CHAPTER 4

In a changing world, there will be changes in the behavioral traditions of the church.
Leaders must understand that though truth does not change, our response to the truth
may, depending on how godly disciples culturally respond to the will of God. As the
church moves from one generation to another, there will always be changes in how the
church carries out the commands of God. And in these changes there will be times of
struggle, if not chaos. It is encumbent upon church leaders, thereforre, to take the
church through these times with a merciful and patient spirit.
Regardless of the challenges that any environment of the world presents, the church
is under a mandate to go into all the world and preach the gospel. Challenges do not
negate this mandate. We can never use difficulties and persecution as valid objections
to accomplish our divine mission. Difficulties can be overcome. Persecution can be
endured. After all, any cause that is not worth dying for can never be a cause worth
living for. Since this world is not our home, then we must continually press on,
knowing that we can either be sent home by our persecutors or called home by our Lord.
In either case, we go to our eternal home.
In our work as His disciples, we seek to populate heaven through the proclamation
of the gospel, knowing that no man has a right to hear the gospel twice when there is
another who has not yet heard it once. We are driven with a mission to find others for
(This series of blogs compose a book that carry the title, “Making Disciples In A Global Community.” )