We often speak of missions primarily as a command.
And it is.
But if that is all we say, mission can begin to sound like a burden—another Christian duty we must fulfill.
The New Testament feels different.
Mission begins with an explosion of joy.
Jesus Christ, rejected and crucified, is alive!
How could such news be suppressed?
The first Christians did not merely speak because they had been commanded to speak. They spoke because they had seen the risen Christ and could not keep quiet.
The Great Commission is a command.
But the resurrection makes it a joy.
Mission is resurrection joy spilling into the world.
“We cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” – Acts 4.20
Pastor Clegguart Mitchell 