send? Just $5.00/day covers 1/month. $50.00/day trains and sends 10/month. Even $1.00/day will train and send 2/year.

In the parable of the talents Jesus wasn't concerned with how much they had been given, He was concerned with WHAT THEY DID with what they had been given. What are you doing with what you've been given?

Many hands make light work. Together we CAN finish the Great Commission in our lifetime!

The apostle Peter said that we should, "look forward to the day (of Jesus' return) and SPEED ITS COMING." (2 Peter 3:12) Ask yourself, what am I doing to speed the return of Christ?

Become a disciple-maker. Research DMM and DBS and then apply what you learn! Find a way to go somewhere to make disciples. Jesus sent them 2x2 so who's your plus 1? Who will you go with? Learn how to share the gospel. Practice baptizing some people (even do a "dry run" before your first real baptism). And get into (or start) a fellowship that is committed to learning and obeying all the commands of Christ (the DBS is the best thing we've found).

Also, find a way to free up some money to help finish the Great Commission. Ask yourself, "what can I start, stop, change, or sell in order to free up resources to finish reaching the world for Christ."

Finishing the Great Commission is an achievable goal. We have people who are ready and willing to go to them. We know where they are. We have the finances and the technology to get it done. We simply need to combine all these resources so the senders can send, the trainers can train, the goers can go, the unreached can be reached, and Jesus can return! Will you step into the role Jesus has for you to play in this great and final harvest of this age?

These 43,000 men, women, and children don't go to hell because they rejected Jesus. They go to hell because they've NEVER even heard of Jesus! They go to hell because no one has cared enough to put in the effort to go to them; share the Gospel with them; and disciple them. May this horrible reality come to an end today.

This is why Go Multiply exists: To FINISH THE GREAT COMMISSION by multiplying disciples in every people group on earth!