Making Discipleship MIN1411 for only Certificate

welcome to Min 1411 making disciple class today's title eighth lecture amazing Faith what what does it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ our class titled Min 1411 making disciple today's is last class only for certificate student title name Amazing Grace God used unusual people to carry out his message the Bible says in the Book of Luke Chapter 5 as we talk about disciple and what it means to follow over 25 times in scripture do we find Jesus saying to his disciples over 25 times in scripture we find Jesus saying to his disciples follow

me follow me don't forget this letter follow me the pmut or Rabbi will say follow me what do you need to know is that in the fourth Century church it was was hmid who grow in stages academically grow in stages academically studying the Torah and memorize the scripture hamood goes through different stages when it got to a certain level it go around and the tmit would seek rabbis to see who he could then could learn from who he could follow it would have never it would have never meant that the rabbi was looking for the

disciple but Jesus comes into the picture and he flips it on the people and he is the one who is looking for disciples tmid is someone who would give up everything someone who would operate but today I want let you know that there are different component compartment if you will being a disciple for sure one of building blocks of a disciple one of the building blocks of a disciple is community that's what you have here at North Point University you have so many Church community you are going through sometime of grieving and you are sticking

it out and you are praying together you are crying together glory to God that's one of the building blocks of a talmid is a school Community Church second thing would be the word of God that a disciple would know the Bible in much more than knowing scripture we also need to know the author of scripture talit would study the scripture one of the other building blocks would be faith faith is something that we need asid as a matter of fact fear is the absence of Faith a man of God or a woman of God cannot

have both we are either a man who is full of fear or Man full of faith we are either a man full of Faith or woman full of fear but they both cannot they both cannot exist in the same room fear is the absence of Faith a tell me a disciple would use this building block or their faith to grow Bible tells us in Luke chap 5 verse 1 through 1 through three one day Jesus was standing one day Jesus standing by the leg of canare people were crowding around him listening to the word of

God and he saw at the water edge to boat left there by the fishermen who were washing their Nets he got in to one a boat the one belonged to Simon and asked him to put out a little from the shore then he sat down and T the people from the boat lead follow or get out of the way many people want to leave they p super power position and the glory of of leader however what they don't realize is you cannot be a good leader unless you are good follower and Jesus made it very

clear over 25 times follow me follow me this raises many questions where are are we going where are we going if I am following you where are we going how long are we staying what do I need to bring How would how would we get there follow me this raises many questions where are we going if I am following you where are we going how long are we staying what do I need to bring how would you get there would be devoted to God and he asked this question none of these questions would be answered

by Jesus by the way because the way to heaven cannot be pulled up on a mcast mcast or Google is through a relationship with Jesus Christ he said he's the way he's the truth he's the life no one comes to father except through him it would have been easier if he if he would have given us 10 commandment and call it a day the Walk of faith is much more difficult rather than that the Walk of faith is much more difficult rather than that so Bible says Jesus gets into the boat of Peter and he

said he had an option the Bible says that Jesus gets into the boat of Peter and that he had options this is now the first calling of the talmid where Jesus now gets into Peter's wall he gets into Peter's business he gets into Peter's life and says Peter if you could just pull off from the shallow a little bit I want to show you some [Music] things I want to show something God is calling us into deeper relationship he wants all of us to be a talid a tal me says I don't want just follow

Jesus I don't want just follow Rabbi I want to do what the rabbi does in our relationship with God our faith can only increase can only increase if we go out into the deep and that's the we are here to I'm here to let you know there are few students who go to the Deep everyone is in Shallow in 2025 2024 God is calling us out to roll the boat let me show Miracle Peter start rowing I am going to show you how to fish there are full of excuses I've been fishing all night haven't

unfortunately CAU anything just be quiet and do what I tell you I am paraphrasing I am paraphrasing if Jesus was PTO Rican he would have told them colate colate just be quiet just to do what I tell you through the net Over Here Boy according to scripture Peter needed some help because he caught a lot of fish and he cut a miracle not only did he catch a miracle but in the scripture Peter gets his assignment anytime that Christ is in our Bo he's in our relationship he's in our school he's in our study he's

