so we're gonna talk about the days equipped and there are some myths that we talk about or definitely building in in regard to our discipleship or even be forming a leader now we all hear this in our in our in our values in our in our language we hear this time and time again that everyone is a minister every member is a minister that's why in 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 verse 18 from the Apostle Paul writes all this is from God who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the Ministry of reconciliation we
are all ministers de la manna super apostles mana pastors missionaries but all of us got calls to become ministers in the myth in the discipleship journey that we have or get your leadership journey there are some myths that we believe in there are things that we think in a net or there is an example who here has thought about this man Billy coca share is up on testimony or I cannot decide for someone minister some what ministers up to someone a possible relationship with God or the Bible in a moment on trabajos a bastard silliman
occurred on that one banana now how I'll bring my my my friends to church and then with Johnny bandana my save nutshot see pastor I'm a same Billy or if I remember in an apartment above OSHA for East free ads I lead and among ice and East before and I'm Bauer so that I would be able to Jenna Mohammed Minister Kosovo but you're not God has given us God has given us the Ministry of reconciliation and I'm gonna address some of our myths that we believe in today the discipleship myths that means believe in our
relationship or even personally or even because of what the world has been sharing to us now where will we get the answers to those myths for I'm gonna share in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 the book I pastor Tony mentioned it yesterday that officials after 4 verse 11 to 13 the fossils the prophets the evangelists the shepherds and features that we put the Saints for the work of ministry for building up the body of Christ so that until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God
to much sure manhood to the measure of the state of the fullness of Christ so we have three discipleship myths and these three discipleship myths can also be my acronym we're gonna three Ms for not oneisha so first discipleship myth is what we call mentors Mentors the discipleship faith is this my pastors primary role is to minister to me but the truth is the pastor's primary role is to equip me to minister that's the rule that's our role as pastors the me as pastors pastor Donnie pastor Tony butterbeans our primary role is not yes we
menace we pray for you but you know our goal is to empower you to equip you so that you will be able to minister to others don't imagine they depend on the pastor about what the one I'm faster and go victory group Manzana Lanka they Burma can even hook someone atomic some what they know but people won't be reached out the people that you're reaching out today is someone that we can never reach out on our lifetime imagine can you let me on people imagine I'm faster by move on to a new guest there's we
can do that but we want to empower you we believe that all of us they're a niche group that God caused us to into disciple to make an impact impact in and also to bless and be ministers to take any lamb do you know it's an intro birthday you feel like you're - up you're a shy person shy and I shot a globba Tschida gluto Chattanooga's but they're big another side study that shows that the most introverted person can impact or influence and thousand people in their lifetime and imagine this if those people that you
influence that those 10,000 people beside pinnacle and Shia Khanna person you share the gospel to them these are 10,000 Souls 10,000 lives are transformed and these 10,000 will also be able to impact and thousand others it's exponential so the myth is that the pastor's role is to minister to me the truth is my pastors primary role is to equip me to minister that's what we see in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 8 I've been yeah getting to equip the Saints for every work of ministry now speaking of ministry kane' we believe that one of the myths
that we believe in regard to ministry is this I'm not yet ready to be used by God is in Havana now England's famous up now the public already know I'm gonna pop a phone right no come on man offer my deepest air right now but you know the truth is God is ready to use me God is ready to use you so please in my this if God can use I'm going back to net but net bangla-pesa encuentro so from Bible reading Quran but if God can Ilana if God could have used her God used
a donkey to speak to Balaam but number 30 Bala imagine a donkey you are myth but a moment poo but a more must speak saying word how much more Geeta there were more than donkeys and those fishermen those people that disciples of Jesus they were uneducated fishermen from Galilee and approving job but God use them and they turned the whole world upside down so don't say I'm not yet ready hey how will you know when you're gonna be ready do you know can't am I ready break no-one knows that they're gonna be ready but God
