The perception of an assignment to many varies. For instance, for those in kindergarten, it may be the crayon or pencil work given to them by their teacher to complete. For those in high school, it may be a mathematical problem or an essay required by their teacher to be done and submitted within a specified time. While for those in college, it may be a project, a research, or a report to do, in order to be awarded some nice grades. In all of these instances, there is an assigner, there is an assignee and there is an assignment.
Today, true Christians face something similar. We have been given an assignment by our lord and teacher Jesus Christ. Please let's read about this assignment at Matthew 28:19,20;
19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.
You see, the great teacher Jesus Christ before his ascension to heaven, commanded his disciples to preach the Goodnews to people of all the earth, as can be seen at Matthew 24:14. But more to that, he asked them to make disciples of people of all nations. They were to do this without discrimination.
Next, Jesus asked them to baptize these persons that they will introduce into the Christian Faith. Even Jesus himself got baptized. Their baptism would be a sign to show that they have come to worship God and give their all to him.
Jesus taught his disciples many things, and so Jesus wanted his disciples to teach other people too the things he had commanded them. He wanted the disciples to also tell others about the love of God, and the Goodnews about his heavenly kingdom. Jesus also emphasized that the disciples teach them to observe, all the things he had commanded them. So it was not just merely teaching, but teaching them to observe or plly the thbgs he had taught them.
Jesus entrusted his disciples with this assignment because he knew he could rely on them. And the disciples never disappointed Jesus. Jesus promises to be with them until the end, to encourage n strengthen them whenever they felt they wouldn't be able to carry on.
So ask yourself, are you doing your assignment? As Jesus followers, it is our responsibility to preach to people about God. It is our duty to teach them to apply the things they are learning from the Bible. Remember that Jesus will strengthen you , when ever you think you can't carry on any longer. We do not want to ignore our assignment, instead we want to do it with eagerness and seriousness. This will attract the reward that God has promised to us through his son Jesus.
So, keep preaching and teaching, that is our divine assignment, by the assigner-Jesus, to the assignee - we his faithful followers.
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cited scriptures were drawn from The new world translation of the Holy Scriptures.