in our relationship with our family anytime we allow Jesus into our lives he gives us an assignment even if we are even if we are messed up even if we do come from we do come from d d functional family the Bible says in Gospel of Matthew Chapter 4 Verse 18 as Jesus was walking beside Sea of Galilee he saw the two brothers Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew they were casting on that into Lake for they were fishermen he says come follow me I will make you fishes of men I'll make you Fishers

of Men follow me atone stay left their Nets and follow him I like it in look Gospel of Luke maybe he's a doctor he gives a little more detail about it they were fishing all night and they failed miserably terribly Jesus climbs into the boat of Peter and begins to teach Peter's in the boat and he's listening to Jes Jesus and his teaching Jesus tells him to go deeper and he protest but he does it and he you know the story he catches the fish then we've got the great calling about following him he says

I'll make you fishes of man in faith there are three different stages of Faith you much you watch out this uh message three different states of Faith one would be no faith maybe you are some of students a little bit maybe just the no faith but Jesus came in invite you I like I have no faith just first stage is no faith I like the story about the one teacher who was an atheist she had no faith she did not believe in God's existence she told a little boy Tommy can you go by the window

please Tommy gets up seven years old yes teacher Tommy do you see the trees yes Tommy do you see the grass yes Tommy do you see the clouds yes do you see God Tommy no and teacher says because God does not exist because teacher says God does not exist please sit down Tommy Tommy goes and sit down and little girl in the back says teacher can I ask Tommy can I ask Tommy some question Tommy can you go by the window Tomy do you see the trees yes do you see see the grass yes do

you see the clouds yes Tommy do you see the teacher's brain I me do you see the teacher's brain no because it is because she does not have one according to her method why not see teacher's brain because she does not have one according to her method maybe whatever it is whatever the level of Faith you are in maybe you are struggling in your faith maybe you are questioning God maybe you are going through a storm in your life and you really don't know right now you are questioning your faith as a disciple he got

into your vat whenever he it was he miss us right where we are at where we are most vulnerable he meets us not only does he meets us but also he tells us I want to show you something and Jesus gets into the world of Simon Peter he gets into his boat and he takes him out to the deep and says now let me show you what I've got for you if you just have faith Peter you may be at this level where you are no face but even a fist who does not believe that's

the lot of Fai let me repeat again let me repeat again fear and and faith cannot exist together developing Faith grows in stasy from no face to some face and then finally amazing face as Jesus intentionally got into disciples boat and and storm Rose at what stage of Faith were his disciples talk about how about your face matur just knowing you and Jesus were in the same boat so look at the uh what the gospel of Matthew chapter 8 verse 26 you of little faith why are you so afraid then he got up and he

rebuke the winds another translations he told the storm be quiet and he tells you today that those who are going through hard times I will Comm those storms in your life be quiet according to scripture according to scripture he reuk it the winds and waves and it was completely it was completely calm can I tell all of my northp Christian University students those who are watching across your life area campus God never promis you smooth sailing he did it he did promise you a safe landing stay in the boat go to sleep he's in charge

of whatever you are going through in your life whatever storms you are facing he is in control of that little faith why do you doubt he makes us uncomfortable allow stones to rage it's amazing that in the life of Jonah Jonah fac a storm became of his Disobedience Jonah face a storm became Jonah uh face a storm because of his Disobedience yet in the life of the disciples it was Jesus who sent them out in the so that they face the storm because of their obedience but the storms in my life and the storms in

your life and crisis is to make us a better us better Christian better disciple of God so do not undermine please so do not undermine the things that we go through is not what we are going through it is where we are going to that counts you may be here for a little while you may be going through hell I like what western church won Churchill said when you going through hell go right through it the problem with many of us is when we are going through hell we like to make a little room and

we bring an interior decorator the Bible says in Psalms 23rd even if I go through the valley of the shadow of death even if I go through it we are not supposed to go we are not supposed to make a room but if I go through this in my life whatever you are facing here today face it and know that your faith will increase your faith will increase because God is with you the Bible says that the storm ComEd there was a lesson of life for the disciples their faith fear and faith do to two

different things that we struggle with as talist but if we are going to be a complete follower of Jesus Christ as a strong disciple and then you are going to have to decide today what person you are going to be because when life squeezes you look at me for a moment when life squeeze you when you are made out of will begin to come out when life begins to come around side of you what you are made out of will come out of you and hopefully what are coming out of you today is Faith you

can say like joob I know my redeemer lives I may be going through the storm in my life but I know he lives or you can say like Paul what can separate me from the love of Christ not fine nor nakedness nor Soul can separate me let my face increase let my face grow God Peter goes through these stages Peter goes through these stages he goes through a stage of no faith in Gospel of Luke Chapter 5 Jesus gets into his boat and we find in the Book of Matthew where now he's facing a storm

