Heart Of A Disciple (3)

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1. PART 3
2. 16 “Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated.” MATTHEW 28:16 AMP
3. 17 “And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted [that it was really He].” MATTHEW 28:17 AMP
4. 18 “Jesus came up and said to them, All authority (all power of absolute rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.” MATTHEW 28:18 AMP
5. 19 “When the Lord Jesus had finished talking with them, He was taken up into heaven..” MARK 16:19 NLT
6. 19 “And sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand.” MARK 16:19 NLT
7. 20 “And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them," MARK 16:20 NLT
8. 20 “Confirming what they said by many miraculous signs.” MARK 16:20 NLT
9. 20 “Confirming what they said by many miraculous signs.” MARK 16:20 NLT
10. God gave Jesus authority over heaven and earth.
11. On the basis of that authority, Jesus told His disciples to make more disciples as they preached, baptized, and taught.
12. With the same authority, Jesus still commands us to tell others the Good News and make them disciples for the Kingdom.
13. THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR GOD & OTHERS Is the fuel we use for carrying out this Great Commission.
14. Jesus spoke to these men and empowered them and entrusted them
15. With the task and the tools to bring light into darkness, to heal the sick, save the lost, and help the hurting.
16. This commission wasn’t just for them or a select few in the church today, but for every born again believer.
18. 18 “Jesus came up and said to them, All authority (all power of absolute rule)..” MATTHEW 28:18 AMP
19. 18 “In heaven and on earth has been given to Me.” MATTHEW 28:18 AMP
20. 8 “But you will receive power and ability when the Holy Spirit comes upon you” ACTS 1:8 AMP
21. 8 “And you will be My witnesses [to tell people about Me]..” ACTS 1:8 AMP
22. 8 “…Both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.” ACTS 1:8 AMP
23. Jesus gives us His power and authority.
24. AUTHORITY is the right to do something; POWER is the ability to do it.
25. Jesus did not promise His disciples clout or influence.
26. Jesus did not promise His disciples clout or influence.
27. Rather, He promised them “power” – the only resource they really needed in order to succeed at the job He had given them.
28. By promising to supply what they needed to succeed, Jesus empowered His followers.
29. By promising to supply what they needed to succeed, Jesus empowered His followers.
30. He had spent three years educating these men to lead the church.
31. Only at the point at which they could properly manage the resource did Jesus empower them.
32. Jesus invested time and energy developing these leaders.
33. Then He supplied what they needed to accomplish the task He had given them.
34. CHRISTIANITY is not a set of regulations and instructions
35. But a life-giving RELATIONSHIP with the person by whom & for whom we were created.
36. It is a matter of God EMPOWERING us to be the people we were meant to be.
37. We cannot be the people we were created to be without being empowered by the Holy Spirit.
38. God’s desire is to EMPOWERS us to participate in something that will last forever
39. 16 “…You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last” JOHN 15:16
40. I believe every heart yearns to accomplish something that will endure.
41. I believe every heart yearns to accomplish something that will endure.
42. If we give ourselves to temporal things, we will never live up to that desire.
43. God, however, invites us to invest in eternal things.
44. The only things of this world that are ETERNAL are GOD’S WORD & PEOPLE
45. These two things will go on forever.
46. As we invest God’s Word in people, loving and serving them with eternal values at heart with the enabling power of the Holy Spirit, we are storing up treasure in heaven!
47. As we invest God’s Word in people, loving and serving them with eternal values at heart with the enabling power of the Holy Spirit, we are storing up treasure in heaven!
48. DISCIPLESHIP cannot happen without a local church
49. So as we gather together, whether that be on Sundays, Wednesdays, a Life Group, people serve and use their gifts God to help disciple others.
50. So as we gather together, whether that be on Sundays, Wednesdays, a Life Group, people serve and use their gifts God to help disciple others.
