{"id":2860,"date":"2022-03-31T18:56:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T18:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/?p=2860"},"modified":"2022-03-31T18:56:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T18:56:21","slug":"all-conditions-are-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/31\/all-conditions-are-go\/","title":{"rendered":"ALL CONDITIONS ARE GO\u2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cAfterward he appeared \u2026 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature\u201d<\/strong> (Mark 16:14-15).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 1969, people around the world waited with bated breath for the word from Cape Canaveral for lift-off. During the tense moments, the superstitious crossed their fingers and the godless said a prayer. Everybody was caught up in the earsplitting surge of power which hurls a man skyward toward outer space. Suspense did not lesson, and pulse rates did not drift back to normal until four words come crackling over the airwaves \u2013 \u201cAll conditions are \u2026 GO!\u201d Anxiety then gave way to jubilation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As if their united voices had been needed to help propel an astronaut into orbit, men and women of every hemisphere picked up the chant, and in their own languages and dialects shouted, \u201cGo! Go! Go!\u201d That one syllable seems to summarize the universal emotions and wishes of that moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Borrowing from NASA\u2019s electrifying, newly coined phrase of that time, let us apply it to the spiritual realm, \u201cALL CONDITIONS ARE \u2026 GO!\u201d That two-letter word appears no less than two hundred and fifty-two times in the twenty-seven books of the New Testament, with one hundred and fifty-two of the usages attributed to Christ Himself by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Went, <\/em>the past of go, <\/em>is repeated three hundred and forty-nine times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Jesus Christ, all conditions were \u2026 GO! Jesus Himself moved from place to place. The greatest sentence-biography ever written described Him perfectly, \u201c\u2026 who went about doing good \u2026 \u201c<\/strong> (Acts 10:38). So it is not to be wondered at that He frequently used the word go <\/em>to help move others on course. It was a watchword embodying a principle, a guide to action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201d \u2026 go work \u2026 \u201c<\/strong> (Matthew 21:28). \u201d \u2026 go after \u2026 \u201c<\/strong> (Luke 15:4). \u201d \u2026 go quickly \u2026 \u201c<\/strong> (Matthew 28:7). Each was His command. His beneficiaries found that they could not be static, remain in equilibrium, or act by mere weight without motion. Go forth, go show, and go call- these kept His hearers in movement. On one occasion He would be heard saying, \u201cGo preach.\u201d On another it was \u201cgo teach\u201d or \u201cgo tell.\u201d All conditions were \u2026 GO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To a former adulteress, now forgiven, He said, \u201d \u2026 go, and sin no more\u201d <\/strong>(John 8:11). Bystanders at the tomb of resurrected Lazarus were commanded, \u201d \u2026 Loose him, and let him go\u201d<\/strong> (John 11:44). When He dispossessed a demoniac, He ordered the evil spirits to \u201cgo,\u201d and then followed through by instructing the redeemed man to \u201c\u2026 Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee\u2026\u201d<\/strong> (Mark 5: 19). His disciples He ordained to\u201c\u2026 go and bring forth fruit \u2026\u201d<\/strong> (John 15: 16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original twelve were commissioned, \u201c\u2026 go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel\u201d<\/strong> (Matthew 10:6). Later Christ appointed an additional seventy, whom He sent two by two into every city and place, which was a larger authorization. \u201cGo your ways \u2026 \u201c<\/strong> (Luke 10:3), He told them, for \u201c\u2026 The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few \u2026\u201d<\/strong> (Luke 1 0:2). GO has always been an important part of the GOspel. Merely hyphenate the word, add another letter, and it seems to automatically flow, \u201cGO-spell out redemption to all people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As it was before Christ\u2019s death, it was even so after His resurrection. The word was still GO! \u201c\u2026 Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature\u201d<\/strong> (Mark 16:15). \u201cGo ye therefore, and teach all nations \u2026 \u201c<\/strong> (Matthew 28:19). \u201d \u2026 as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you\u201d<\/strong> (John 20:21); then He went away, \u201d \u2026 he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight\u201d<\/strong> (Acts 1:9), but all conditions were still \u2026 GO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following His ascension, Christ reappeared with the very same words on His lips. He was seen and heard by Saul of Tarsus (turned Paul, apostle to the heathen), saying, \u201d \u2026 go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do\u201d<\/strong> (Acts 9:6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quite simultaneously, a devout man, Ananias, enjoyed the same post-ascension visit, the Lord instructing him, \u201d \u2026 go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire \u2026 for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth\u201d<\/strong> (Acts 9:11). \u201c\u2026 Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles \u2026\u201d<\/strong> (Acts 9:15).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before and after Christ\u2019s passion, and even following His glorification, all conditions were . . . GO! The message and the direction were the same, whether Christ appeared in person to enunciate them or dispatched an angel with the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On one occasion the imprisoned apostles were released by an angelic deliverer, who also commissioned them, \u201cGo, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life\u201d<\/strong> (Acts 5:20).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again the angel of the Lord was sent, this time to Philip, with the message, \u201d \u2026 go toward the south \u2026 \u201d (Acts 8:26). Having arrived, he was instructed by the Holy Spirit to, \u201d \u2026 Go near, and join thyself to this chariot\u201d (Acts 8:29) (the chariot of the eunuch).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At another time, it was this same Spirit who directed Peter to leave the Joppa rooftop and accompany the inquirers to Caesarea. \u201c\u2026 get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing \u2026\u201d<\/strong> (Acts 10:20).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judging by all the evidence \u2013 Christ\u2019s own example: His utterances and commands, both before and after His passion; the repeated post-resurrection commissions; and those post-ascension instructions by Christ, angels, and the Holy Spirit; there is no doubt that from the divine viewpoint and intention, all conditions are still \u2026GO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The great commission included no time limit. It set forth simply, clearly, and with a note of finality what was to be done; by whom, for whom; by what means; where, why, and for how long. It left no room for shilly-shallying. This command has never been rescinded or modified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It would seem a mistake of the first magnitude for any follower of Christ to be irresolute or be preoccupied with trifles, when commanded to make this world his parish. To see disciples standing idle in the ecclesiastical marketplaces, saying, \u201c\u2026 no man hath hired us \u2026\u201d<\/strong> (Matthew 20:7), when fields are ready for the reaping and the Lord is saying, \u201c\u2026 Go ye also into the vineyard\u2026\u201d<\/strong> (Matthew 20:7), is indeed a sorry spectacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As long as world evangelization is incomplete; as long as Communism continues to enslave; as long as half of mankind languishes in fear and superstition because of ignorance; and as long as heathens need to hear the truth that sets men free, all conditions are to be regarded as \u2026 GO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the challenge of red atheism and the horrors of paganism; by the command of Christ, and the right of all men to hear the joyful sound that Jesus saves, we must go. <\/em>Of hindering things to which we cling, we must let go. <\/em>Those who stand poised and willing, stymied for lack of aid, we must help go.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALL CONDITIONS ARE \u2026 GO!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"