Henry Krabbendam - James - World Evangelical Alliance

In closing, undoubtedly the chief aim of man is to glorify God and enjoy
Him forever! But, the cutting edge of man’s relationship to the neighbor is,
and ought to be, the Great Commission, better designated as the Grand Command
(Mt. 28:19-20; Mk. 16:15; Lk. 24:46-47; John 20:21-23). This aims
first at turning folks into disciples, and subsequently turning disciples into
folks who observe whatever their Lord and Savior sovereignly commands
them without any ifs, ands or buts. In other words, it aims at full-orbed salvation,
which covers both definitive regeneration, justification and sanctification
(“discipleship” exemplifying “initial Revival status”) and their continuing
outflow in daily repentance, daily forgiveness and daily renewal (“observing
all Christ’s commands” typifying “ongoing Revival status”). As such
it is both an extension and a reflection of the words and work of Christ (Is.
53:11; Col. 1:24; 1 Tim. 1:15). 385 James simply exhorts his readers to be
Christ’s mouthpiece and his footwork with regard to wretched sinners and
wretched saints, even if in his Epistle the edificational message to wretched
saints predominate and he makes this is the first order of business for his
readers (So also Brosend, 161). In short, James summons them to enter into,
or return to, a mighty “Recovery mode,” with the objective of regaining “Revival
status” (See the Preface of this Commentary for the concepts of Revival
status and Recovery mode).
385 For the manner in which to implement the Grand Command (Mt. 28:19-20) in the area of
sanctification, see Ephesians. 4:15; 2 Timothy 2:25-26.
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