Go in Mission and Make Disciples

We Bless the World!!!!

JESUS spent the most of his 3 years of ministry instructing those men he gathered as followers until they matured as disciples. After 3 years he turned the future of the church and his plans for global evangelism over to them!!!

He mandated to go before ascended to heaven they emphasize the word “Go to the World. That must all Christian must obey to the command and fulfill it. Whereas that our journey is to bless the world like Abraham call the Lord in give the promise that “We Bless the World, now it our time to show our experience to our father impart it to everyone who need it.

 If we are serious about the apostolic mandate, then we must know what a disciple is. Many people and church traditions have different definitions of discipleship. Therefore it is important that we look at what the bible says discipleship is and is not.

I.          Misunderstanding Discipleship 

             A.        Discipleship is not primarily a mentoring program to help Christians become better members.

Certainly Discipleship will cause church members to become more committed, but a better member is not what Jesus had in mind when He gave us this Command.

            1.         Discipleship starts with the lost, not with the found.

When Jesus told His followers to go and make disciples He did not expect them to go and help His followers become better followers. He expected them to go to those who were not yet following Him and teach them to be disciples. 

                        2.         Discipleship ends with multiplication, not personal perfection.

If greater commitment, maturity, and personal holiness are all we accomplish in discipleship, we have missed the main point. Disciples must fulfill the Mandate to go and cause others to become disciples. Discipleship starts and ends with evangelism.

B.      Discipleship is not primarily an advanced course to help Christians know the Bible better

1.         Teaching in discipleship is not just teaching Bible knowledge, but teaching Bible obedience—teaching them to obey everything.

Discipleship is primarily concerned with Bible application, not Bible knowledge. It is possible to know much and do little. Unless our knowledge leads to obedience it is a knowledge that puffs up rather than builds up. (1 Corinthians 8:1; Colossians 2:18.)

C.          Discipleship is not primarily an accountability group to help Christians stay out of sin.

While moral accountability may be part of discipleship, it is not its primary purpose. Staying out of sin is the starting line, not the finish line, in the Christian life.

D.         Discipleship is not primarily about spiritual guidance, where all major decisions are submitted, discerned, and decide upon.

While discipleship provides a setting to help believers discern God’s will, guidance and decision-making is not the focus of New Testament discipleship. Humanity has a natural tendency to turn all activity inward. Biblical discipleship is designed to turn our lives outward - away from self.

Ps. Jithro C. Alesna
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