Just before Jesus ascended back into heaven, he gave his disciples one final command:
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matt. 28:19–20)
Jesus tells his disciples to go out and make more disciples. While the evangelical church has done a good job of evangelizing and bringing people into the faith, we have oftentimes not been as faithful in the second part of Jesus’s command—to teach Christians to observe all Jesus commanded. That gets at the heart of discipleship.
