Making Disciples
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18 Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
(v.18) Jesus final words to his disciples. Those that he had spent three years pouring into.
“All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth”
Jesus could have completed the work of redemption without the disciples so why did he pick them/
Friendship and Fellowship was not the primary reason Jesus pick the disciples.
The Primary reason Jesus picked them can be found in this text in MT.
Jesus empowered them and unleashed them into the world
Notice what he says
“Go”=Going=As you strategically go through your life look for folks to “make little christ” out of.
Where should they come from? “All the nations” without regard to nationality. In America we have a real opportunity to do this because we live in a melting pot.
Jesus gave his 11 disciples very specific orders to follow through with in his absence. Jesus essentially past the baton of his whole ministry to these twelve men and told them to keep doing what you saw me doing.
Define Replicate?
Make an exact copy of; reproduce.
What were some of the strategies Jesus used to build his team of disciples?
He led Himself:
He led Himself:
1 Then Jesus left the Jordan, full of the Holy Spirit, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4 But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.”
16 Yet he often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.
12 During those days he went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.
I. He confided in the Three
I. He confided in the Three
He took them to pray with him
28 About eight days after this conversation, he took along Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
He let them see himself in all his glory
1 After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. 2 He was transfigured in front of them, and his face shone like the sun; his clothes became as white as the light. 3 Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him.
II. He trained the twelve
II. He trained the twelve
He choose 12 to be with him. To live closely with him:
14 He appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, to send them out to preach,
14 He appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, to send them out to preach, 15 and to have authority to drive out demons. 16 He appointed the Twelve: To Simon, he gave the name Peter; 17 and to James the son of Zebedee, and to his brother John, he gave the name “Boanerges” (that is, “Sons of Thunder”); 18 Andrew; Philip and Bartholomew; Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
III. He Mobilized the Seventy
III. He Mobilized the Seventy
It is Safe to assume the beyond the 12 there was this group of 72 who also walked close with Jesus. Jesus endowed this group with Supernatural Power to complete his mission as well:
1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 He told them, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest. 3 Now go; I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Don’t carry a money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals; don’t greet anyone along the road. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ 6 If a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. 7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don’t move from house to house. 8 When you enter any town, and they welcome you, eat the things set before you. 9 Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near you.’ 10 When you enter any town, and they don’t welcome you, go out into its streets and say, 11 ‘We are wiping off even the dust of your town that clings to our feet as a witness against you. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.
He sends out a battalion of 72 missionary soldiers to advance his mission. This was not random. Jesus was not picking from a crowd. These were clearly folks who had followed him as he was walking towards the cross
IV. He taught the multitudes
IV. He taught the multitudes
Jesus preached to and led the whole crowd
1 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 There was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd, since he was a short man. 4 So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since he was about to pass that way.
(v.3) Notice the text. He was trying to see who Jesus was but the crowd was so enormous. In the crowd were some of the future leaders of his church.
Michael Hyatt produce this wonderful outline of the ministry strategy of Jesus in discipleship:
Tell me what you see?
Tell me how this is different from the world?
Jesus and Paul?
Did Jesus strategy bear fruit?
26 and when he found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught large numbers. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
Christians-Christ followers or little Christ
1 After they passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As usual, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Messiah to suffer and rise from the dead: “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah.” 4 Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, including a large number of God-fearing Greeks, as well as a number of the leading women. 5 But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly. 6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too, 7 and Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king—Jesus.” 8 The crowd and city officials who heard these things were upset. 9 After taking a security bond from Jason and the others, they released them.