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 “...Go therefore and make disciples of all nations..."

The Gospel lesson in the Orthodox Sacrament of Baptism quotes Jesus telling His disciples to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” As Orthodox Christians, we inherit this instruction of Jesus as if He were speaking to us today. Some people call this phrase the Great Commission – the directive to take the Good News of Jesus Christ to all nations, and to baptize all people in the name of the Holy Trinity.

Do you know who was the first disciple to be called by Jesus? A book about the saints, called The Prologue from Ochrid, tells us “He was the son of Jonah and brother of Peter, born in Bethsaida and a fisherman by profession. He was first a disciple of St. John the Baptist, but, when John pointed to the Lord Jesus and said: ‘Behold the Lamb of God’ (John 1:36), St. Andrew left his first teacher and followed Christ.”

And so the Holy Apostle Andrew is known as the First-Called.

As Orthodox Christians, every one of us is called to some type of ministry.Our goal in life should be to use the gifts that God has given us in order to serve Him. We need to pray that God will reveal to us what He has in mind for us in our lives.