Discipleship is not biblical

Theres a good chance today Im going to make you mad: simply by asking you what you do, who you are, What you are, if you are…

IM’A make YOU MAD TODAY…

 

What does a mechanic do?

What does a ballerina do?

What does a chef do?

What does a NFL receiver do?

What does a crab fishermen do?

What does a Christian do?

What does a disciple do? 

 

 

The term discipleship never occurs in the Bible… and it can be very overdressed or underdressed in English. 

Only the word DISCIPLE - 

So with no clear form or function what is discipleship… are we disciples if we don’t know what discipleship is?

NOTE: The danger is dressing up what “discipleship” is when we are simply called to be disciples. Nuanced? Yes… but worth a closer look at. 

 

HOWEVER…

Mathetuo- make disciples. Matt. 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.

18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 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, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

GK one who follows both teaching and teacher (mimics the teacher) 

 

 

 

**Discipleship is life on life. Paul wrote to the church in Thessalonica, “Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well” (1 Thessalonians 2:8).

 

 

What is the fruit of discipleship?… well we may think short sided like saying “to be more like Jesus”… but what does that mean?

He made more disciples… that in and of itself might be the one missing key ingredient in our lives. 

 

 

To think that discipleship is simply knowing more of the Bible…

OR

Being kinder, sweeter, sin less and less…

Still misses the point of who Jesus was and what he did: if we are to mimic him! 

He was Gospel, he lived the gospel, he came to seek and save the lost. If discipleship does not move into that on a regular basis… you are not a true disciple.

 

Our motive is always to share the gospel/make disciples.

Yesterday at the gym… I had a water bottle. But the young kid said hey you brought a water bottle you don’t have to borrow one of ours…. Long story short I said Im not worried about getting sick - he said you are probably immortal - and I said WHY YES I AM - DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY? …do you see where this is going?