the promises and invitations of the gospel, and offer Christ to sinful men and women, it is part of our task to emphasize and re-emphasize that they are responsible to God for the way in which they react to the good news of his grace. No preacher can ever make this point too strongly. Similarly, we ourselves have a responsibility for making the gospel known. Christ’s command to his disciples, “Go … and make disciples of all nations” (Mt 28:19), was spoken to them in their representative capacity;