I like this part part of the scripture where Jesus now in Gospel of Matthew Chapter 14 verse 25 Surly Before Dawn Jesus went out to them walking on the lake he does not get into the boat at this part of it he does not get into the boat I like what gospel of Mark chapter 6 verse 48 he saw the disciple straining at the uh hours because the winds was against him against them Surly Before Dawn he went out to them walking on the lake he was about about to pass them by he was about

to pass by them in other words Jesus had no intention stopping by the boat he was allowing them he was allowing them to go through the storm according to Mark Jesus had no intention of stopping at the boat he get into the boat in the book of gospel of L he tried to teach them that when you face a storm go to sleep now you are in a storm you are crying we are going to drown and Jesus says you've got to figure this out you've got to figure this out you are H me one

of them says it's Jesus Christ Peter Peter I'll cut off you ear Peter Peter Don't Mess With Jesus Peter impulsive Peter Peter says Jesus if it's you tell me to come to you and Jesus said come on because the desire of talmid is not only to follow his Rabbi but to do what the rabbi does so if my Rabbi is walking on the Water Peter is thinking I want to walk over let me finish uh this class would you would you stand me would you follow me different stages of life that one goes through in

their faith as Peter did no faith little faith and amazing Faith great faith so no faith little faith and finally great amazing Faith only two times in the Bible only two times in the Bible do we find where Jesus was amazed by the face of an individual two times he was amazed by the leg of Faith many many many times in The Book of Mark we see that but only but only two times in the scripture we Define Jesus is amazed the first one is Centurion Soldier do you remember him he was a Roman general

He commands over 100 soldiers under his authority he's a pagan and he God is his Lord is seizure yet he sees something in the life of Jesus he comes to Jesus because his servant is dying he says to Jesus you are man of authority say the word and my Ser servant will be healed I don't even need you to come to my house what did Jesus say Jesus said in the entire country in the entire country i' I've got not seen a man with this faith in the entire country he did not even say Jerusalem

he said in the entire nation I've have not I have not seen a man with the this Faith a man who is a pagan a man who does not know the Torah a man who does not know the law of Moses yes the second person Jesus was amazed at the Widow the second person that Jesus was amazed is Widow remember her she's in church how many know that how many know that in baseball three strikes and you are out she had a around eight her being a widow or being a woman perhaps 98% of woman

in the first century Church were iliterate they cannot read Bible illiterate illiterate her husband was probably one who held the job yet we don't find her staying in her house depressed you know where we find her in church when it came when it came time for the offering Bible says that this woman came and she gave everything she said we don't find her staying in her house depressed we know where we find her in church when it came time for the offering Bible says that this woman came and she gave everything she had do you

know what this woman was saying to you all here do you know what she was saying when Bible says that this Widow gave everything to last coin she had she abandoned her faith in money and she said I am going to put my faith in God I'm not going to put my faith in money even US currency says In God We Trust what about all of us when did he get into your boat have you been Cheryl in your spiritual walk as a disciple of Jesus Christ have you been in the Sher have you been

catching anything maybe it's time for you to go into the deep because he got into your boat surely not to stay in the shadow but to go catch a miracle for your family for your children for your H friendship for your relationship so I want all of you I'm letting Jesus into your school study I'm letting Jesus our lord all of you into your family into your church into your uh immigration life the Lord you are on sometimes it's not pretty it's painful it's hard but as long as we've got each other we have a

faith we can gather this St because you are disciple of Jesus because you got the amazing face our father in name of Jesus we thank you for getting into our boat for disturbing us to go deeper in our faith there are things we may not understand why we go through what we go through but my face will not but my face will not waver I need your help I want my stage of fa going up no face and then little face and then great faith I'm going to pray pray that Jesus Will Pro provoke all

of us to go deeper in your walk as a disciple because we want to be disciple of our Lord Jesus in name of Jesus Amen