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Today we come to our final topic in this short series we’ve been walking thru...
THRU the month of May...
A series that has seen us dive into:
Prayer
Water Baptism
Giving
and Missions…so far
And now - TODAY - we come to - Discipleship
And i think it’s THIS topic of Discipleship that is meant to speak INTO not only the other previous topics discussed...
BUT also - all of Christianity as a whole...
If there was ONE THING we could point to - as the MAIN ASPECT of the ministry of Jesus on this earth...
it would be this - Discipleship.
In a Nutshell - what is Discipleship?
Well - a DISCIPLE - is - a Christian…a FOLLOWER of Jesus
A Disciple is NOT - a level of Christianity… (which some people believe).
Some would say that when we put our faith in jesus…we become a Christian...
BUT THEN - if we WANT TO - we can then choose to become a Disciple (level 2) - a more committed Christian...
And then if we get REALLY into it - we can maybe make it to LEVEL 3 - Disciple Maker...
Well - that whole idea is FOREIGN to the Bible...
ALL Christians are disciples...
As we saw last week - ALL believers - are IN the Ministry of Reconciliation...
And so - if ALL Christians ARE disciples...
…then Discipleship - is
The intentional process of teaching/modeling Christlikeness, from a mature believer to a less mature believer, for the purpose of Spiritual growth
- And so with THAT understanding - if we were look at the Life of Christ....
We would see that Discipleship was his MAIN focus!
He comes on the scene and says what?
We can hear - in this verse - the foundations of discipleship!
Jesus didn’t just CATCH all the fish for the disciples...
What did He do?
He trained them to - FISH
What’s the saying?
Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day.
Teach a Man To Fish, and You Feed Him for a Lifetime
So Christ HERE - lays the groundwork for His ministry...
“I’ll make you fishers of men”
And then right before Jesus departs....what does He say?
I will MAKE you fishers of men - I’ve DONE THAT...
NOW GO!!
FISH! Fish FOR men!
The ministry of Christ was - Discipleship!
An INTENTIONAL process of teaching/modeling Christlikeness, from a mature believer to a less mature believer, for the purpose of Spiritual growth
And so if we’re asking ourselves - is this REALLY important?
Answer - it’s everything!
And so let’s start today by looking at what a Disciple is.
The characteristics of a Disciple...
If Disciple MAKING is our call - which it is - then we need to know what we’re in the business of helping to make...
All of these characteristics came from the mouth of Christ...
A DISCIPLE is someone who:
Is willing to give up all earthly possessions
• I'm gonna keep saying this - WE START WITH SCRIPTURE... Scripture dictates reality...
• This is saying - Any one who does not SAY GOODBYE to all that he has cannot be My disciple... Does this mean I have to sell all my possessions (car, house, computer, bike?)?
• No - Now, before you say - WELL WHEEEHHHW!
• It says - Unless you SAY GOODBYE to all that you have... Meaning - What you do have...They're NOT YOURS...anymore
• Someone comes to your door...
You hear of a need... MEET that NEED - OTHERWISE you are now holding onto your possessions... Someone who has NOT renounced all that he has...
• But why?
Why do we have to have SAID goodbye to all that we have??
And so - A Disciple is someone who has RENOUNCED all of his earthly possessions
A DISCIPLE is someone who:
Abides in God's Word, and experiences freedom in Christ
• Did you hear that?
IF YOU CONTINUE in my Word, then you TRULY ARE My disciples...
• The word of God is POWER...
It transforms our minds...IF we read it, study it, memorize it, meditate on it... IF we ABIDE in it...
• We cannot be a disciple if we don't consume the Scriptures...
• Disciples abide in God's Word...and are set free
A DISCIPLE is someone who:
Genuinely loves other believers
• If you do not love other believers, then you don't know the God OF love...
• Francis Schaeffer observed that our love for one another should be so strong that it would unite believers in such a way that the world “would believe” that Jesus was sent by God.
• Now, how can you love like that...how can we UNITE...if you're not here...?
How can we unite in this way if GRACE isn’t out in front of us and the ground upon which we walk…?
Thought experiment: We claim Christianity....yet - are we content with our grudges?
In my day - I’ve known some pretty major grudge-holders...
Did you know God hates that?
Literally?
Disciples genuinely love other believers....
A DISCIPLE is someone who:
Abides in Christ, prays, bears fruit, and glorifies God
• When we abide in Christ... we will begin to ask God for His will to be done in our lives (we'll desire this)...
This results in fruit... Spiritual fruit...
• And God is glorified!
• Do you see how EVIDENCE always points to reality... Fruit will prove the disciple...
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen people - LOVE to talk about Spiritual things...
LOVE to talk about Christianity...
LOVE IT...
UNTIL - it comes time to show grace...
UNTIL it comes time to LIVE OUT the claims...
And what ends up happening is - they WALK!
They DISENGAGE!!
And their fruit - PROVES who they are!
Disciples ABIDE in Christ, pray, bear fruit and glorify God!
A DISCIPLE is someone who:
Full of the Holy Spirit
• Part of the fruit of abiding in Christ is the fruit of the Spirit, which is...
• love
joy
peace
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