“Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation” is how the Great Commission is recorded in Mark’s gospel (or “preach the gospel to every creature” for those brought up KJV). Jesus says elsewhere to “Make disciples of all men,” but I can’t put my finger on that verse right this second.
I LOVE MY JOB. Let me begin by saying that. Some days I forget, but on those days God gives me the grace to keep my big mouth shut until I remember again. Working at a Christian boarding school, with an average of 15 – 20% international students at any given time, allows me to minister to the nations without ever even getting in my car. I can see my house from the window in the Campus Ministry Center. It’s about a 10 minute walk. I didn’t create this site to be about me, but that I could share with others my thoughts on the Gospel message and living the Christian life. I tell this story for the glory and honor of God: in our small group Bible study (Sunday school class if you must) I was the only White Anglo-Saxon Protestant male in the room. My wife is a W.A.S.P. female, and the only other person that came close was a white anglo-saxon Roman Catholic male. The other students were from Guatemala, Nigeria, and China respectively. Like anything else, when you see that type of thing happen everyday, you don’t notice any more. I’m not kidding. Every once in while, God blesses me by letting me realize how special that is, and to remember that the Kingdom of God will be made up of people from “every tribe, every tongue, and every nation.” Hallelujah!
That verse would be Matthew 28:19. Only it isn’t “make disciples of all men” but “make disciples of all nations.” The word for nation is “ethne” transliterated from Greek to English. It is the word from whence we get our words ethnic and ethnicity.
In other words, exactly what you are doing.
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