Spiritual Disciplines: Discipleship and Service

-Evangelism is not the end goal, but a starting point. God did not call us to simply make converts, but disciples.

Follow Me

We need to personally follow Christ

We are called to help/teach others to follow Christ

Salvation

Obedience

-Teach new habits & rhythms of life

-, Baptizing them- Salvation and 1st Steps of Obedience.

-Illustration about learning the basics in Kindergarten

2. I Will Make You

a. Allow Christ to change us

b. Engage others to help them grow in their faith

Proverbs 27:17 ESV

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

-Teaching someone all Christ has commanded takes time and effort. Discipleship can be a difficult and messy process.

i. The Christian life is not meant to be lived alone

Genesis 2:18 ESV

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

-Who has permission to challenge you?

-The best leaders will fall without accountability (King David/Bathsheba)

3. Fishers of Men

a. Call to action and Identity

-You can’t catch fish, if you don’t go fishing

b. For every believer

Myth- The job is to big we can’t do it.

Philippians 4:13 ESV

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Starting with 1 person, in 33 years they would reach over 8 billion

-Invitation: Each one, Reach one. Who is your one?