Power to Disciple Nations

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one.
(1 John 5:19 HCSB ©®)

One reason we could say that the whole world is still under the sway of the evil one is that we have spent centuries converting people with the gospel of the fear of hell rather than the gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven.

“You, then, listen to the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path. And the one sown on rocky ground—this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. Yet he has no root in himself, but is short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he stumbles. Now the one sown among the thorns—this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. But the one sown on the good ground—this is one who hears and understands the word, who does bear fruit and yields: some 100, some 60, some 30 times what was sown.”
(Matthew 13:18-23 HCSB ©®)

When we start converting people to the good news that there is a King Who wants to change the earth through them, we will gain the power to disciple nations.

Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
(Matthew 28:18-20 HCSB ©®)