knows and God is able to use you God is able it's ready to use you to use your story to use your testimony that's why it's very important in again when you share your your testimony don't think that I can under Putin for Hanukkah Randy cosa una and in an eco because I feel like my testimony is not it's not too MMK for someone but do you believe that there is someone that is experiencing or have is moving through the struggles that you've gone through in the past and your testimony SWAT guy on a muscle
team with pinpoint MO target say I'm situation tonic examples a testimony jnana maybe some young people today are experiencing depression and don't people don't think I became Idaho testimony demo when a Nina monk God is ready beauty God is ready to use you so I find how God views on let's allow God to send us out and lastly one myth that we believe in is the myth of maturity money Pina have been crippling satola when it comes to being equip or going out the minister says here in the myth no one should minister until he
or she is matured now how would how would you how would you differentiate or how would you gauge maturity you're saying I'm a mature level and if Mara navasana Bible from cover to cover am I remembering enough from Genesis up at the revelation by memorize manager or hunted some apps but you know the truth is we will mature as we Minister have you ever experienced this now well prepare you can email arbitrary repeaters or doing one-to-one with someone when you read that that chapter chapter one it up with new group with the same relationship with
that ecomo develop any more maturity the more that you minister to people the more that you can you actually mature in your relationship with God I love what I remember pastor Donnie mentioning this and I think it one of our leadership and leaders convergences now this is what preach what years priestly monument Immelman our struggles it's not saying preach it until you make it for actually when you preach it the Word of God is speaking to you primary attic first before its people to others if not I struggle it's not among the areas in your
life that unique that you're you need to mature in you know that's where you see you look for people that you can minister to in that area get enough experience feel at times now my experiences a lot of times now while preparing for a victory group message victory group sharing during the material as I read the material now seeking go Muskego siwalik just got some protection talking about epiblast this week our victory you've material for this week talking about the protection that God gives in as a shepherd it spoke to me my god is with
me all the days of my life even if I didn't see if I didn't see things happening you know one of our tenant one what we feel like now what I didn't hit the boats up in life but you know that that message was the one that we talk more about in our victory group there come a time God is with us even if you don't see him even if you don't see him working God is with you so kupuna ministers are finding mature Sako in that area so we will mature as we minister again
I'm it's not o myths of mentoring now the role of the pastors is to minister to me know the role of the pastor the truth is the pastor's primary role is to equip the Saints the minister and that's you and me if I'm on the same stuff myth of ministry I'm not yet ready to be used by God the truth is God is ready to use you that's why I am will bring a daily pickle without support Karina daily Kamata what's happening towel the knee and ankle share oh but she Risa Simon two minute miracle
because he told another and so on good and last me we will mature as we minister now I will breeze through equipping because really when we talk about equipping there are two ways to equip that is the formal way that is here right now with what we're doing in our discipleship classes or in our making disciples class but there's also informal ways of equipping that's when you talk with your victory you Peter talk with your leadership group either spend time then equipping as well is really reading books so it's really more on that cannot waste
paper but also equipping can be in line as you empowered now our last key of our discipline Ernie's empowered and I believe any and experiencing a far I will truly attest to this now when you empower someone it's risky but it's also rewarding Jesus modeled that picture in Luke chapter 9 verse 1 to 2 says he really called the twelve together but go pasilla they were just new in their in their walk with God but porcelain observed me Jesus Christ and you know what he said to the thought he gave them power authority over all
demons and to cure diseases and then what did he do he sent them out marjina but whatever they joined some victory group one week baja that joins a victory group and then your victory you Peter said you know what bro can you leave this victory group here at the Salah Polanco but little bit difficult with shock but God but in Anyang pictures are disciples God launched them out so one thing that we see here in Jesus empowering culture or his mindset in empowering is this empower as quickly as possible empower as quickly as possible how
