The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed.
Interpretation
The Great Commission is an imperative directive that requires adherence and action rather than mere contemplation.
Hudson Taylor's quote emphasizes the significance of the Great Commission as a non-negotiable directive for followers to actively engage in spreading their faith. Rather than viewing it as a choice, it is articulated as a command that calls for immediate and obedient action, highlighting the importance of fulfilling one's responsibilities in leadership and spiritual missions.
In practice
A pastor using this quote during a sermon to inspire the congregation to partake in missionary work.
We are not only to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world is vain; let our lives manifest that it is so. We tell them that our home is above and that all these things are transitory. Does our dwelling look like it? O to live consistent lives!
If in the sight of God you cannot say you are sure that you have a special call to stay at home, why are you disobeying the Saviour's plain command to go?
Brother, if you would enter that Province, you must go forward on your knees.
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The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity...if we want to see mighty wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God's standing challenge, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not."
It is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the production process has to be very rational.
I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men, whose superiors it is our happiness to believe are not found on the executive calendar of any country.
Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.
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We want to support our troops because they didn't make the decision to go there... but I don't think it should be open-ended. We ought to have a benchmark where the administration has to come back and give us a report.
A leader is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals and a people reverts to a mob.
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