Dear KKIM/KARS Family,
Marry Christmas and happy New Year!
We always have used that greeting right up until New Years Day!
Please pray for my partner here at the Radio Ranch, Pastor Mark Tross, he has been down and out with the crud since last Tuesday. We pray for healing!
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. AMEN! PRAISE GOD! Tim 3:16
Just to wrap up yesterdays post on Leadership and moral’s..we had the same discussion last night on NM News and Views with Pastor Paul Holt, Ryan Freeman and myself. Today we tape two TV programs with Jim Montoya and Pastor Paul on this very same subject. We live in a time when many people pretend to be “amoral.” That is, they see themselves and others as neither moral nor immoral. According to this approach to life, what is right or wrong is entirely relative to whatever an individual, society, or religious group chooses to regard as right or wrong, good or bad. Therefore, as they see it, there is no such thing as sin. The Church just cannot sit back and ignore this or just be mad about it…..we must carry out the Great Commission. More later on the Great Commission, but Mary Bernard was beautiful last night on air with us during NM News and Views and read the scripture on the Great Commission to us!
I cried tears of joy yesterday when my hometown newspaper arrived in our mail box. The www.windomnews.com printed my Christmas write up I sent them. The folks their, Dave and Rahn are so kind to me. I thank them for letting me share the good news of Jesus Christ. My hometown of Windom is so special to me as that is where my foundation for life was built!
It was fun yesterday as always sharing about the Great Commission and giving away prizes to those who answered the question, “Where in the Bible does it talk about the Great Commission?”
Our winner by email is Shauna Rampley and our winner by calling into NM News and Views is Mary Bernard! Congrats to you both! Shauna wrote to us and Mary read the verses on air………..
Here is what Shauna wrote………
Matthew 28:18-20
The Great Commission – A Personal Instruction
The Great Commission is one of the most significant passages in the Holy Bible. First, it’s the last recorded personal instruction given by Jesus to His disciples. Second, it’s a special calling from Jesus Christ to all His followers to take specific action while on this earth. The Great Commission is found in the Gospel of Matthew:
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20)
The Great Commission – Its Significance for Christians
The Great Commission is the end of a Gospel and the beginning of faith in action for all Christians. This command from Jesus is significant because it’s a personal instruction for Christians to have a profound faith in Jesus Christ as indicated in verse 18. “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” This is an incredibly powerful statement which demands faith in Jesus Christ, validating His power in the lives of Christians and their commitment to Him. This verse acts as a clear claim to Christ’s omnipotence, and therefore His deity. If Christians do not believe this statement, complete faith does not exist. Jesus is very clear about His authority in the world — it is complete and total from the beginning of time itself (John 1:1-3).
In verse 19, Jesus gives His believers specific directions to follow after they have affirmed their faith. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Jesus calls all His followers to act and share the Good News of salvation throughout the world. People hear this calling and travel each year on missionary trips throughout the earth, spreading the word of Jesus Christ. Many Christians have made incredible sacrifices, traveling to remote regions of the world beyond the civilized cities into jungles and deserts. Mission fields can also be very close to home. It could be a neighbor who has not heard the Good News, or a poverty stricken area just down the road where people can’t afford Bibles. In the 21st century, the Internet has become a mission field where people can reach out and share Christ’s love. The places and people who need to hear the Gospel are everywhere!
Another important aspect of verse 19 is that Christ is specifically teaching the doctrine of the Trinity to His followers. The three Persons of the Godhead are each equally and fully God and here presented in the logical order of Father, Son and Holy Spirit – yet only One God from the beginning (see Romans 1:20).
Finally, in verse 20, Jesus provides specific direction with affirmation to His followers, “teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Christians are instructed to teach others about Jesus Christ and the entirety of His truth. We can’t profess Christ as Savior and Lord, while rejecting certain of His teachings. As we teach Christ’s truths, verse 20 declares that we can be confident, in faith, that Jesus Christ will support us. This fact has proven trustworthy throughout the centuries as millions of believers have heard, accepted and shared the Good News of Jesus Christ. Yes, Christ has ascended back to heaven, but He is present by the power of the Holy Spirit in every believer!
The Great Commission – A Personal Calling
In the Great Commission, Jesus calls every Christian to step out in faith and spread the Good News. This is faith in action! People who obey this command change their spiritual lives forever! It could be spreading the Good News to a neighbor or moving to another country to reach the people there. It could be sharing with less fortunate kids down the street or spreading the Word in a town two hours away. Wherever we go, every faithful Christian is compelled through obedience to share the Gospel. If you’re a believer in Jesus Christ, where has He called you to go? Who has God put on your heart to share the gift of salvation? What small or large steps can you take, with the knowledge that Christ will be by your side, “to make disciples of all the nations”?
Thank you so much Shauna and Mary for taking part! They both won a $50.00 gift pack from KKIM/KARS/CUP…I actually think Ryan made them up to be $75.00 Gift packs!!!! PRAISE GOD!
This is what I Love……..we learn together for the Glory of God………let us hear from Sam who was searching her Bible……..
Dearest Dewey, for the ‘fun’ of it, I’ve been looking up The Great Commission. and the only thing I came up with was 2COR 8-11 but then I’m sure I do not have it right. In ACTS26:12 there is a reference also, but sure that also is not what you have in mind..LOL Oh well, its fun looking for it anyway. I’ll continue. But am anxious to hear where it is.
I certainly Pray your New Year is the Best Ever Dewey, Sharon and family.
Much Much Love. sam
Love you Sam! We all need to dive in head first into our Bibles and read and learn God’s Word. It becomes part of you.
Here is a note from our Dear friends Miki and Jose in Santa Fe……
Dewey, the Cup today was great.
Everything we do must be based on God as the only authoritative source.
Three weeks from tomorrow, the 2011 60-day Legislative session will
convene. We need to be praying for those legislators, many of whom
will be away from home and not grounded, vulnerable to whoever
approaches them.
They behave differently when we are watching – did you know that?
If we want Godly laws, we should be there in the Committee rooms
and the galleries of the House and the Senate.
Thanks for all you do, for New Mexico and for God.
Love in Christ,
Jose and Miki
We Love Miki and Jose and how they supply us with information from the Roundhouse when the Legislature in session. They are New Mexico Watchman!!!
Let us pray for Ellie and her family as they go through challenges, Let us pray for Grace as shoe looks for a new job, let us pray for Stephanie as she continues to look for a job………In the name of JESUS, AMEN!
In the Love of Christ, Dewey Sharon and Family
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