Jesus said, ‘The Son of Man came to seek and save the lost’ (Luke 19:10 NIV). This is Christ’s mission statement: ‘To seek and save the lost.’ It is a mission that Christ began and one that He commanded his Apostles and the Church to continue with the divine directive to go and do likewise, to ‘go and make disciples of all nations’ (the main verb here is make; we are to go and make disciples not wait around for would-be disciples to come to us). It is the directive known as The Great Commission and it’s also wonderfully incarnational, in that, in going to make disciples we incarnate Christ: Christ dwells in us and promises to be with us always: ‘Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising 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. And surely I am with you always to the very end of the age.”’ (Matthew 28:19–20 NIV).

Jesus said, ‘The Son of Man came to seek and save the lost’ (Luke 19:10 NIV). This is Christ’s mission statement: ‘To seek and save the lost.’ It is a mission that Christ began and one that He commanded his Apostles and the Church to continue with the divine directive to go and do likewise, to ‘go and make disciples of all nations’ (the main verb here is make; we are to go and make disciples not wait around for would-be disciples to come to us). It is the directive known as The Great Commission and it’s also wonderfully incarnational, in that, in going to make disciples we incarnate Christ: Christ dwells in us and promises to be with us always: ‘Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising 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. And surely I am with you always to the very end of the age.”’ (Matthew 28:19–20 NIV).