When thinking about Christian Discipleship, it is important to look at the fact that it is completely possible to be a Christian, without being a Christian Disciple (Willard, 4). I personally think of Christian Discipleship as taking a step beyond knowing and accepting Christ as a personal savior, and going out into the world to help transform others lives to be in accordance with God. Greg Ogden describes it best, in his book Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a Few at a Time, when he states “There is a vast difference between being a Christian and being a disciple. The difference is commitment”. This commitment is not only to help others grow in Christ, but also to allow oneself to be transformed daily through actively participating …show more content…
Holy Love shows us that God is both Justice and Grace, as we see through the incarnation of The Son. Second, we see prevenient grace as an attribute of God as we all have the ability to know God, despite the fact that we were all born with sin in our lives. Lastly we can come to know the essence of God through free will. Free will is God initiating a relationship and humans having the ability (but not forced to) …show more content…
The overall purpose of christian discipleship is to have God work through you to help Him in the process of transforming the lives of others. Not every Christian decides to participate in Christian Discipleship and that is fine, it does not make them a “bad Christian” by any means.
Individuals find their calling to be in Christian Education through various forms. Some find it through the church telling them they see something in them, others have a direct encounter with God, and others feel the spirit working in their lives. However, someone could be a disciple without being called to do so. It is important to remember that, one does not need to be a pastor or work in a church to be a disciple.
The target for Christian Discipleship or Christian Education works through the understanding theology shapes our educational practices, while our practices influence our theology. With that comes the transmission aspect and how one communicates scriptures through values and beliefs about God. While knowing everything that has been stated before now, it would be impossible to be an effective Christian Disciple without putting into practice a Christian
In a survey conducted in 2012, LifeWay.com inquired about the importance of evangelism among members of the Christian faith. The results of the survey showed that 80 percent of people who claimed to follow Jesus Christ and had openly devoted themselves to the teaching of Christianity, felt that they had a “personal responsibility to share their religious views and beliefs about Jesus Christ with non-christians” (Wilke, LifeWay.com). Surveys such as this reflect the Christian doctrine of evangelism and the weight it holds within the Christian faith. As can be seen back in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ commanded His followers “to go and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19).” However, Jesus never told His followers how doing this.
To be a true disciple of Jesus one must not disown or deny Jesus but
Disciples take someone as their leader and try to do what they say. It is possible to be a disciple of anybody, but all Christians are disciples of Jesus. An Apostle is a selected disciple. There were only 12, and were chosen by Jesus to be leaders of the other disciples. At the time of Jesus, He had a following of about 300-400 ordinary disciples.
for people in my parish. A great example of a disciple is John Paul 2nd.
(3) This type of love should not require any type of force or outside influence. Because God gave us “Himself, “while we were yet blemished and “unworthiness,” one should be “bound” to God. (4) God gave us Himself first, therefore, because of the gift that He gave, we should have an even exchange system. St. Bernard describes, that we were enemies of God and He saw pass all that and still gave Himself to us. (4) As in the book of St. John tells, us just how much God loved us.
It is the power to influence, affect, or control the recipient.” If we are going to get the revelation of God, it must and will come with the revelation of love. Knowing that the very nature and character of God is love, we must know love and how it functions. Know that God could not have created this world apart of His intrinsic nature, love. God cannot operate or demonstrate His presence and His love not be in existence.
What makes it even harder for people to be a disciple today is all the
What does it mean to be a Christian? A disciple is a person that follows a specific person, teaching or belief. Jesus’ first followers were called the twelve disciples. They followed Jesus everywhere he went and believed in and practiced his teachings.
Firstly, strong Christians hear the gospel (H). In Luke 10:38-42, the Bible tells the story of Martha and Mary, who are sisters, and when Jesus and his twelve disciples come to their house, Mary listens to Jesus’ teaching, while Martha prepares dinner for Jesus and the disciples. When Martha asks Mary to help her, Jesus says to Martha that she worries too much about the trivial details, and not on what is really important, which is listening to Jesus’ words. Through this Bible story, we can learn that we need to go to Church or a Bible study once a week, no matter how busy we get with our daily tasks. Compared to listening to God’s words, our work and study is insignificant.
