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Don't Get it Twisted!

Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. ____________________________________________________________________ This passage has been used as marching orders for evangelism for all of church history.  Yet  . . . I feel,  many get it twisted.  If you feel that you have done your part because you have merely invited someone to church, or even led them to accept Christ, you have stopped short of what Christ has asked you to do.   Let me explain! The word "make" in Greek , when Christ says  to “make disciples” is mathēteuō. This comes from the root mathētēs, meaning “learner” or “pupil.” This is why Christ does not simply say "share the Gospel".  We