Plan:
What is discipleship? (Matthew 28:16-20)
Who is it for? (Titus 2:1-6)
How do we do discipleship? (Titus 2, 2 Timothy 3)
Big Idea:
Discipleship is the process of growing as a follower of Jesus in the areas of both learning and living
1) What is discipleship?
18 Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…”
~Matthew 28:18-20 (often called “The Great Commission”)
1) What is Discipleship?
The Motivation:
The Mission:
The Means:
“The Great Commission”
1) What is Discipleship?
The Motivation: (vs. 18)
🡪 Jesus’ Authority
The Mission:
The Means:
“The Great Commission”
1) What is Discipleship?
The Motivation: (vs. 18)
🡪 Jesus’ Authority
The Mission: (vs. 19)
🡪 Go and make disciples
The Means:
“The Great Commission”
1) What is Discipleship?
The Motivation: (vs. 18)
🡪 Jesus’ Authority
The Mission: (vs. 19)
🡪 Go and make disciples
The Means: (vs. 20)
🡪 Evangelism (or, pre-discipleship)
🡪 Discipleship
“The Great Commission”
1) What is discipleship?
18 Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…”
~Matthew 28:18-20 (often called “The Great Commission”)
Big Idea:
Discipleship is the process of growing as a follower of Jesus in the areas of both learning and living
2) Who is discipleship for?
2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.
6 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
~Titus 2:2-6
3) How do we do this?
- Embrace humility and obedience
- Discipleship begins at home
- Discipleship continues in the local church
- Be rooted in Scripture
14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable…
~2 Timothy 3:14-16
3) How do we do this?
- Embrace humility and obedience
- Discipleship begins at home
- Discipleship continues in the local church
- Be rooted in Scripture
Application:
- Have you surrendered to Jesus?
- Are you reading your Bible?
- Are you reading the Bible in community?
- Moms and Dads: Are you leading your family?
- Are you consistently gathering with your church?
- Who will you disciple?