Transforming Mission Leadercast With Tim Bias & Sara Thomas

You can find show notes for this episode at https://transformingmission.org/125 Read:  Matthew 28:16-20 Reflect “Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations” Those early followers of Jesus were sent to all nations.  The word for nations is the word “ethnos” which means people.  The English word “ethnic” comes from “ethnos.” It is an all-inclusive word. The word Gentiles is the same Greek word. Those early followers were being sent to all people, including the Gentiles, who up to this point had been excluded from their group.  For your reflection, there are two things to consider.  As Jesus followers: We are sent to all people We are sent to people outside our ethnicity, age, gender, nationality, etc. In other words, we are sent to all people, even those outside of our group or the acceptance of our group. Earlier in Matthew’s gospel, the followers of Jesus were sent only to the people of Israel.  Matthew writes, “These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Go nowhere among the Gentiles