Like a Tomato

Matthew 28:18-20

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One of my neighbors had a tomato garden a few years ago, and at the end of the season when he had leftover tomatoes, he would just bury them back in the ground and they would reproduce another crop of tomatoes. That’s the way the gospel is as well.

When the gospel is taken into our hearts and creates faith inside of us, it automatically produces a desire to bring other people to faith in Christ as well.

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, 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. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20)

The mission work of the church is not intended to be an afterthought of Christianity. It’s rather a natural result of the gospel being spread. The gospel carries with it the very energy and power to cause its own advancement.

Jesus says, Go make disciples teaching them. And that’s the marching orders of his church. And those aren’t oppressive words. It’s not a difficult, oppressive type of work. Sometimes it can be challenging, but it’s also a work that is filled with great joy.

Talk to missionaries who are even working in very difficult countries, and they will tell you of the joy that they have of bringing this wonderful message of Christ to others. What a blessing it is to be part of that kingdom and how wonderful it might be someday in heaven to talk to those who were blessed by our words or our prayers or our offerings that help bring them as well the wonderful knowledge of their Savior. Amen.