God has a calling for every single one of us. As christians, we have to be ready to listen. We have to not only wait in anticipation for what he has in store for us, but we have to know how to listen to him. Communication with the Lord is the only way to hear him tell us our calling. Having prayer and alone time with God helps us to rely on him and not trust solely on our own understanding.
In this sermon Briscoe tells us what it truly means to be a disciple of Christ. Being a disciple is not some higher status for Christians nor does having a denominationally correct title make one a true disciple of Jesus. A true disciple is one who has a growing relationship with the teacher. In order to say that we are truly disciples of Christ we have to be willing to hand over our lives entirely to Him and not try to retain any of our self-interests. We have to trust wholly in Christ and be careful not to try and make Christ fit into a mold that we create for Him. We must deny ourselves completely in order to follow after the path that Jesus has laid out for us and we must daily reaffirm this to Him and ourselves.
When Jesus called His disciples, His invitation was simple. He invited them to follow Him. The same is true today. In Matthew 28, Jesus gave His last charge to His disciples, and the charge was simple. He called his followers to go and make disciples. Much effort has been placed by Christians to fulfill this charge, commonly referred to as the Great Commission. Jesus chose to fulfill the implementation of the New Covenant through 12 men who He called, appointed, and commissioned, and he only had a few short years to prepare them for the task (Willson, 1990). His methods were unconventional and were revolutionary for that time. His disciples were to be trained extensively by Jesus, living with Him for three years prior to His ascension. He taught about servant leadership and its meaning for both the leader and follower Matt. 20:25-28). From the beginning, Jesus put in place a careful plan, and an examination of His actions in the Gospels showed that Jesus left behind the pattern to be replicated. His methods, which included the incorporation of three different levels of discipleship, included His interaction with Peter, His closest three (Peter, James, and John), and finally the group of 12. This paper identified and analyzed the three levels of discipleship Jesus modeled, these discipleship methods were then measured against modern leadership theories, and Jesus’s level of involvement and interaction with his disciples were critiqued in light of these modern theories in an effort to determine the effectiveness of this approach.
Evangelism is one of the key component for changing people’s lives. McRaney states, “The word evangelism comes from a combination of Greek words for “good” and “messenger.” Evangelism involves bringing the goods. Kent Hunter reminded us that “when Christians witness, they tell how Jesus Christ has changed their own lives. The change in their own lives gives them the desires to share the Good News with others.” Christians must share their testimony to people and spread the gospel so that they can bring lost souls to Christ. God has commissioned every Christian to evangelize so that people will learn about Jesus Christ and accept Him as their personal savior. Matthew 28:19 states, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”. Christians are required to spread the Gospel throughout the world and can no longer just attend church. Christians must plant seeds and water the seeds so that lost souls will be saved.
As Christians, we try to think that since we are saved we are living a life like Christ but, we are missing the key points of living. In the book, “The Spirit of the Disciplines” author, Dallas Willard emphasizes the spiritual disciplines of our lives and to live like Jesus did. He mentions how the people of the world are missing the disciplines that are set for them in their lives. In Genesis 1:27, “So God created man in his own image.” We are the people of the Lord and must do works to please our God it is a way to show our gratitude for all he has done for us. We are placed on this earth to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. Based off religion, we are negatively defined as sinners and broken people while science
Leadership is an awesome responsibility, and regardless of where leadership occurs, followers want leadership that is trustworthy, inspiring, consequential, and most importantly, effective. Thus, effective leadership is often weighed in theory and common indicators such as the impact on a team or process, follower attitudes and perceptions, and even career longevity (Yukl, 2010). Furthermore, leadership effectiveness may also be determined by the leader’s title, position, skills, traits, and moral behaviors (Carolina College of Biblical Studies [CCBS], n.d.). Often overlooked in all these things are God’s purpose for leadership, and the call for the leader to remain obedient to God while leading (CCBS, n.d.). Since mankind is sinful by