Who Is In?

So many times in life we can remember when a group would get an idea and set up a quick plan and then ask the question, "Who is in?" Sometimes it would be as simple as going to get pizza or to see a movie. Other times it would be a covert mission to roll a yard or play some prank.

It is in our human nature to want to be a part of what is going on, but some personalities are willing to be in on everything and some would rather stay back and hold down the fort. Usually it depends on who is ask the question, "Who is in?"

The apostle Paul was traveling all over the place asking everyone to get in on this following Christ thing. Of course, he saw Jesus and was carrying out the mission that was given him. He had some angels appear to him to keep him going in times of distress. He saw people healed and lives changed over and over again.

We serve the same God that Paul did and we have the same resources that he had. If you have accepted Christ as your Savior then you have encountered Christ and He has given you a mission. You have the Holy Spirit that lives in you and He is there to help you. If you carry out the mission of sharing the gospel of Christ, just like Paul, then you to will see lives changed and people healed.

So, who is in?

Where are the disciples?

Would you please stand up?

Please speak up!

God's will is for the kingdom to grow through the church. God's will is for all of his followers is to carry out that mission by sharing the gospel with everyone, baptizing, and teaching all that Jesus has taught. There is not another plan. Pastor David Platt of Birmingham, AL. says, "There is no plan B." Who is going to tell those around you if you do not tell them that Jesus is the only way to be in a relationship with God for eternity?

If you choose to accept this mission you will be persecuted, put down, put aside, ridiculed, looked down on, and not shown favoritism by this culture. You will, however, receive the most incredible reward when Christ returns. That reward is eternal life with Jesus Christ in His kingdom.

After Jesus rose from the dead and came to the disciples hiding out in the upper room, He gave them their mission and ascended into heaven. They were afraid for their lives because of what their own Jewish leaders would do to them. They saw what they did to Jesus. It makes since that after Jesus ascended that the question was asked, "Who is in?"

Many of the disciples went out of that upper room with the apostles (those who where with Christ during his ministry) and they took on the world for Christ. What a mission. I wonder though if there were not some that said, "I think I will stay in this upper room and you all go carry out that mission that Jesus just instructed us to carry out." I wonder if some were not in.

Where are the disciples today?

Are you in?

You are not alone.

Let's Roll