“GO and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
“Commissioning” is serious business. It is a charge to deploy with radical loyalty. When an officer is commissioned, that officer takes a vow to serve and is given a mission for life. When a ship is commissioned, that ship is given a name and a strategic assignment. Following the resurrection, when Jesus’ charged his disciples with this strategic assignment, his words became their modus operandi.
