THE HARVEST REMAINS UNTOUCHED:
 

Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
 

The great commission is for ALL to go forth, including us who are alive today. The commission or mission of the church is stated plainly. Go forth into the harvest.

The mission/commission of the church has been changed by man: The mission of the church today is to build large buildings and wait for the harvest to come so ONE man can preach to them. 

The church of today is committed to all sorts of plans and programs designed for the harvest to come to our particular set of church buildings so our paid professional ONE-man priesthood can preach to them. The competition is on: In every community there are many churches waiting for the harvest to come to their particular set of buildings. Each church has its own plan on how the harvest will come to their church instead of the church across the road.

You can see why the 21st Century church is not getting the job done and is a complete failure in changing its community. They all are waiting in their buildings while the harvest is out side the building. The New Testament Church had ALL of its members being ministers going forth and today we have ONE paid minister who is waiting in the building for the harvest to come to him so he can preach to them.  

It is all backwards from the Great Commission of going forth. In fact the people who go forth are treated as rebels; don’t you know that only the paid professional can minister?  All of this makes the church of no-effect in the world. The church of today great task is to pay for salaries and buildings so we all can sit and wait for the harvest that will never come. The great expected revival that everyone speaks of will not come to a particular set of church buildings. The paid professional of each church has this dream that the harvest will come to his church only and he will get to preach to all of them, cars will be lined up down the road trying to get to him so he can preach to them. 

If a farmer wanting a harvest waited in his barn for the harvest to come to him, he would get the same results of the church today.  The harvest would remain untouched. 

In the New Testament Church the harvest was the responsibility of ALL its members who were going forth, now it is in the hands of ONE paid professional who is waiting in the building. The results are plain for all to see: The first church changed the world while today’s church can not even change its own community. 

I call upon you who have ears to hear: The Great Commission was not changed or done away with; it is still in the Bible. Each of us believers is commanded to go forth into the harvest. Each day the harvest goes untouched. All of us will stand before Jesus and give an account for what we have done (or have not done).  Now while there is still time and the breath of life is still in you, I call you to arise and GO FORTH. The harvest is over ripe and no one is in the harvest field.  Our work is for the Kingdom of God. If you are thinking of only one set of church building as your goal then you have missed it.