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What is a convert?
What is a disciple?
How have you grown in Christ since coming to faith?
What was the catalyst?
1 in 5 non-christians does not know a single christian.
Less than 1 in 7 people that are non-believers has ever had a Gospel conversation.
Why?
We are not doing a good job of raising disciples.
There are many challenges facing the disciple today such as:
Moral relativism;
Political correctness;
Christians living like they are not saved;
Non-believers proclaiming themselves as saved
Christians in bondage (e.g.
gambling, sex, drugs, etc.);
Breakdown of the family;
Materialism/greed;
Hostile anti-Christian environments;
Apathy; and
Lack of leadership in the church.
Many Christians want to grow close to God.
But they don’t know where to start.
Rob Gallaty says that “When people in the pew don’t know what to do, they don’t do anything at all.”
Rob Gallaty is the author of the book, Growing Up; How to be a disciple who makes disciples.
Reflect on the following statements.
Do you agree or disagree with them?
The way to reach the world is to reach the individual.
The solution to the dilemma of reaching the total world lies in the reaching of the total person and unlocking his or her kingdom potential.
What a man can be, a man must be.
Becoming a leader (influencer) means becoming synonymous with yourself.
Only an exponential strategy can reach an exponentially growing world.
The starting point for making disciples is to start with a clear picture/definition of a disciple.
If you aim at nothing you will hit it every time.
Mist in the pulpit is fog in the pew.
Much of the problem today is that churches and ministries have not clearly defined the important terms.
In most churches, if you ask someone what does the term “disciple” mean or “discipleship,” you will get as many answers as you ask people.
The starting point for understanding what a disciple should look like is found in the Scriptures.
Hatred here is a comparative term.
Your love for Christ must be so great and so consuming that any other love in comparison feels like hatred or disdain for others.
Jesus said it this way in Matt.
6:33: “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
Putting Jesus first in your life means having the willingness to go anywhere and do anything that He asks of you.
Reflect on the commitments/statements like this that you may have made.
What were the circumstances?
There has been a lot of debate about what it means to “carry your cross.”
In a nutshell, it simply means that the disciple of Jesus will be called upon to lay down his life (his desire for self-direction and determination) and to surrender his will to the will of God.
You cannot serve someone without eventually surrendering your will to the person you serve.
This verse makes it clear that before a person decides to follow Jesus, he or she must first sit down and calculate the cost.
For the true disciple, it will cost you your life, your body, your possessions, and your future.
In short, it will cost you everything.
God’s plan and God’s will cost Jesus His life; it cannot cost His followers anything less.
There is a cost, and it must be counted.
Again, Jesus calls his disciples to totally abandon any and all ownership to possessions.
Jesus put it this way in Matthew 6:24: “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and wealth.”
In Matthew 6:21, Jesus also said this: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
This does not mean that, to be a disciple, a person must take a vow of poverty, but the disciple must be “poor in spirit” and be willing to surrender all possessions if the Lord asks.
The Word of God is “living and active” (Hebrews 4:12).
It has the ability transform you through the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:2) and your life if you will read it, study it, memorize it, and meditate in it on a consistent basis.
The Word can set you free from the lies of the enemy and empower you to overcome the fiery darts of the adversary (Ephesians 6:16).
If you do not continue in the Word, then you are wide open to deception, discouragement, and defeat.
You cannot be a disciple without an aggressive commitment to consume and obey the Scriptures.
There is an obedience that must be visible.
That obedience is learned in the Scriptures.
If you do not love other believers, then you do not know the God of love.
Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote, “What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
No not just for some, but for everyone” (1996).
These lyrics summarize the call and the challenge of Jesus in the upper room discourse when he called his disciples together and told them to “love one another.”
Francis Schaeffer observed that your love for one another ought to be so strong that it will unite believers and that, when believers are living in unity, the world would believe that Jesus was sent by God.
The modern day disciple must be committed to love: loving God, loving your neighbor, and loving your brothers and sisters in Christ.
There is fruit that must be present.
Immediate and complete obedience is a hallmark of a disciple.
Do you realize that it is impossible to ever say, “No, Lord”?
The moment you say “no,” He is no longer the Lord in your life.
The gospels portray following God as being a member in His kingdom.
As loyal subjects in His kingdom, your job is to follow the King and go wherever and do whatever He says.
Many times, individuals approach the kingdom of heaven in a casual “take or it leave it” manner.
The Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Minas make it very clear that, one day, the Master will return and call His servants into account.
In order to hear “well done, good and faithful servant” (Matthew 25:23, NIV) from Him, we must understand and assume the role of a servant.
These passages contain 3 principles:
· Sacrifice,
· Relationship, and
· Transformation.
Dr. Dempsey’s definition:
“A disciple is a person who has trusted Christ for salvation and has surrendered completely to Him.
He or she is committed to practicing the spiritual disciplines in community and developing to their full potential for Christ and His mission.”
“A disciple is someone who knows Christ, grows in Christ and goes for Christ.”
“A disciple is someone who shows and shares Christ with others.”
Reflect on the foundational concepts contained in this definition.
What do you think they are?
Disciple-“A committed follower of Christ that grows intentionally with the purpose of achieving the fullness of Christ in such a way as to guide and teach others to do the same.”
I really enjoyed reading your post.
Your definition and explanation of a disciple is very good.
I particularly liked your assertion that “discipleship” could be in danger of the same type of ambiguity that “leadership” has attained to.
I do think both of these “buzzwords” have a place in any serious discussion on following Christ but, if they become over used, they will be much like we use the word “love”.
We will say “I Love Christ” like we say, “I love cheesecake”.
No real meaning.
We both appear to believe that a disciple must fulfill the great commission by making other disciples.
I also agree with you and realize that while we are doing this we must strive to grow in Christlikeness.
However, we often fall short of the mark.
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