definitions of discipleship
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Definitions of Discipleship. A “disciple” (Gr. mathetes ) is a learner (Mt. 5:1-2); then a follower (Mt. 8:23); the verb (Gr. mathetuo ) means to “teach, instruct” (Mt. 13:52; 28:19; Acts 14:21) Jesus, John, and the Pharisees all had “disciples” (Mk. 2:18) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Definitions of DiscipleshipDefinitions of Discipleship• A “disciple” (Gr. mathetes) is a learner (Mt. 5:1-2);
then a follower (Mt. 8:23); the verb (Gr. mathetuo) means to “teach, instruct” (Mt. 13:52; 28:19; Acts 14:21)
• Jesus, John, and the Pharisees all had “disciples” (Mk. 2:18)
• Christians are “disciples” (Acts 11:26), but what does this mean? What is involved?
• Will you dare to be a disciple dare to be a disciple of Jesus?
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Demands of DiscipleshipDemands of Discipleship
• Deny yourself (Mt. 16:24)
• Take up your cross (Mt. 16:24)
• Follow Jesus (Mt. 16:24; Acts 20:30)
• Give up all for Jesus (Lk. 14:25-35)
• Go make disciples (Mt. 9:37-38; 28:20)
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Difficulties of DiscipleshipDifficulties of Discipleship
• You will be mistreated and misrepresented as Jesus was (Mt. 10:24-25)
• You will face hardships as Jesus did (Mt. 8:19-20; Lk. 9:57-62; Acts 14:22; 18:23)
• You will be required to set priorities for Jesus (Mt. 8:21-22)
• You will be taught challenging lessons from Jesus (Jn. 6:60-69)
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Demonstrations of DiscipleshipDemonstrations of Discipleship
• Doing God’s will (Mt. 12:49-50)
• Continuing in the word of Christ (Jn. 8:31-32)
• Loving one another (Jn. 13:34-35)
• Bearing fruit for the Lord (Jn. 15:8)
• Truly converted to Jesus (Acts 9:1,19,25,26-27)
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Dare To Be A DiscipleDare To Be A Disciple
• Come, be a follower of Jesus (Jn. 1:35ff)
• Will you dare to be a disciple dare to be a disciple of Jesus (Jn. 9:27-28)?
• The demands are great, the difficulties are great, the demonstrations are great … but, the reward is also great (Mt. 16:25-27)