Barnabas and the Great Commision

When I hear the name, Barnabas, I along with many others think of encouragement. Barnabas was encouraging and he encourages/challenges me to be a more encouraging person. This stretches me in the aspect that I can be more encouraging than I am. Being encouraging helps the church and missions because it builds them up. Encouragement can propel people to do so much more because they know someone is backing them and supporting them. Encouragement is something all people really desire in some form. Jesus sent out the twelve in the Great Commission, stating that all authority in heaven and earth had been given to Him. This was the authority Jesus sent them out. The word "kingdom" was never said directly in the Great Commission, but Jesus sent them out to establish just that-- His kingdom. He sent them out, entrusting them to build His kingdom on earth and heaven. This shows that God wants to use us in His mission to be glorified among all the nations. The church today is included in the Missio Dei, the mission of God, to inaugurate the kingdom of God on earth. We are sent to make disciples and teach them the law of the Lord. The word "kingdom" was not used, but the goal that we have in being commissioned relates directly to a kingdom mindset.