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At the end of his earthly ministry, Jesus instructed the disciples he had made to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20, NIV).
Jesus’ parting commission (command) was clear: his disciples (the apostles) were to make disciples, and the disciples they made were to obey all of his teachings. And one of those teachings was this mandate: to make more disciples!
The cycle is necessary: fully obedient disciples—who learn to make other disciples—are necessary to continue the movement that Jesus had begun. Obedience to the great commission, to make other disciples, is necessary in every generation because the commission will last “to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). In short, obedient disciples grow the Kingdom of God by replicating more disciples of Jesus—those following Jesus, being changed by Jesus, and committed to the mission of Jesus.
One of these first disciples of Jesus would later write,
“We know that we have come to know [Jesus] if we keep his commands. Whoever says, ‘I know him,’ but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.” (1 John 2:3-6, NIV)
“Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.”Here, the apostle John, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, gave two proofs that a believer truly knows Jesus: that they keep his commands and that they imitate him. Therefore, we conclude that mature believers should both obey and imitate Jesus…and that includes making more disciples of Him.
We believe that obedience, by itself, is a good motivation, but it is not the fullest or most holistic motivation. Love is the fullest and most holistic motivation. It is love for God and love for others that compels us to make disciples of Jesus.
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