Too Important not to Share

The Mercedes Benz Company created a television ad showing one of their cars crashing into a concrete wall. The purpose of the ad was to demonstrate Mercedes’ superior technology in the ability to absorb the energy of the crash so that it would save lives in otherwise fatal car crashes. In the ad someone asks the Mercedes’ representative why they didn’t use patent law to protect their ingenious engineering ideas from being copied by other auto companies. The Mercedes Benz representative answers, “Because some things in life are too important not to share.”
That’s the way it is with the very good news of Jesus Christ. It’s too important not to share. Jesus started out with a handful of followers and today it is estimated that there are almost two billion people around the globe who call themselves Christians. How did it happen? The answer is obvious – Christians convinced unbelievers to follow Jesus. That’s what Christians do. We tell others about God. We explain the gospel of Jesus Christ. We send missionaries. To be a Christian is to act in ways that produce more Christians.
When Jesus returned to earth after his death and resurrection, he told his followers, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
Jesus expected every Christian to join with him in recruiting new Christians who would be real Christians – disciples who are baptized and learning to obey everything Jesus commanded.

Related Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20

© 2007 Leith Anderson