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What is a disciple?
a follower of Jesus that you have spiritual reproduced yourself in their life.
One life-to a life-for life.
Teaching them to observe all things that Jesus has commanded us.
Disciples who make disciples who make disciples.
How do you make a disciple?
Follow One, Win One, Lead One.
How does the church make disciples?
Or what is the role of the local church in the great commission?
What purpose does the church serve in this most important commission?
Mission Statement: Faith Baptist Church exists to equip and inspire people to know and become like Jesus unto the glory of God.
Paul puts it this way in v. 1
You have been called- plural, speaking in terms of the corporate body- walk worthy church, of the calling to which you have been called.
Walk in a worthy manner church!
How do we do that?
If we are going to walk worthy, if we are going to function the way God intended us to function, especially in terms of the making disciples then
I. We must eagerly and expeditiously maintenance unity in our local church (vv.
2-3)
How does the church make disciples?
The church must make disciples in the context of unity.
How does the church make disciples?
II.
We must graciously and “giftedly” serve in our local church (vv.
7-10)
Every member or part of the body, that God has uniquely graced and spiritually gifted, must function as God intended for the church to grow and walk worthy.
Ephesians 4:8 (ESV)
8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”
How does the church make disciples?
The church makes disciples in the context of unity.
The church makes disciples by means of the grace and spiritual gifts given to us by Jesus Christ.
How does the church make disciples?
III.
We must faithfully and collectively do the work of ministry in our local church (vv.
11-16)
How does the church make disciples?
In the context of unity, by means of the grace and spiritual gifts given to us by Jesus, and by full complete faithful obedience to Jesus’ commands, every saint engaging in THE MINISTRY of the local church!
Here are some of the gifts that Jesus gave the church- he gave the church leaders.
Apostles and prophets (no longer have those today), evangelists (missionaries), and shepherd/teachers or pastor/teachers.
There are many other gifts that Jesus gives, but here he mentions the leadership gifts.
And look how he ties these leadership gifts to the gifted service of the rest of the church.
12πρὸς τὸν καταρτισμὸν τῶν ἁγίων
To equip the saints
εἰς ἔργον διακονίας,
for the work of ministry
εἰς οἰκοδομὴν τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
for building up of the body of Christ,
The spiritual gifts of the leadership in the church (evangelists and pastor/teachers) is for one sole purpose.
My job as a pastor, the purpose of the grace and spiritual gifts that Jesus gave me, is to equip you the saints.
That is, to make people fully qualified, thus enabling you to serve the Lord by serving one another.
I am to equip you the saints for the work of ministry.
God wants all saints in the local church to be equipped so that they can do the WORK of ministry.
That means that Jesus gives you grace and spiritual gifts for one purpose- to minister to others!
A. Jesus is not interested in creating an audience; He wants participants
God’s intention for how the church makes disciples is for every part of the local church body to be participants in the primary mandate of the church- the work of ministry.
There is a common cultural norm that has crept into at least American churches that is the exact opposite of what Jesus intends for His Church.
That is the trend of dividing the church body into experts and amateurs.
Broadly speaking there are two categories of people in our churches- experts and amateurs.
Who would be considered an expert?
Pastor/teachers, deacons, music ministry people, others.
Often times these are the people who have gone to years of schooling, they have advanced degrees, they have been saved for a while- they are the spiritual experts.
Who would be considered the amateurs?
They are the regular sheep of the flock right?
Newly saved, not a lot of formal training, they are the normal folks who have trusted Christ and are a part of the church.
In our churches which group of people normally do the work of ministry?
The experts right.
They are often employed by the church, they are on paid staff and what is their job?
Their job is to do ministry FOR the saints.
But, what is the problem with this cultural norm according to Ephesians 4:12?
Evangelists, pastor/teachers- what is their job description?
To equip the who?
The saints (the amateurs).
To do what?
the work of ministry.
So the idea that the experts exist in the church to do ministry FOR the saints is the antithesis of what Jesus really wants in the church.
What does Jesus want?
He has graced and spiritually gifted the leaders of the church, not to do ministry for the saints, but to do ministry WITH the saints!
Because if all I ever do is do ministry FOR the saints instead of WITH the saints, what kind of culture do I as a leader create in the local church?
You all become merely and audience!
But, Jesus doesn’t want the bulk of his church to be an audience!
What does Jesus want?
Participants.
Let’s all do ministry together!
Every member of the body ministering and serving every other member- that is the kind of church I want to be part of!
B. Jesus is not interested in creating spiritual infants; He wants spiritual adults
God has graced and spiritually gifted his church to create willing participants in the work of ministry throughout every member of the body!
What exactly is the ministry that Jesus is calling everyone in the church to participate in?
End of v. 12- for the building up of the body of Christ!
Jesus wants you to build up the body of Christ, both numerically and spiritually!
Everything thing you do in the church should be with the purpose in mind.
Become equipped for the work of ministry to build up the body of Christ.
It is the great commission that Jesus has given His church!
How long should we build up the body of Christ?
How do we know if we have built up the body well enough?
Is there some kind of marker that we have to reach and then we can stop?
Yes there is and Paul tells in v. 13.
Keep on building up the body of Christ for how long?
13μέχρι καταντήσωμεν οἱ πάντες
Until we all attain
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Here is our first marker- keep on building up the body until we all attain:
εἰς τὴν ἑνότητα
unto the unity
τῆς πίστεως
of the faith
καὶ τῆς ἐπιγνώσεως τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
Unity of the faith- Jesus wants us all to come to a unified understanding of the faith-
Unity of the knowledge of the Son of God- Jesus wants us all to come to a unified understanding of Himself!
Teach them to observe all things that I have command you!
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