PASTOR'S CORNER

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BROTHER TUNDE BUSARI



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  • Theme of the year: New Heights (Lev 26:13, Phil 3:13,14)
  • Theme of the Month: Spread Out (Zech 1:17; Isaiah 60:22)
  • Topic: Spreading the Gospel to the Future Generations


Should our mandate to spread the gospel be focused only on our own generation? Of course, we have primary responsibility to reach the people of our own generation with the gospel and to win them to Christ. We have been exhorted to complete the task of reaching all peoples in our generation. If we present the gospel to every person who is living today, have we completed our task? Do we not have a responsibility to future generations as well?

Our task is to have a broader view of the gospel and its proclamation in the world. Jesus gave the Great Commission to go and make disciples of all nations and to teach them to obey His commandments. Now, was Jesus talking only about the nations of that generation or for future nations and peoples as well? Certainly, He had the whole age in mind. Not only were the apostles to make disciples of the nations of their generation but to lay a foundation that future generations of peoples and nations could be reached as well. The Great Commission would be for the whole age. Jesus even promises that He would be with His church in carrying out this commission to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:20).

The apostles then had concern for their own generation and future generations to come. They were breeding disciples that would last and would reach out to those future peoples and nations. This can be seen even clearer when we look at Acts 2:39 which says, “The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off – for all whom the Lord our God will call.”  Not only were the apostles concerned for that generation of Jews that was immediately before them but also for their children and for all that were far off. This would include the Gentiles who would come to know Christ in the far distant future.

There are sheep yet to be reached in this generation and in generations to come. We need to have a comprehensive vision for the spread of the gospel in the world that encompasses not only this generation but those generations that are yet to be. We need to be laying a foundation that will help the future generations to hear the gospel and become a part of God’s kingdom. This was the kind of vision that people like Harold Curtis and his family who brought Foursquare Gospel to Nigeria had. Their effort in spreading the Gospel to Nigeria is producing fruits out-living their generation.


Today, we need to recapture this vision of our Christian forefathers and lay a foundation for future generations. We need to promote the Kingdom of Christ in this world and look forward to His Second Coming so that when He does come He will say, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” God bless you.


REV. JOSEPH LAMIDI

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