The 3 Stages in Making a Disciple

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1 Discipleshippacket 1 Matt 28:19-20 NLT Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Luke 6:40 NLT A student is not greater than the teacher. But the student who works hard will become like the teacher. The 3 Stages in Making a Disciple What should happen to a person after "getting saved?" Eph 2:2-10 He becomes a disciple who is first a #1 LEARNER - HELPER Rom 12:1-2 ("Getting Well" - learning what God thinks about life) Characterized by a devotion to prayer, the Word, intimate fellowship, holiness, and worship then a #2 WORKER - INFLUENCER Matt 9:37-38 ("Getting Going" - becoming an active part of the "discipleship process") Characterized by a passion for sharing the Gospel and bearing the burdens of others and sometimes, as God directs and provides, a #3 LEADER - VISIONARY 2 Tim 2:2 ("Getting Others Going" - becoming a completely committed Christ follower) Characterized by initiative, personal vision, the ability to motivate others, and singlemindedness in his efforts to serve God's Church and further His Kingdom Our Approach to Making Disciples: Col 1:28-29 NLT So everywhere we go, we tell everyone about Christ. We warn them and teach them with all the wisdom God has given us, for we want to present them to God, perfect in their relationship to Christ. I work very hard at this, as I depend on Christ's mighty power that works within me. 1 Thess 2:8 NLT We loved you so much that we gave you not only God's Good News but our own lives, too.

2 developdisciple How to Develop a Disciple of Jesus Christ 2 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holly Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matt. 28:19-20 I. Teaching the imparting of knowledge I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3 John 1:4 1. God s Character 11. Forgiveness 21. Creation 2. God s Attributes 12. Water Baptism 22. Good Works 3. Man s Depravity 13. The Holy Spirit 23. Servanthood 4. Confession & Repentance 14. Spiritual Gifts 24. God s Guidance 5. God s Plan of Salvation (the Bridge) 15. The Tongue 25. The Body of Christ 6. The Bible God s Word (the Hand) 16. Spiritual Warfare 26. Perseverance 7. Assurance of Salvation 17. Heaven 27. Apologetics 8. Love/Grace 18. Hell 28. Holiness/Purity 9. Obedience (the Wheel) 19. Our Thinking 29. Humility 10. Dating/Marriage/Sex 20. Christ s Return 30. Gratitude II. Training the imparting of skill And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will be qualified to teach others. 2 Tim. 2:2 Teach him how to: 1. have a quiet time 7. share the Gospel 2. study the Bible 8. give (time, talents, & money) 3. pray 9. resist the devil 4. choose a church 10. fast 5. start a covenant group 11. disciple another 6. memorize & meditate on the Word 12. worship III. Building the imparting of character We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us. 1 Thess. 2:8 Endeavor to model Christ-likeness and pray for the fruit of the Spirit to develop in his life (Gal. 5:22-23) 1. Love 6. Goodness 2. Joy 7. Faithfulness 3. Peace 8. Gentleness 4. Patience 9. Self-control 5. Kindness We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me. Col. 1:28-29

3 Thebasics 3 2 Cor 5:9-10 Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. NASU Many Aspire, but Few Attain (The Basics Needed to Succeed Spiritually) A. FELLOWSHIP 1. a good Bible teaching church 2. a life-giving small group 3. a committed mentor B. PRAYER 1. God talks to you - listening prayer 2. you talk to God - ACTS Adoration - Confession - Thanksgiving - Supplication C. THE WORD 1. read 2. hear 3. study 4. memorize 5. meditate John 15:5 "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. NASU

4 Mindofchristgroups 4 The 3 Primary Purposes of Our "Mind of Christ" Groups *The phrase "in Christ" appears 89 times in the NIV New Testament; the term "Christian" appears twice My favorite expression for living in the Kingdom of God is having "the mind of Christ" 1 Cor 2:16 We honor the Bible and hold to its inerrancy and infallibility as God's Word, but our purpose on earth is not to be "Bible Scholars" but to love God with every fiber of our being and our neighbor as our selves. Therefore, the objective of all our small groups is to assist people to be "in Christ" and to have His "mind" by providing: #1 - Physical, emotional, and spiritual health - "how are you doing?" (most of the really important things in life are fragile) James 5:13-16 NIV 13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. #2 - A venue where honest questions about matters of faith can be asked (Jesus used people's legitimate questions as one of his primary teaching methods) Mark 10:17 NIV 17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" #3 - A place for spiritual instruction (the mind of Christ is generally both "taught and caught") 1 Thess 2:6-8 NIV As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you, 7 but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children. 8 We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.

