Chapel Hill TLH

The continuation of God's work, of the work Christ began on earth, is not an option, it's not a suggestion, it's not if you feel like it or not. It's not if I want to. You know, sometimes I tell my children they need to clean their room. Most of the time they think I'm just making a suggestion. They think I'm saying, hey, clean your room if you feel like it. No, when I say clean your room it means clean your room. I'm commanding you to do it. And as a child they understand that their responsibility is to obey their father's authority. Listen, when Jesus commanded us to make disciples of all nations, when God called us to participate in God's continuous work on earth, it's not a suggestion, it's a command.