FOUR CALLS OF DISCIPLESHIP
1)“Come and See” Jn 1:39 �Being exposed to Jesus
2)“Follow Me” Jn 1:43; Mk 1:17 �Walking w/ Jesus
3)“Be with Me” Mk 3:14
Significant time spent w/ Jesus
4)“Remain in Me” Jn 15:4 �Being in Jesus & bearing fruit
Commitment
Relationship
Courting
Conviction
Investigation/Friendship
Attraction
Character
Training
Marriage
Competence
Identity
Children
Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, �so that you may overflow with hope by �the power of the Holy Spirit.
Hope is an extension of faith
Faith is the present possession of grace
Hope is confidence in grace’s future accomplishment in our lives
Hope is a work of the Holy Spirit. It arrives �as you trust in Him!
Romans 8:18-25 18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom of the children of God. 22 We know that the whole
Romans 8:18-25 creation has been groaning �as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption �as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
Romans 8:18-25 creation has been groaning �as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit ………..
firstfruits of the Spirit- a pledge of what �the full crop is to come, our full adoption
Hope gives us perseverance!
John 1:29-42
As a disciple-maker, John pointed �beyond himself to Jesus repeatedly
Andrew and John were searching
Jesus initiated. He always initiates!
Jesus asked the most fundamental question in life: “What do you want?”
John 1:29-42
Jesus’ first call of discipleship: �“Come and see”
Not just “listen to my words” but �“come and observe me”
They spent time with Jesus �before committing
John 1:29-42
Andrew (Simon Peter’s bother) …
Always introducing others to Jesus:
Brings Peter to Jesus (Jn 1:41-42)
Boy with two fish and five loaves (Jn 6:8-9)
Greeks who said “we’d like to see Jesus” (Jn 12:20-22)
John 1:29-42
You are … you will be …
“I will make you fishers of men”
“Go and make disciples”