Most believers are waiting on Jesus to return and make things “all better” yet He is waiting on us to fulfill our assigned commission.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 24:
14 “Yet through it all, this joyful assurance of the realm of Heaven’s Kingdom will be proclaimed all over the world, providing every nation with a demonstration of the reality of God. And after this the end of this age will arrive.” TPT
Verse 14 in the New King James Version:
And this Gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
The NKJV translators opted to water down the commission because they did not have the revelation of what Paul wrote in Ephesians chapter 1. The Passion Translation taken from the Aramaic which is what Jesus actually spoke contains power and expectation. This is why I now often use this version. Which ever version denote GOD’S power is the best version to dwell on.
Our goal should be to make “Jesus” people, i.e., Sons and Daughters of GOD.
How do you convince the masses to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior when there are religions competing for their allegiance? It is by demonstration of the power of GOD through the Name of Jesus. Miraculous healings, deliverances, and restorations differentiate our Gospel from religions around the world.
Jesus spoke in John 15:
5 “I am the sprouting Vine and you’re My branches. As you live in union with Me as your Source, fruitfulness will stream from within you—but when you live separated from Me you are powerless.
6 If a person is separated from Me, he is discarded; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire to be burned.
7 But if you live in life-union with Me and if My Words live powerfully within you—then you can ask whatever you desire and it will be done.
8 When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are My Mature disciples who glorify My Father!
The only true solution to all the problems facing the masses is becoming one with Jesus Christ. When this occurs, the mindset changes and the person no longer defends an unsupportable position.
Jesus spoke in John 15:
14 “You show that you are My intimate friends when you obey all that I command you.
15 I have never called you ‘servants,’ because a master doesn’t confide in his servants, and servants don’t always understand what the master is doing. But I call you My most intimate friends, for I reveal to you everything that I’ve heard from My Father.
16 You didn’t choose Me, but I’ve chosen and commissioned you to go into the world to bear fruit. And your fruit will last, because whatever you ask of My Father, for My sake, He will give it to you!
17 So this is My parting command: Love one another deeply!”
You and I are commissioned. Do you see yourself as an intimate friend of Jesus? If not, you are not yet fully mature IN HIM.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 2:
4 Then God added His witness to theirs. He validated their ministry with signs, astonishing wonders, all kinds of powerful miracles, and by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which He distributed as he desired.
Paul understood the need for your ministry to be validated. This is why we need to move on to full maturity.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 2:
1 My brothers and sisters, when I first came to proclaim to you the secrets of God, I refused to come as an expert, trying to impress you with my eloquent speech and lofty wisdom.
2 For while I was with you I was determined to be consumed with one topic—Jesus, the crucified Messiah.
3 I stood before you feeling inadequate, filled with reverence for God, and trembling under the sense of the importance of My Words.
4 The message I preached and how I preached it was not an attempt to sway you with persuasive arguments but to prove to you the almighty power of God’s Holy Spirit.
5 For God intended that your faith not be established on man’s wisdom but by trusting in His Almighty power.
People want proof. Since I have personally been delivered five times from death, I need no other proof. I am “all in”.
It is written by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 4:
29 So now, Lord, listen to their threats to harm us. Empower us, as your servants, to speak the word of God freely and courageously.
30 Stretch out your hand of power through us to heal, and to move in signs and wonders by the name of your Holy Son, Jesus!”
And Mark recorded by The Holy Spirit in chapter 16:
20 And the apostles went out announcing the Good News everywhere, as The Lord Himself consistently worked with them, validating the message they preached with miracle-signs that accompanied them!
We are to expect HIS validation as we proceed forward.
Jesus spoke to the disciples in Matthew chapter 4:
19 Jesus called out to them and said, “Come and follow me, and I will transform you into men who catch people for God.”
Are you ready to be a “people catcher”?
In Mark chapter 3, the apostles began the process are to finish:
14 He appointed the Twelve, whom He named apostles. He wanted them to be continually at His side as His friends, and so that He could send them out to preach 15 and have authority to heal the sick and to cast out demons.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Philippians chapter 2:
9 Because of that obedience, God exalted Him (Jesus) and multiplied His greatness! He has now been given the greatest of all names!
10 The authority of the name of Jesus causes every knee to bow in reverence! Everything and everyone will one day submit to this Name—in the Heavenly realm, in the earthly realm, and in the demonic realm.
All three realms are included, no exclusions. We must completely align ourselves with Jesus so that we can manifest His Life to the unsaved. This is our commission before the end of time can take place. Quit looking elsewhere.