would you know person que andan readiness after if the powered but never know just give it right now I remember a time pendulum Levin any passerby inside I always say this now I remember the first time that back servants I was just fairly new in my relationship with God but I thought I was at one point but good opponent and went to one and he told me he said to me it was our campus missionary but in Cebu Normal University and he said bro you know what you're not about to water but was demon wash
I want Danny now Messiah who no matter but one to one and so much time those chapters forget someone to what so he asked me bro again and um about move on to an ending a person I am not anymore cool but I want one but Saha just read and then share what you've read it didn't okay see again but it's like that now and picture I I love what pastor means because he empowered as quickly as possible but at the same time he told me he equipped me as well now you know throat is
what they're gonna do I know not my whole body capital but a bus aha I'm one-to-one but I read it to him you read together and then you share yourself your thoughts and the and I hit the book yes I I was able to do one-to-one with a person and I love to say I would love to Cigna after that personî grocery relationship with God Oh munch on a big prema Kenta they give victim to P versa or sadly after a first one to and session getting started for me well Ennis anybody so I don't
be afraid on person more fun okay yeah that's that's a picture it's not about you again it's all about God being ready to use you and one story a person in the Bible and empower as quickly as possible is the Apostle Paul in Acts chapter 9 verse 1 so still reading threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord went to die priest the story was never just the mass personalization and I he asked for a letter introducing or giving him permission to Bradley all of the Christians and they're on the road to Damascus he
met God and he was blowing and Ananias you know day but I remember Moses story Ananias the minister say and I won't go and say I didn't give up Aisha and water scales fell out of the eyes of the Apostle Paul and then afterwards in verse 18 after immediately something from his something fell from his eyes in the next verse he was strengthened for some days was disciples of Damascus and then immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synonyms or initial push and a baptized bugger shafa'ah Lanigan immediately the key word there is immediately immediately okay
Medina know what is - Ananias me Paul otama time and then I asked mother iron and I asked Paul Monica what's up idea but honestly Lisa awake no more you need to go to my class comic church community class car and then making disciples car after come a common of making disciples my one poet training pasta and then a more common now no Medina how long would have could that have been what could I make the books are acts church at that time but Paul and I love what Anna instead he empowered all as quickly
as possible secondly is this equipment happens before during and after empowering that's why we connect and equip and empower this is the calendar section okay equipping doesn't happen okay your fully equipped department occur but equipping happens before as you prepare the person to make disciples during as he is going out ministering doing victory groups doing one-to-one and even after empowering because again discipleship is relationship you don't just say I'm an Anna and I believe the whole picture you yeah and a pickup ball and I think idea Lehane Emily see Jesus not in will either but
I love what our administrator Church is doing we believe in in disposable relationships we believe now all of us need someone they were multiple me pastor Vince we need a Sequoia with us so we need someone to journey with us to equip and continue on equipping us after even after we're empowered after the disciples were being launched we're being sent out to to go and preach when you know what Jesus did he brought the disciples back and asked them the processing same Brita cult looms Casilla yes and what did they do then they they the
Jesus continued to equip them even after they were empowered so the equipping doesn't happen one time them it happens before during and after and last be penny empowering is risky but necessary empowering is risky but necessary pastor Steve shared this in some of our staff meetings or even during the discipleship 2020 now when you say empower this thing we need to be comfortable with mistakes because mistakes are not they are not optional in empowering but mistakes are required I remembered a lot of times as I shared a while ago I have a first person like
you want to and will not nanny Padilla I'm not saying okay paladin it's a doctor oh the back if I could have said if I thought to myself not canonical perfect but I'm a disciple but I'm again but I'm a gang leader then I didn't up a move then a commanding leader at that time I wouldn't step out but I love what pastor Vince and I remember corner yeah courage bro it's okay you can find there's still more people we can still reach out there's a lot of people in Cebu Normal University know so being
