TRUE DISCIPLESHIP
Christian believers are to be engaged in the work of ministry for the edifying of the church according to Eph. 4:11-13: “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ_.” In order to do the work of the ministry, every believer should be a disciple of Christ. In this short series, we will look at what it means to be a disciple of Christ and how to become a disciple of Christ.
In Lesson 1, we will look at Jesus’ reaction to lukewarm churchgoers, that is, those who attend church but essentially are no different than their unbelieving neighbors. They claim to know the Lord, but they are skin-deep, nominal Christians who are not involved in any ministries. In Lesson 2 we will be looking at the definition, the requirements, and the characteristics of a true disciple of Christ. In Lesson 3 we will see that the term most often used in the New Testament to describe a follower of Christ is slave. This means that our primary concern in life should be to please our Master and to do what is right in His eyes. Finally, Lesson 4 will show that the only way one can become a true disciple of Christ is to regularly attend a Bible believing church where sound doctrine is taught, where the leaders lead by example, and where the believers in the congregation exhort one another to love and good works.
The 4 lessons are :
1. NO SUCH THING AS A LUKEWARM DISCIPLE (Rev. 3:15-17)
2. THE ESSENTIALS OF TRUE DISCIPLESHIP (Luke 9:23; 14:26, 27, 33)
3. A TRUE DISCIPLE IS A SLAVE OF CHRIST (1 Cor. 7:22b-23)
4. THE BREEDING GROUND OF TRUE DISCIPLES (Heb. 10:24-25)
