The disciples were not to wait for the people to come to them. They were to go to the people, hunting for sinners as a shepherd hunts for lost sheep. Christ opened the world before them as their field of labor. They were to go “into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15. It was of the Saviour that they were to preach, of His life of unselfish service, His death of shame, His unparalleled, unchanging love. His name was to be their watchword, their band of union. In His name they were to subdue the strongholds of sin. Faith in His name was to mark them as Christians. {8T 14.4}


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Missionsbefalingen

Disciplene skulle ikke vente på, at folket kom til dem. De skulle gå ud til folket og søge efter syndere, lige som hyrden søger efter fåret, der er faret vild. Kristus åbnede verden for dem som deres arbejdsmark. De skulle gå »ud i al (15) verden og »forkynde »evangeliet for al skabningen.« Mark. 16,15. De skulle prædike om Frelseren, om hans liv i uselvisk tjeneste, hans skammelige død og hans uforlignelige og uforanderlige kærlighed. Hans navn skulle være deres feltråb og det bånd, som bandt dem sammen. I hans navn skulle de overvinde syndens fæstningsværker. Troen på hans navn skulle være deres kendetegn som kristne.

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