comfortable with mistakes you know the reason why we're swear so uncomfortable with mistakes we're living in a tower Gani in a culture in an environment where mistakes are frowned upon or department imperfecta photoshop picture today Instagram dubba Instagram a bull and we move back your own email now the one we have that's a picture we we try to portray a picture of perfection very in reality he may look perfect it's a very it's a very wanna give gonna show you ever since birth well not ever I hope so we all have committed mistakes but mistakes
don't disqualify us mistakes actually even as you empower someone now I want to address our Victoria Peters here to me you know I would encourage you empower as quickly as possible and empower when you empower them journey with them journey with the people that you're empowering it's simple as corroding a season you know what I did not see walk didn't know what one thing I love about Polynesia I'm gonna ask your permission right now you know in this season cannula is something that we can we can celebrate but you know what Mackey was able to
jumpstart on victory you during this pandemic season during this quarantine sees when he was able to jump and it was out of line imagine ordinary not that you sleeping and then I thought I was I was always sharing that in our victim group you know encouraging them giving a vision and you will do you'll jump start or lead your own Baker you've some days but and then I didn't see what she got nanny had an opportunity in Joaquina nanana get Shani but the gardenia Pina I'm ready to use you do this that was kinda funny
story he didn't know it has victory group like a date so shocked I you was just gathering his friends over Skype and then talking about sherry he was sharing his relationship with that he was sharing I'm here my realization saying for your time and I asked him bro what do you do on that Tuesday think that you have or that our safari group I thought that just a thing are you sure sharing sharing a beer pray for one another and said okay see you putting material among gig on it oh hey all young yeah revelations
hadn't everything so you know what brothers there's did we have some materials that is found in our victory that worked at PHS I but not them on a box material said discipleship materials and then eventually led to the the sermon based materials and you know that's big initially on quad deep I didn't say to walk you back for jump certain victory group with able to do it on his own and anybody talking you know products already a victory you you know as 10:19 quite as young Venus relationship with God as luckiest yes last week last
week but not last year that's here at Abba Eban a hollow victory weekend yes yes yes last year and then now miss ministering is is breathing a bigger group of his home so in power and it doesn't mean not perfect many show up either sometimes we they would commit mistakes but I saw victory to be their parenthese communicate them nah I'm just I'm fun and easy Joaquim okay born Hashanah I know no mercy good message Nia so you know follow-up money how are you bro camasta on fun every Wednesday I think everyone's therapist after sale
of just a thing and how was it so sherry that was more that's equipping and continuing to guide the person that you're developing your empowering to become a very repeated empowering it's risky but necessary now last time going over a bit over time I like to share this one of the reasons why we can empower someone why we can have the boldness to really allow a person like a launch a person out into ministry into leading a big review in to disciple someone because they we all have been given the power to be a witness
in loop and in chapter 24 verse 4 at 8:49 your witnesses of these things and behold I am sending the promise of my father upon you but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high therefore masculine 8 verse 19 putting and another therefore go and make disciples of all nations the reason why these disciples were able to go out make disciples of all nations it's because the power of the Holy Spirit was in them they remember the Pentecost this son next Sunday we're gonna celebrate Pentecost Sunday May 31 and that's
when the power of those the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples and then they preach the word of God 3,000 were added to that day and the reason why we can empower people why we are also empowered to be a witness is because the Holy Spirit is in us the same Holy Spirit that Jesus from the grave the same Holy Spirit that empowered people to preach the gospel the same Holy Spirit that was in the Apostle Paul and and inspired him to write the New Testament it's the same Holy Spirit that is in your victory
you Peter that is in you right now so allow yourself to be used by the only faith to be empowered by the Holy Spirit today so we are all empowered to be a witness not because of our eloquence not because my iota not because of our good looks not because I memorize many more Bible even if you just learn even if you just memorize them and Anthony John 3:16 okay now I know jesus wept I did say every day so you're forgetting when you memorize but continue on not be empowered allow yourself to commit mistakes
and aspect and repeaters allow your victory group and my interns people that are empowering to go and commit mistakes of their own let them let them go juanpa epilogue marina salah Sedaka