5 Spiritualdisciplines 5 The disciple or apprentice of Jesus, as recognized by the New Testament, is one who has firmly decided to learn from Him how to lead his or her life, whatever that may be, as Jesus himself would do it. And, as best they know how, they are making plans---taking the necessary steps, progressively arranging and rearranging their affairs---to do this. Dallas Willard A. The Inward Disciplines The Spiritual Disciplines - Door to Liberation (from Richard Foster's Celebration of Discipline) 1. Meditation - Psalm 119:78 2. Prayer - Mark 1:35 3. Fasting - Matthew 9:15 4. Study - Deuteronomy 11:18 B. The Outward Disciplines 1. Simplicity - Luke 12:15 2. Solitude - Mark 6:31 3. Submission - Philippians 2:8 4. Service - John 13:14-15 C. The Corporate Disciplines 1. Confession - James 5:16 2. Worship - John 4:23 3. Guidance - Acts 13: Celebration - John 15:11 The Two Primary Objectives of Discipleship Training (Dallas Willard) 1. To bring apprentices to the point where they dearly love and constantly delight in their "heavenly Father" who was made real to earth in Jesus and are quite certain that there is no "catch," no limit, to the goodness of His intentions or to His power to carry them out.

6 2. To remove our automatic responses against the Kingdom of God, to free the apprentices of domination, of "enslavement" (John 8:34; Rom 6:6) to their old habitual patterns of thought, feeling, and action. Readplan SCRIPTURE READING PLAN 6 (Read one chapter of Psalms and one chapter of the following New Testament books(259 total chapters) Monday through Saturday; read 1 chapter of Proverbs and one chapter of Genesis every Sunday) 1. MATTHEW - (Mnemonic) JESUS AS KING * ie after finishing Matthew begin Acts 2. ACTS - THE EARLY CHURCH 3. ROMANS - PAID IN FULL 4. MARK - JESUS THE SERVANT 5. 1 CORINTHIANS - SPANKING THE SAINTS 6. 2 CORINTHIANS - ANATOMY OF AN APOSTLE Marking System P = A Promise C = A Command? = A Question 7. GALATIANS - UNSHACKLED 8. EPHESIANS - BODY BUILDING 9. PHILIPPIANS - HAPPILY HUMBLE 10. LUKE - JESUS THE PERFECT MAN 11. COLOSSIANS - COMMANDER AND CHIEF THESSALONIANS - STAY ON TARGET THESSALONIANS - WORK WHILE YOU WAIT TIMOTHY - LEADERSHIP MANUAL TIMOTHY - COMBAT MANUAL 16. TITUS - CONDUCT MANUAL 17. PHILEMON - BONDAGE TO BROTHERHOOD 18. HEBREWS - MILK TO MEAT 19. JAMES - FAITH GAUGE 20. JOHN - JESUS AS GOD PETER - PAIN WITH A PURPOSE PETER - POISON IN THE PEW JOHN - FELLOWSHIP BAROMETER JOHN - BOLT THE DOOR JOHN - OPEN THE DOOR 26. JUDE - FIGHT FOR THE FAITH 27. REVELATION COMING EVENTS

7 Topicalmemory 7 Navigator Topical Memory System (To Know Christ and to Make Him Known) *Memorize one new passage/week and meditate on it; review the passage from the week before A. LIVE THE NEW LIFE 1. Christ the Center 2 Cor 5:17 Gal 2:20 2. Obedience to Christ Rom 12:1 John 14:21 3. The Word 2 Tim 3:16 Joshua 1:8 4. Prayer John 15:7 Phil 4: Fellowship Matt 18:20 Heb 10: Witnessing Matt 4:19 Rom 1:16 B. PROCLAIM CHRIST 1. All have sinned Rom 3:23 Isa 53:6 2. Sin's penalty Rom 6:23 Heb 9:27 3. Christ paid penalty Rom 5:8 1 Pet 3:18 4. Salvation not by works Eph 2:8-9 Titus 3:5 5. Must receive Christ John 1:12 Rev 3:20 6. Assurance of salvation 1 John 5:13 John 5:24 C. RELY ON GOD'S RESOURCES 1. His Spirit 1 Cor 3:16 1 Cor 2:12 2. His strength Isa 41:10 Phil 4:13 3. His faithfulness Lam 3:22-23 Num 23:19 4. His peace Isa 26:3 1 Pet 5:7 5. His provision Rom 8:32 Phil 4:19 6. His help in temptation Heb 2:18 Ps 119:9-11 D. BE CHRIST'S DISCIPLE 1. Put Christ first Matt 6:33 Luke 9:23 2. Separate from the world 1 John 2:15-16 Rom 12:2 3. Be steadfast (loyal) 1 Cor 15:58 Heb 12:3 4. Serve others Mark 10:45 2 Cor 4:5 5. Give generously Prov 3: Cor 9: Develop world vision Acts 1:8 Matt 28:19-20 E. GROW IN CHRIST-LIKENESS 1. Love John 13: John 3:18 2. Humility Phil 2:3-4 1 Pet 5: Purity Eph 5:3 1 Pet 2:11 4. Honesty Lev 19:11 Acts 24:16 5. Faith Heb 11:6 Rom 4:20-21

8 6. Good works Gal 6:9-10 Matt 5:16 Frequentproblems#2 8 2 Tim 3:16-17 NIV 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. The Most Common Reasons that People Come to Our Office They have problems with: 1. marriages - 65% 2. guilt - 10% 3. kids - 7% 4. money - 7% 5. extended families - 5% 6. jobs - 3% 7. friends - 2% 8. physical health - 1% * In the majority of cases the real issue is "idolatry." The person or persons has broken the first commandment to "have no other God's before Him." Deut 30:15-20 NIV 15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16 For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18 I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. 19 This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love

9 the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.