Discipleship
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Discipleship
Discipleship
Discipleship
The mission
As we talk about being a whole-hearted disciple, it’s important we understand what a discipleship is.
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
To start out with, I’d live everyone to write your definition of a disciple on a note card
Our mission is clear in : The church is called to reach the world for Jesus one person at a time. We are all to participate in making disciples.
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
What is a disciple?
What is a disciple?
As we talk about being a whole-hearted disciple, it’s important we understand what a discipleship is.
To start out with, I’d live everyone to write your definition of a disciple on a note card
To start out with, I’d live everyone to write your definition of a disciple on a note card
Definition found in
Definition found in
19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
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“Follow me” - an invitation to follow Jesus’ authority and direction. Following means to follow someone else’s lead!
“I will make you” - focuses on change. Jesus is alive and transforms us into new people if we follow Him as His disciples!
“I will make you” - focuses on change. Jesus is alive and transforms us into new people if we follow Him as His disciples! According to , what are we being transformed into?
29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
“Fishers of men” - Fishers of men are those who work to fulfill Christ’s command to make disciples of all nations.
1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” 6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.
Fishers of men are those who work to fulfill Christ’s command to make disciples of all nations.
Our definition: A disciples is someone who follows Christ, is being changed by Christ, and is committed to the mission of Christ.
Definition: A disciples is someone who follows Christ, is being changed by Christ, and is committed to the mission of Christ. It includes change at the head-level, heart-level, and the hands-level.
Following Christ
Following Christ
Discipleship involves a head-level change. A disciples knows who Christ is and makes a decision to follow Him.
Following Jesus means to obey Jesus.
Following Jesus means to obey Jesus.
23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
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Read . What is Jesus saying in this verse about His position in the discipleship process?
26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
What is Jesus saying in this verse about His position in the discipleship process?
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23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.
What is Jesus calling them to leave?
What is Jesus telling them to pick up?
What is Jesus calling you to leave? What is Jesus calling you to pick up?
Being Changed by Christ
Being Changed by Christ
Following Christ
Following Christ
Discipleship involves a heart-level change: A disciple is being changed by Christ.
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29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
We are to be conformed to the image of Jesus!
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16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Where does change take place in the passage? (inner being, dwell in your hearts through faith, love
Where do we see results? (rooted and established in love, grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, know this love that surpasses knowledge
Committed to the Mission of Christ
Committed to the Mission of Christ
Discipleship involves a hands-level change: A disciple is committed to the mission of Christ.
Fishers of Men
Fishers of Men
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Fishers of Men
Fishers of Men
I will Make you
According to , what are we being transformed into?
29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
Fishers of Men
Jesus said that he’d make Peter and his crew fishers of men right after they caught a ton of fish. This was business and language they understood. Let’s read the story together.
Read together
Read together
1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” 5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” 6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” 9 For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” 11 So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.
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18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
How would we describe this in our own words?
How would we describe this in our own words?
