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Introduction -
2015 - Bear On Another's Burdens
2016 - God Cannot Use Your Silence - Share the Love of Jesus
2017 - Moving Forward on Our Knees - Being a Church of Prayer
2018 - Discipleship - Be One, Make One
There is a legend which recounts the return of Jesus to glory after his time on earth.
Even in heaven he bore the marks of his earthly pilgrimage with its cruel cross and shameful death.
The angel Gabriel approached him and said, “Master, you must have suffered terribly for men down there.”
“I did,” he said.
“And,” continued Gabriel, “do they know all about how you loved them and what you did for them?” “Oh, no,” said Jesus, “not yet.
Right now only a handful of people in Palestine know.”
Gabriel was perplexed.
“Then what have you done to let everyone know about your love for them?”
Jesus said, “I’ve asked Peter, James, John, and a few more friends to tell other people about me.
Those who are told will in turn tell still other people, and my story will be spread to the farthest reaches of the globe.
Ultimately, all of mankind will have heard about my life and what I have done.”
Gabriel frowned and looked rather skeptical.
He knew well what poor stuff men were made of.
“Yes,” he said, “but what if Peter and James and John grow weary?
What if the people who come after them forget?
Haven’t you made any other plans?”
Jesus answered, “I have no other plans.
I’m counting on them.”
Twenty centuries later, he still has no other plan.
He’s counting on you and me.
High on God’s “To Do” list is making disciples of all nations!
His early disciples adopted his priorities and devoted themselves to doing this.
Christ counted on them, and they delivered.
Have we done as well?
(Joe Aldrich.
Lifestyle Evangelism: Learning to Open Your Life to Those Around You.
Portland, OR.: Multnomah Press, pp.
15-16).
Main Idea - All Believers are Called to Be Disciples by making Disciples!
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All Believers are Called to Be a Disciple by making Disciples…Transition -
Transition - And so you can see by the main idea, there is a pressure on the individual to pursue maturity in Christ.
Of course this is a divine/human cooperative and yes, God is the ultimate one behind our sanctification and maturation, but believers have a responsibility to put ourselves in the way of growth.
This is the sentiment of the Apostle Paul in…
And so you can see by the main idea, there is a pressure on the individual to pursue maturity in Christ.
Of course this is a divine/human cooperative and yes, God is the ultimate one behind our sanctification and maturation, but believers have a responsibility to put ourselves in the way of growth.
This is the sentiment of the Apostle Paul in…
Phil
12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
A.W. Tozer said, “If we are not changed by grace then we are not saved by grace.” - www.revival-library.com
I have every confidence that God will do His part in a believers life ().
Today’s focus however, is our responsibility!
You, as a follower of Jesus, have a glorious responsibility to be a disciple of Jesus!
Part of being a disciple means we make disciples.
Folks, this is huge!
You cannot keep your Christianity to yourselves.
A disciple makes disciples!
So the million dollar question is, are you?
And again, you will see though these verses and others that we will grow in our own discipleship when we are obeying God and making disciples as well.
So maturing in Christlikeness is the first responsibility for the believer.
Maybe you are new to this Christianity thing or maybe you have been a Christian for a while but you are not growing like you think you should.
Or maybe you are a mature Christian.
Whatever the case, whatever stage we are in, it is good to know what the Word says we should be pursuing...
So, what does a mature follower of Jesus look like?
This is what we will discuss today...
A Mature Follower of Jesus...
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A mature follower of Jesus...
A mature follower of Jesus...
1. Recognizes the Authority of Jesus
Recognizes the Authority of Jesus Explain -
Explain -
“All authority in heaven and on earth has be given to me...”
Explain - Why do you suppose that Jesus plays this card with His disciples?
Why does He remind them that He has ALL Authority EVERYWHERE?
In Heaven, on earth, EVERYWHERE!
Probably for many reasons, but I will give you two...
First, look back at verses 16 and 17...
Out of the eleven, all went to the mountain in Galilee as instructed by Jesus but then we see that they worshiped Him, BUT SOME DOUBTED!
Can you imagine?
Jesus, walked with them for three years.
He taught them amazing truths from God, He healed the lame, gave sight to the blind, walked on water…all before their eyes.
They witnessed His death, burial and most importantly, His resurrection, He walked and ate with them for 40 days after the resurrection over and over He demonstrated to them who He claimed to be - God.
And yet, some DOUBTED!
And so He thought it important to remind them yet again who they were dealing with.
He is God very God and He has all authority on heaven and on earth!
He is not to be trifled with, He is to be taken with the utmost seriousness!
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And this leads to the second reason I believe Jesus reminded them that He has all authority on Heaven and Earth.
That they would always remember that He is to be obeyed!
There was no room for doubt, there was no place for fear.
Jesus’ investment in the 11 is about to be proved.
He had no plan B. Discipleship was His one and only plan.
He discipled them and now He would expect the same from them.
And they needed to listen to Him if for no other reason then that He has ALL authority!
Imagine going to work and your boss tells you to do an important task for that day.
It should take about a full 8 hours and so He tells you to get at it ASAP!
He tells you he’ll be by at the end of the workday to collect your work.
Sure enough, when he swings by at 5pm only to find you haven’t even started it!
You tell him it took you so long to get your work area prepared and then some co-workers stopped by to find out what I was doing, so I needed to describe in detail what I was about to do.
After that it was lunch time.
In the afternoon, my desk partner was struggling with a work related issue and so I helped them get their problem solved.
After this, it was break-time.
And then, I finally got the opportunity to work on the project and then my computer started having problems so I was dealing with IT for the rest of the day.
The next thing you hear is, “You’re fired!” Why? because you failed to take your boss seriously!
You failed to hear how important this was to him!
Excuse after excuse after excuse!
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