May 23, 2020

Ascension of the Lord (May 24, 2020)


It’s Not Us.  It’s Jesus.

“The eleven disciples went to Galilee.” 
There used to be twelve of them.  We know why there are eleven now.  We know what one of them, Judas, did.  We also know what these eleven disciples did after Jesus’ arrest, during his trial and crucifixion.  Even now, they still have their doubts.

Jesus commanded these eleven to continue his mission. 

Now, Jesus commands us to do the same. 

We, as individual disciples and as a community of believers, are not perfect.

It is not about us.

It is Jesus who came in the name of the Father.  It is Jesus who now has “all power in heaven and on earth.”  It is Jesus who says, “I am with you always.”

It is this Jesus who now commands us to continue his mission to make disciples and baptize all nations.


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