Making Disciples Class - Chapter 1 (What is Discipleship?)

and okay and good evening everyone so all right now we'll go to chapter 1 what is this cycle it clearly defined and probably shared definition discipleship is very important okay why because it's a starting point of how we can effectively process you know and even understand how to make disciples there's a lot of meanings about discipleship that we have learned both through videos but jesus never really intended discipleship to be so complicated maybe so we can see here how discipleship is just so simple but 2,000 years ago a carpenter rescissions has explained it to an

uneducated fisherman in just one sentence so Matthew chapter 4 verse 19 it says here and he said to them follow me and I will make you fishers of men we can see here that there's a three-fold cause we can see first is of course follow follow God are the Jesus fish 44 second and of course fellowship with other believers so this just shows a pity to be intentional in all of these things because even if we we have been through this 7 hour to this discipleship journey to forgive the intentional fishermen abano so the first

one is a command that is to follow Jesus the second one is a promise and of course the third is implied that as we follow God and fish for people we can we can experience fellowship with other believers so let me proceed with number 1 so discipleship is a call to finance instance so the starting point of being a disciple is the decision to follow Jesus not go to church it's not only to a small group but we need all of us okay our people especially for people here who are discipleship in first know Victor

group interns we need to understand the starting point of being a disciple is a decision we need to decide that we need to follow Jesus then Matthew chapter 4 verse in again it's this year and he said to them follow me and I will make you fishers of men my so it's it's the original disciples were physically following Jesus if you go to Paul and all-time Jesus was no longer in Earth in flesh and blood but Paul taught the Corinthian believers follow Jesus by anything and following the people and so he brought in first Corinthians

chapter 11 verse 1 be imitators of me as I am of Christ all right so just like us right now we don't have Jesus physically but imitate Jesus by follow me and any people right and so number two the psychoshy is a call to fish for people so it's not just enough that we follow Jesus we follow that but it is call to fish for people follow me Jesus doesn't really mean that we cut off all contact with non-christians because I have friends our world okay I might be wealthy okay the Bible says that we

should not be unequally yoked with unbelievers so we have a long notion to that but we need to understand that there should be a continuing relationships with the friends that we have right now okay just like what happened to Matthew in the event in Matthew chapter 9 verse 9 through 13 we can see here that when he answered when mati answered the fortified Jesus he threw a party at his house they show that all of these old friends will be Jesus himself the people have an encounter with God this so that's why I don't know

if you experienced that but I for myself I experienced the fact that I was so conscious of Sigma dan Kolb assigment in Houston for a simple cantilever people French and and so I had the wrong notion and then when I went to the Bible I underst yeah yeah we need to fish for people there's a reason why we are saying because God wants us to disciple people as well fish for people and so again in Matthew chapter 9 verse 9 to 13 I just want to highlight these things okay if I receive as his disciples

why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners and then jesus said those who lose one will have me or a physician but those who are sick okay because we've set for IT not all the righteous but sinners so people talking about my bow Manito now Jesus is here for sinners because you don't have to be righteous first and then go to God but we need to understand that wherever you are in your walk away whatever season that person has they might be so burdened with sin you might feel that he is so here

he is so simple but you know what once my son gonna handle Ohana will come but the people will come hardly default before him and abolish that they're sinners because Jesus came for the sinners and not for the wrenches alright so number three what is this what is discipleship discipleship is a call to fellowship with other believers okay so when Jesus called back you to follow me Matthew you have to follow along with feature and run okay so we can see here that the thing was live in community with other followers okay I still vividly

remember when I when I came to the Lord and I were to victory well life was good a church was birthed but my most meaningful years that that I had here when I started and victory was when the fact that I had friends you know slow in strong garrison ov2 necessar and then I learned that because my my recycler they taught me that you know it's not just about churches it's about having this relationship with before fellowship in the other and you have meaningful Christianity if you have disability with other farmers because we all fellowship

is intentional okay we have to walk across the room you have to engage you have to have to communicate have to fellowship with people okay in a christ-centered relationship and actually to verse 14 it says there and they devoted themselves to the Apostles teaching and the function so the breaking of bread and players so that means that it could be something like I still remember we did basketball we usually we are administration that we are a part of national ministry / music team kappa / art and graphics / - ministry / campus ministry so we

pin things together we clean the church together we ate together okay so it's about the intentional real fellowship central relationship right so that is discipleship that is a call to fellowship with other believers all right and so let's proceeding let's go to foundational discipleship principles so what what really is the core foundational discipleship principles that we need to understand because these are not just ideas okay but there's a there's a reason why these things are working for us it's not just something that is a strategy that we got from a book or from a seminar

and then and then you just say I'll just copy it and then if it fails ah let's forget about it now it's this first principles that we need to understand no the first principle is every person is valuable to touch John chapter 3 verse 16 for God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life God loves the world every person is valuable to that everything person is loved by God and Nevada mommy Maribel no one is determined by the price one is

willing to pay if you are willing to pay but a couple is rayon already Nibbana part organic canola oil olive oil now even Shawn I'm out oh so if one is ready to pay then then the value is dependent by that God paid the ultimate price to me in the lost patience God faces such high value most people we ourselves learn to see them the way God sees them because most of the time and because they're sick cleaners didn't love to curse or they love to speak French right they love to smoke they love to

