Quotes About Discipleship

Si alguien sabe de discipulado, ese es Jesus. Su mctodo de discipulado fue simple. Jesus llamo a doce hombres, los capacito y dio rienda suelta al movimiento del evangelio por medio de ellos. Es mas, hoy lees esto porque esos hombres tomaron en serio su llamado. Jesus no tenia un plan B. Los discipulos eran el plan. El dejo el mensaje en sus manos.

A true Great Commission church is always urgent about making disciples. Church

Matthew 28:19–20: "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, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age." The imperative in those verses is "go." But as we go, there are several sub-commands. We are to make disciples. We are to baptize. We are to teach.

Every apostle or disciple, Mrs. Clark says, as much as they're running to follow their savior - they're running just as hard to escape something else.

Empowerment without a platform is like responsibility without authority. In too many of our churches, we offer discipleship training and leadership training without providing any significant platform for people to do the things they've been trained to do. This is especially true in our larger churches.

The ultimate goal of a sermon-based small group is simply to velcro people to the two things they will need most when faced with a need-to-know or need-to-grow situation: the Bible and other Christians.

What Is Your Philosophy of Discipleship and Leadership Training? The fourth key question is, "How do you think people are best trained to live out the Christian life and best prepared for leadership?" Your answer should ideally be reflected in the curriculum you choose, the way you structure your meetings, and the way you train your leaders.

The mentoring model for discipleship and leadership training is primarily focused on one-on-one relationships. It envisions every Christian having a mentor and mentoring someone else down the line.

The primary reason to be in a small group setting is not to learn more biblical information.

But there is something worse than settling for mediocrity. It's exclusivity. It's the temptation to up the ante and to raise the bar of discipleship so high that it disqualifies all but the most committed, and thus thins the herd that Jesus came to expand.

Empowerment without a platform is like responsibility without authority. In too many of our churches, we offer discipleship training and leadership training without providing any significant platform for people to do the things they've been trained to do.

Let's be honest. Chad is not an exception. Our churches have long been filled with people who claim to be Christ followers but who live like pagans. Our lives have not been all that different when it comes to things such as divorce, sexual purity, forgiving those who wrong us, loving our enemies, slander, gossip, and the harder things of discipleship.

First, it strongly emphasizes evangelism. Every group is required to have an empty chair that is supposed to be filled with a new Christian before the year is out. Second, it's based on the idea that the most effective way to bring new Christians into the larger church is to first reach them through a small group.

Everything we do is aimed at helping the Christians we already have grow stronger in Christ. But everything is done in such a way that their non-Christian friends will understand all that we're saying and doing. Bottom line: We've tried to create a perfect storm for come-and-see evangelism while velcroing newcomers for long-term spiritual growth.

It is more important to be than to do, for if I am what God wants me to be, then I will do what He wants me to do. If I try to promote a program, however well-meaning, without personal holiness, it will be tainted by the defects of my life. It may lack the direction of full knowledge of the Word, or the discernment of maturity, or the direction that comes through unclouded fellowship with the Lord. Primarily we do not need to develop programs, but people.

His voice leads us not into timid discipleship but into bold witness.

Simply because children live in a home where parents are saved, where the essentials of life are provided, where members give money to the church, pray at meals, and read the Bible once in a while, does not mean they are receiving Christian training.

teach them how to know God." "Why?" "So that they will be saved. Because it was Christ's command that His disciples should give the message. I am His disciple, so I have to tell the message." "Was there any special stipulation as

Evangelism was at the heart of Paul's gospel, but evangelism always leads to discipleship—to a Godward lifestyle.

We have a tendency to boil the Reformation down to two points: the authority of Scripture and justification through faith apart from works. However, the Reformers emphasized three essential components of their message, not two. The third was the doctrine of "vocation" or calling. Discipleship must transform all of life because God has a calling for you in every area of your life. The Reformation's championing of calling took the idea of cultural transformation to a new level.

Real spiritual growth comes only through discipline and perseverance. In other words, it comes through sticking with it. One of the traps for all of us, however, is substituting activity for genuine fellowship with God. I

Another thing about these words of the Great Commission to both preach the gospel and make disciples: they are directed to every follower of Jesus. These words were not merely directed to the original disciples. Nor are they meant only for what we might call "professionals"—evangelists, pastors, missionaries, etc. They are for every follower of Jesus. Every man and every woman who believes in Him is called and commanded to go and proclaim His message.

statistics indicate that 95 percent of all Christians have never led another person to Christ. For

Jesus chose the disciples for what they would become, not for what they were at the time of their call.