Learning to Think Like Jesus: Gospel Bookends

Romans 12:1 NKJV

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Matthew 4:19 NKJV

19 Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Matthew 28:18–20 NKJV

18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

Learn to Think Like Jesus by following His commands to:

Call out the Called

Matthew 4:19 NKJV

19 Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

“Follow Me”

Jeremiah 16:6 NKJV

6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

1 Corinthians 4:16 NKJV

16 Therefore I urge you, imitate me.

Jeremiah 16:16 NKJV

16 “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the Lord, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

1 Cro 11:1

1 Corinthians 11:1 NKJV

1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.

“I will make you”

1 Timothy 1:2 NKJV

2 To Timothy, a true son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Tim 1:

“fishers of men”

Jeremiah 16:16 NKJV

16 “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the Lord, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

1 Cor 9:16

1 Corinthians 9:16–18 NKJV

16 For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel! 17 For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship. 18 What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.

Make Disciples of the Nations

Matthew 28:19 NKJV

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

“Go therefore”

“Make Disciples”

“Teach them to obey”

Evangelism training and goals? Who’s Your One? Fisherman’s Prayer Card? Tracts available? Goals for evangelism contacts and disciplemaking?