51. What gifts and abilities do you have to help others be like Jesus?
52. God put you on the team as a player not a specator in the stands.
53. No one on their own can make the whole body function.
54. God put you on the team as a player not a specator in the stands.
55. But if you are not playing then the team cannot function well and so the message and the mission are compromised.
56. But if you are not playing then the team cannot function well and so the message and the mission are compromised.
57. Do you see yourself as a SPECTATOR or PLAYER?
58. 19 “Listen carefully: I have given you authority [that you now possess]” LUKE 10:19 AMP
59. 19 “To tread on serpents and scorpions, and [the ability to exercise authority]” LUKE 10:19 AMP
60. 19 “Over all the power of the enemy (Satan); and nothing will [in any way] harm you.” LUKE 10:19 AMP
62. 19 “Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” MATTHEW 28:19 NLT
63. 20 “Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this” MATTHEW 28:20 NLT
64. 20 “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” MATTHEW 28:20 NLT
65. Commission and commissioner are very familiar words to our modern society.
66. Two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ has shared this power with his disciples and gave them order, it was a mandate for followers of Christ.
67. For centuries we call it a great commission.
68. For centuries we call it a great commission.
69. The great commission of our Lord Jesus Christ is evergreen and ever demanding.
70. Often we want to achieve our goals.
71. But God calls us to chase the best and run the race set before us and make great feat for Him.
72. But God calls us to chase the best and run the race set before us and make great feat for Him.
73. Gois a command to Action
74. You cannot follow JESUS & stay where you are
75. It’s not possible, going requires movement in the direction we are sent.
76. It’s not possible, going requires movement in the direction we are sent.
77. MAKING DISCIPLES is the main command of this commission.
78. Everything else is built on this, Making disciples.
79. Many churches are dying.
80. Why? Because they are not serious about the Great Commission, the mission of the church.
81. CHRIST’S MISSION is now our mission.
82. 19 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.” LUKE 10:19
83. This is every CHRISTIAN’S MISSION, not just the mission of the preacher.
84. The notion that evangelism belongs only in the hands of the “professionals”, and that the regular members are therefore excused from any responsibility, will severely limit successful expansion of the borders of the kingdom of our Lord.
85. The notion that evangelism belongs only in the hands of the “professionals”, and that the regular members are therefore excused from any responsibility, will severely limit successful expansion of the borders of the kingdom of our Lord.
86. If we are making disciples of Jesus Christ, then we will have no problem immersing them, or teaching them to obey, or even getting them to go and spread the gospel message.
87. Most churches are clubs, Country Club Christianity, More like a civic organization.
88. Dying churches do not have authority; they do not have a sense of the presence of God, because they are not doing God’s will.
89. Dying churches do not have authority; they do not have a sense of the presence of God, because they are not doing God’s will.
90. Most important thing is to make disciples.
91. God is with those churches and blessing those churches that are making disciples.
92. God is with those churches and blessing those churches that are making disciples.
93. THE GREAT COMMISSION provides us with the greatest WORKPLACE The whole world!
94. THE GREAT COMMISSION provides us with the greatest WORK ETHIC The gospel truth!
95. THE GREAT COMMISSION provides us the greatest WORK MATE The Risen Lord!
96. God has entrusted to man His pearl of great price, THE GOSPEL
97. He died for our salvation and has given us the privilege and responsibility to make the gospel known to all people.
98. 15 “And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.” MARK 16:15 NLT
99. 16 “Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned.” MARK 16:16 NLT
101. 19 “When the Lord Jesus had finished talking with them,” MARK 16:19 NLT
102. 19 “he was taken up into heaven and sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand.” MARK 16:19 NLT
103. 20 “And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them.” MARK 16:20 NLT
104. 20 “Confirming what they said by many miraculous signs.” MARK 16:20 NLT
105. And they went forth, and preached everywhere.
106. Following the command of Jesus, the disciples were obedient, preaching the Gospel throughout the world.
107. Following the command of Jesus, the disciples were obedient, preaching the Gospel throughout the world.
108. In the coming years, the church would experience radical growth through the efforts of these men, the apostle Paul, and countless others committed to the Gospel.
