Discipleship By Joseph Peters https://www.backyardworkshop.com/best-water-plants-watering-techniques/

Stages of Discipleship https://study.com/academy/course/human-growth-and-development-textbook.html Death Infant Child Young adult parent Jim Putman, Bobby Harrington, and Robert E. Coleman. DiscipleShift: Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013). Chapter 3.

Objective Anyone can understand why discipleship is important to the church… By observing these three aspects

Rationale By observing New Testament examples By observing biblical exhortations/commands By observing how productive it is Rationale

Biblical Examples: Jesus Jesus would often preach to thousands of people, but he focused most of his energy on discipling a small group of men. They made more of an impact than the thousands that He preached to. https://www.cagnz.org/blessed-are-the-pure-in-heart.html

Biblical Examples: Paul Paul was also known for discipling others, such as Titus and Timothy, who later became pastors in some of the early churches http://doxologydesk.blogspot.com/2019/05/acts-161-15-timothy-joins-paul-and-silas.html

Biblical Examples: John John, believed to have outlived all the other disciples of Christ, is also known for discipling others in the early church, such as Polycarp, who became an influential leader in the post apostolic church https://www.bibleinfo.com/en/questions/who-were-twelve-disciples

Biblical Commands: Great Commission Matthew 28:19-20 (NKJV) 19  “Go therefore and make disciples (μαθητεύω) of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20  teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen”

How to Treat His Commission It is not meant to be a possibility. Christ did not say that we “could go” It is not meant to be a suggestion. Christ did not say that we “should go” It is not meant to be a request. Christ did not say, “please go” It is a command. Christ said, “Go”

Biblical Exhortations: Paul 2 Timothy 2:2 (KJV) 2  And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

Reproducing Disciples Death Infant Child Young adult parent Jim Putman, Bobby Harrington, and Robert E. Coleman. DiscipleShift: Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013). Chapter 3.

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The Issue in the Church 98% Christians don’t reflect Christlike attitudes 63% don't believe that Jesus is the Son of the one true God. 58% believe all faiths teach equally valid truths. 51% don't believe Jesus rose from the dead. 68% don't believe that the Holy Spirit is a real entity. 65% don't believe Satan is a real entity. David Earley and David Wheeler. Everyday Series: Evangelism. (Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2016).

Productive: For Equipping Matthew 28:19a,20a (NKJV) 19  Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations… 20  …teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you…. Ephesians 4:11-12 (NKJV) 11  And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12  for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,

Conclusion “The true role of the church is to create biblical disciples in relational environments” “The church must be in the absolute middle of God’s global plan of making disciples” Jim Putman, Bobby Harrington, and Robert E. Coleman. DiscipleShift: Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013). Chapter 7. Dave Earley , and Rod Dempsey. Disciple Making Is…: How to Live the Great Commission with Passion and Confidence. (Nashville: B&H Publishing Group, 2013). 40.