The Commission and Power.
By W. M. Healey
WHEN Jesus was about to ascend up into heaven after His resurrection, He said to His disciples, “All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Matt. 28: 18-20. The message is for all nations. And Jesus promised to be with His messengers “alway,” till the work should be finished, “even unto the end of the world,” and with them, not in weakness, but having “all power . . . in heaven and in earth.” This power, then, is at the command and for the use of the messenger of Christ. But the messenger must carry the true message and be found “teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.” Should the messenger fail to “declare the whole counsel of God,” if for selfish reasons he “keep back a part,” then the promise is not for him. But he who gives all, and teaches all, as Christ taught, will have access to the “all power,” and the companionship and aid of the Lord of grace and glory.