109. They received and remained committed to the Great Commission.
110. WE REMAIN RESPONSIBLE to continue in obedience to the GREAT COMMISSION
111. This command was NOT OPTIONAL, and it wasn’t generational.
112. It was given for the church to continue until the Lord returns for His church.
113. We are responsible to do our part in engaging the world today!
114. “The world does not need sermons; it needs a message. You can go to seminary and learn how to preach sermons, but you will have to go to God to get messages.” Oswald Smith
115. We’ve been given the message! Before men, women and children are two options good and evil, life and death and that we are confronted with slavery to sin and living as captures to the enemy.
116. We’ve been given the message! Before men, women and children are two options good and evil, life and death and that we are confronted with slavery to sin and living as captures to the enemy.
117. If it were not true, there would be no cause spread this message or reason for its existence.
118. But, rejoice! Because of the Christ they can put off the chains that would see them enslaved and sin will no longer rule them, no longer ruin them because Christ has redeemed them!
119. 16 “For you see, even though I proclaim the good news, I can’t take the credit for my labors, 1 CORINTHIANS 9:16 TPT
120. 16 “For I am compelled to fulfill my duty by completing this work.” 1 CORINTHIANS 9:16 TPT
121. 16 “It would be agony to me if I did not constantly preach the gospel!” 1 CORINTHIANS 9:16 TPT
122. Preaching the Good News was Paul’s gift and calling, and he said he couldn’t stop preaching even if he wanted to.
123. Preaching the Good News was Paul’s gift and calling, and he said he couldn’t stop preaching even if he wanted to.
124. Preaching the Good News was Paul’s gift and calling, and he said he couldn’t stop preaching even if he wanted to.
125. Paul was driven by the desire to do what God wanted, using his gifts for God’s glory.
126. Paul, makes mention of his desire to be faithful to his work, although bonds and afflictions abide him in Jerusalem.
127. 25 “He said to the elders at Miletus: “But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself..” ACTS 20:25
128. 25 “So that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus,” ACTS 20:25
129. 25 “To testify the gospel of the grace of God,” ACTS 20:25
130. WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE to how we treat and love one another in the Church
131. In everything that involves the Church we have accountability to God.
132. But the man who carries the Word with him behind the Sacred Desk has an overwhelming accountability. God called Paul to preach, the stewardship and trust of preaching was his.
133. The call to preach is an awesome responsibility, God placed His Gospel into his hands and how he treated it was extremely serious, Paul said when I preach—I do it willingly.
134. The call to preach is an awesome responsibility, God placed His Gospel into his hands and how he treated it was extremely serious, Paul said when I preach—I do it willingly.
135. But since preaching is God’s idea, then our preaching of the Gospel is accountable to Him. Look how serious Paul took his accountability of preaching the Gospel he says, “…woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!” One of the major reasons Paul was driven to preach the gospel was the terrible judgment he would face if he failed to.
136. “WOE” means that the day he stood before God he would definitely have to face regret, distress, disaster, denunciation, and grief.
137. Just because a person is called to preach does not mean that they are exempt from any judgment.
138. 14 “For the love of Christ controls and compels us, because we have concluded this, that One died for all, therefore all died;” 2 CORINTHIANS 5:14 AMP
139. 15 “And He died for all, so that all those who live would no longer live for themselves,” 2 CORINTHIANS 5:15 AMP
140. 15 “But for Him who died and was raised for their sake.” 2 CORINTHIANS 5:15 AMP
141. CONCLUSION
142. BELIEVER you are the only Bible some people will ever read
143. Doesn’t make it right, doesn’t mean you have to be perfect, it does mean that you have to understand who you serve.
144. We should help others to find their identity in Christ, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
145. We should help others to find their identity in Christ, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
146. The disciples were to baptize people because baptism unites believers with Jesus Christ in their death to sin and their resurrection to new life.
147. BAPTISM symbolizes submission to Christ, willingness to live God’s way,
148. BAPTISM Identification with God’s covenant people.
149. “Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always” MATTHEW 28:20 AMP
150. “[remaining with you perpetually— regardless of circumstance, and on every occasion], to the end of the age.” MATTHEW 28:20 AMP