drink and shame I mean I mean there's a lot of things that people can do crazy things and sometimes because people see I'm ill and actions for something not me understand that they are like that because they're sinners they don't want Jesus the reason why Okita because we have already encountered God and so you see them to make accident but they lost people they don't know what they're doing okay so in Matthew chapter 9 verse 36 be let me be 20 solar crowds when Jesus saw the crowds he had compassion for them because they were

harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd so there was so much compassion okay on the on the side of Jesus on the side of God or so much compassion because he saw that people were harassed and harass and hopeless okay as long as you see nothing to me that meets church every campus ministry of course everything you can grow no matter how many years you have been doing victory groups mannequin ammonium I know more specially Quran is easy to he said you're about 12 or that time table telling the bath water and boom when

you're asking going what's happening okay so under stand up God and postings to go first read this chapter 3 verse 6 to 8 it says there I planted Apollo's watered but God gave the growth so neither he my plans though he who waters twisting him but only God who dips in the growth he who plants and even waters are one and each will receive his wages according to his labor so there's just one purpose of planting and watering it just like for some of us it gotten over it we love to who we're doing planting

right now the one purpose while we flat and water is forth for things to grow we believe that every church every ministry and every victory group can know III mase know how I think there has been a disconnection from pastor Tony Bello I just open thin you along with he what he shared everyone can grow our victory groups a campus ministry it just grows larger meaning in number meaning Makaha and I think most of us also have experienced that we've seen how our victory groups have been have been growing as more people well and I

I'm and they can connect they can be plugged in to our tour online with their groups secondly grow stronger stronger in our relationship with one another in relationship with that and also less need to grow more influential there's the ball of victory group is not just to create lung if I keep Allah there is really to be a salt and like to the knit through the world out there so that's where we are right now not all of us can grow not because of who we are as with the group leaders or as a persona

my pic alopecia my pick up but really because of who God is and we can be assured in confident that everything that word that we're going doing right now as long as standpoint we're faithful with what God is given us faithful with the people that God has entrusted to us then it will grow again I want to remind Alicia Morrigan and Papas beside there's no competition involved now hello must not gonna get a victory blue cheese and of course and everything but be faithful with what God has given you this is what we believe in

it's not this limited to one person that's why we can grow and that's why also we believe that every Minister should prepare others administer liquor wouldn't there well what happens if what was I see victory look neither or the by Oracle as a victim to Peter oh Allah how are your your cutting something something came up and it's something that hasn't been foreseen billion Abel must control that's why we prepare everyone every one of us will be prepared to minister as well in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 to 12 it says here and he gave

their Osos the prophets the evangelists the shepherds the teachers to equip the Saints for the works of the ministry so you see here and this is what they call the fivefold ministry apostles prophets evangelists Shepherds and teachers these are what people are for our ministers these are full-time ministers that these are our pastors our missionaries and the goal or the role of the pastor is not to do all the ministry but to equip to an inward kinsa unsane internet mana Saints in a multiple people in a mobile bidding on a Kona echo unsane so we

are all st. and we God has prepared us for the work of ministry for the building of the body of Christ that's why all of us I tell you again Malik Malik got enough of all of us are called to minister okay do you agree with me hands up here comes up kion fourthly every disciple should make disciples what's the difference between ministering and making disciples ministering is the up praying ministering the Word of God encouraging one person but discipleship again it's not about just praying wrong and everything but it goes more than that it's

teaching a person teaching a person to follow who being in relationship with God we have lost people and with other believers so all of every disciple soak in some I'm what get some I qualified one of my qualifications for a person to make disciples if you're a disciple every disciple should make disciples in Matthew 28 verse 18 we all hear this don't any not though every the moment we come into church now this what we believe in the Great Commission the Jesus came and said to them all authority in heaven and on earth has been

given to me 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 so all of us are called to make disciples Dylan katomina super disciples super apostles faster features animal beyond introverts all of us are called to make disciples no matter where you were even if we'll have a probable you can make the cyclist no matter what your age I agree Danny hundra Bianca we've just recently learned but I want to UM material for four kids ten years above so imagine

kids young as they are they can be disciples and they can make disciples and no matter when you started following Jesus someone asked me a while ago now when pastor Paul how do you know if a person is gonna put in anybody I do one-to-one to make disciples simple as long as you're one chapter in him the moment and a home I got chapter one go go and make disciples so those are the principles that we believe in every person is valuable to God every church campus ministry and victory group control every member is called

the minister every disciple is called to make disciples but there's also the power of process how does that look like in our process today so because lost people matter to God we engage our culture and community because every Church and Victor Group will grow as it is built on price we establish biblical foundations and because ministry is not for full-time ministers we equip believers the minister because everyone is called to make disciples we empower disciples to make disciples that's what we know as our victory discipleship that's not processed but it's not it's a process in

in in a sense but we want to really highlight the language is it's a journey because a journey is taking together journey is not done on your own it's another time and I've got the book in Agoura ISA but this outpouring nugget a charissa but when you have someone with you then the journey becomes more for special the jury need the the process going up to the mountain becomes more enjoyable so that's we want to encourage everyone quick learn about what is discipleship that discipleship is a call to engage that's what the color for is

engage establish Lynch equip and empower and thank you a team I rebelled in okay no no God now reminder for all of us that thought God calls us all of us are called to go and make disciples