Just before Jesus ascended into heaven, He gave instructions to the apostles that outlines what He expected them and those who followed them to do – make disciples. This act of making disciples is what we call discipleship.
The Disciples were first called “Christians” because they acted like Christ.
- I. The Scope of Discipleship
- • If you are a Christian, you are a disciple.
- • The Access of Discipleship is Authority.
- • The authority of Christ is the disciple’s entrance into the work of discipleship.
- • Both the disciple and discipled are learning from each other at the same time.
- • The Work of Discipleship is Duplication.
- • Being a disciple is to operate in the same way your master would operate, so much so, that you could be mistaken for being your master.
- II. The Methodology of Discipleship
- • Disciples Go
- • Going is all about spreading the good news.
- • Disciples Baptize
- • The word baptism deals with identification
- • Disciples Teach
- • Discipleship teaching is not information only, rather it is observation. –
- III. The Promise of Discipleship
- • When you are making disciples, the power of Jesus is present.
- IV. The Means of Discipleship
- • You are God’s means of making disciples.
- • No one has authority to make disciples except believers in Jesus Christ.
- • Making disciples is showing someone how to follow Jesus the same way you follow Jesus.
- • The authority of Jesus goes with you outside the walls of this church.
