No ax to grind - part 2 "Clarification"

I am troubled that some may assume things or jump to the wrong conclusions in my post - "No Axe To Grind - Part One". I'm just not grinding away at the church, because I choose not to.

Let me be very clear: Nothing has detoured me from the conviction of fulfilling the Great Commission by insisting that the words of Jesus were meant for every follower of Jesus Christ to be owned and fulfilled personally. If there is a hook, I'm not letting the church or Church -the Body of Christ off of it. We will stand before Jesus on this point. I want to stand before God with disciples who are making disciples who are making disciples. I have spent to much of my life letting believers off the hook on living out the Great Commission personally. The price is high and I am paying it by insisting that this is truth to be lived out by all who follow Jesus. I don't have time to argue the point because I am seeing believers own this truth and personally multiply other disciples. It is working, because we are expecting more, because Jesus expects more.

Let me be very clear: I have used useless rhetoric (at times) trying to bring the church in America back to the supremacy of the Great Commission as the most important thing for every believer. I do not need to argue the point in heated discussions because all you have to do is read Matthew 28 and either you believe we are all supposed to make disciples personally and are making them or you do not and are not making them. I do not need to spend my time in useless rhetoric trying to convince the church/leaders in America that what Jesus said in the Great Commission is to be obeyed personally by all. I do know that some of you who frequent this blog do not hold your people to the highest standard of being disciples who personally multiply other disciples. I confess with deep regret that I did not hold people to that standard when I was pastoring because I thought all I had to do is preach it and do it corporately. I do repent of that. I should have insisted that all Christ followers live the Great Commission personally by making disciples. But I didn't, I gave them an easy way out. Just one little man's confession here.

Let me be clear: As for the tone of this blog, I don't need to point out the problems of the church in America because you know as well as I do what they are, that is, unless you are an ostrich with your head in the sand. As human beings we have all contributed to these problems.

Finally, let me be very clear: I celebrate what God is doing wherever He is doing what He is doing and however He is doing it. God is at work in the world. Whenever the family of God is mobilized to make disciples who multiply other disciples we are seeing exponential multiplying growth of disciples. Whenever the family of God is not mobilized to make disciples who make disciples we are not seeing dramatic growth of disciples (I call this addition).

So I choose not to be ax grinding the rest of my life referencing the church in America. I love being a part of the body of Christ and I am saddened when people assume I am not for the Church -that is the body of Christ. Why would anyone be opposed to being in the Body of Christ when they are already in the Body of Christ?

If anyone wants to be a part of a movement of disciple makers who are making disciples who themselves are making disciples, give me a call. I would love to share the stories of transformed lives who are instruments of God's transformation in others.

This is the best part of my life, it truly is. So for the tone of this blog, I want to challenge believers to multiply themselves in those who do not know Christ while also celebrating what God is doing in the world.

Now are we sure we understand each other?