Should You Witness as A Christian?

Among Jesus' last words, meant to guide Christians from his resurrection until his Second Coming, are these: "All authority in heaven has been given to me. Therefore 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" (Mt 28:18-19).

Jesus Christ's Great Commission

But isn't it antiquated, and even presumptuous, to believe that the divine Trinity has commissioned a worldwide outreach that remains in force in the 21st century?

Wouldn't Christians do better to act in the spirit of pluralism whereby people keep their religious beliefs to themselves out of respect for those who differ? Isn't it both arrogant and immature to assume that a core dimension of the Christian faith, the Trinity, should be shared with all people throughout the world?

Not from the perspective of the original Abrahamic covenant in which God swore by his name that he would make Abraham a blessing to all nations. Abraham had faith in God and God accounted it to him as righteousness, not requiring the sacrifice of Abraham's own son of the covenant, Isaac, because God foreknew that he would sacrifice his own Son to actualize this covenant with humanity.
 

Jesus Christ is the Trinity's sign and seal of an eternal covenant that brings reconciliation to God to all who receive him (Jn 3:16-17). Life in Christ is everlasting Trinitarian communion. God has removed all barriers from the God side for this life to be received and lived. But on the human side there are many barriers, some religious, some political, some social, and some psychological.
 

While it is true that no one holds a corner on God, and no religions fully have their act together, including Judaism and Christianity, nevertheless Christ seeks witnesses who stand up and are counted among those who have discovered that God as human takes his place among us, God as holy judges us for our sins, and God as divine requires persons who know him to surrender to the transformative power of the Holy Spirit.
 

It is not enough for religions to have rituals or codes of law for ethical behavior. God wants people changed from the inside out. This can happen with or without religion, but not without the knowledge that God yearns to encounter repentant hearts, welcome persons into Trinitarian love, indwell their human nature, and develop righteous wholeness in their personalities and relationships.

Faithful Servants

A Trinity mission statement today might include spreading the Gospel as a faithful servant in one's chosen profession, perhaps as scientist, entertainer, athlete, clergy, teacher, homemaker, politician, factory worker, coach, journalist, or a thousand other occupations where one quietly lives one's faith and fashions friendships with co-workers that emulate Trinity life.

Since the Holy Spirit takes the lead in establishing new churches from Pentecost through today, one might expect, too, that the Spirit is calling new generations of pastors, evangelists, therapists, religious teachers, musicians, and parishioners to celebrate the growing cloud of witnesses from every tongue and ethnic group that come to know and love Jesus as Lord, taking the Father as their very own "Papa," and experiencing the love of God poured through their inner cores by the Holy Spirit.

Cloud of Witnesses

In fact, there is no such thing as static Christianity, other than when Christians lapse into apostasy or become lax and forget their prime calling. Christianity worldwide, however, is growing as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit create opportunities for friendship with God and fellowship with others as compelling as when Jesus said, "Go and make disciples of all the nations."

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