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Mission and Vision of HBF 2023 Part 3: Grow Deeper
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Introduction
Good morning once again.
At this time our children can be dismissed to Kid's Min time out the back door.
I invite the rest of you to open your Bibles to Mark chapter one.
Over the course of the last few weeks I've been breaking down the mission and vision of Hope Bible Fellowship in hopes of getting all of us on the same page and to buy in to the mission set before us.
Our mission is:
**The mission of Hope Bible Fellowship is to make disciples of Jesus Christ by gathering together, growing deep, and going wide with the gospel of Jesus Christ.**
We have a very simple process we want everyone to move through: Gather, grow, go.
Gather together, grow deeper, and grow wide.
Today we're going to cover "grow deeper."
How does someone grow spiritually?
What are we talking about when we talk about discipling?
How do we grow in our discipling?
I. What are the marks of a disciple of Jesus Christ?
- A disciple is a follower.
There are not different classes of Christians.
As I walk through this, I’m going to rifle a bunch of scripture passages at you.
If you don’t catch them and want to look at them on your own at home, ask me and I will send them to you.
1. Response to God’s initial call.
There must be a time where a person responds to the call of the gospel.
Left their father - they left their old life behind and went with Jesus.
2. Desire to know what God has said.
3. A break from the world’s standards.
Our way of living and making decisions changes when we know Christ.
4. Self-discipline.
5. Desire to seek and encourage other disciples
Knowing Jesus and following Him should push us toward other Christians and not away from them.
We should desire to gather and to grow deeper together.
Walking in the light gives us fellowship with each other.
6. Passion for Evangelism
Christians want other people to become Christians.
7. Perseverance.
II.
What is the larger context for discipling? - The Local Church
The local church is God’s plan for reaching the world.
There is no plan B. That’s it.
It’s our mission.
A. What is discipling?
Loving Jesus and helping other people grow in their love of Jesus.
It's helping people grow in their following of Christ.
1. Biblical discipling is intentional and deliberate.
We have stop just hoping something happens and be intentional with our actions.
We already know that it is the will of God for us to make disciples.
You don’t have to wonder about that.
It’s your job.
It’s your ministry.
We must be purposeful in what we do.
I’ve heard a leadership cliche’ that says “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”
If we don’t make a plan or aim for discipline in our lives, we won’t do it.
2. Biblical discipling is relational.
A disciple would follow his teacher.
The 12 who walked with Jesus ate, drank, slept, laughed, and journeyed together.
They saw how their teacher treated other people.
They watched his life.
It was relational.
There was time spent with each other.
Lots of time.
But often we can’t be bothered to give time to other people because we have “better” things to do.
We would never call it that but in our hearts, if we are honest, we assign priorities and we give our time and attention to our priorities.
3. Biblical discipling is loving.
4. Biblical discipling involves training in God’s Word.
5. Biblical discipling is a pipeline.
6. Biblical discipling is a process, not a program.
III.
Why disciple?
Why should you disciple?
Why should you give your time to making disciples and helping other people grow closer to Jesus?
A. For your joy.
The apostle Paul had a deep love for those he discipled and it is evident in his writings.
He got joy from seeing them living for Christ.
Ministry is hard.
Discipling is hard.
It’s work.
But it’s worth it.
There is joy when you see someone following Christ.
There’s joy when someone repents.
We do good to others so that they grow more in Christ and then we rejoice that they have grown closer to Christ.
B. For God’s glory.
C. Jesus laid down His life for us and calls us to do the same for others.
What was he accomplishing for those he had chosen by laying down His life?
Responses – To bring us to Father.
Explain the gospel here.
- So that the we may share in the joy that Christ enjoys with the Father
- So that we can bear fruit
- So that our joy will be complete
- So that our enmity toward God would be replaced by a loving relationship.
D. Jesus made known to us all that He had learned from His Father
and entrusted us, His church with this ministry of making disciples.
Conclusion:
The process of sanctification
Challenge to get involved in discipline
-Life groups
-One on one
-D-groups
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