Disciple-Making: Internalisation and Multiplication
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The document emphasizes the significance of disciple-making as a deliberate relationship that involves personal interactions and shared life experiences, as modeled by Jesus with his twelve disciples. It argues that true discipleship goes beyond structured meetings and requires time, attention, and a commitment to reproduce one's faith in others. The content encourages readers to reflect on their own relationships and the urgency of passing on their faith to transform others.
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Disciple-Making: Internalisation and Multiplication
- 1. Last week: Disciple-making: a deliberate relationship https://www.scribd.com/document/509900489/ Disciple-making-a-deliberate-relationship https://www.slideshare.net/rdc2506/disciplemaking-a- deliberate-relationship
- 2. Name Someone
- 4. A DISCIPLE is someone who is following Jesus, is being changed by Jesus and is committed to the mission of Jesus
- 5. Disciple-making is a deliberate relationship in which we walk alongside other disciples,
- 6. …to encourage, equip and challenge one another in love to grow toward maturity in Christ.
- 7. This includes equipping the disciple to make disciples who make disciples.
- 9. Are you sharing life with other disciples in order to grow spiritually? Name Someone
- 10. Could you NAME SOMEONE who has had a real disciple- making relationship with you?
- 11. Do you need a real, serious disciple-making relationship? Name Someone you will approach
- 13. Imagine you are a minister of the Gospel, a servant of King Jesus…
- 14. This is not only pastors— every follower of King Jesus is a minister of the Gospel
- 15. You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world… You will be my witnesses…
- 16. If you knew you had only 3 years remaining in your life and ministry and there was no one to replace you…
- 17. …what would be your priorities for the next 3 years?
- 19. Jesus worked closely with only 12 disciples for two reasons
- 20. 1. Internalisation: Jesus and his message had to become part of them.
- 22. Jesus knew that this was the best way to grow people and make sure His heart and vision became theirs.
- 23. •The disciples had to know Jesus and his mission—it had to become part of them. •Jesus did this by being close to a few people with a deliberate reason in mind.
- 24. •The disciples had to know Jesus and his mission—it had to become part of them. •Jesus did this by being close to a few people with a deliberate reason in mind.
- 25. Personal relationships were the only way to transplant Jesus’ heart and mission into theirs.
- 26. We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at, the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
- 29. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
- 31. Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. Colossians3:10
- 32. •Why not use the crowds? •Being part of a crowd costs nothing.
- 35. •Preaching and teaching won’t make disciples! •The sermon is forgotten usually within 48 hours. If they can’t remember it, what are they supposed to do it? •Disciple-making is a relational process!
- 36. Leroy Eims, “Disciples cannot be mass produced. We cannot drop people into a programme and see disciples come out at the end of the production line. It takes time and personal attention to make disciples."
- 37. •Jesus did not write a book—or dictate one (we might prefer it) •He relied on the Holy Spirit and the 12. His life was in them through time, training and the Holy Spirit.
- 38. •Jesus did not write a book—or dictate one (we might prefer it) •He relied on the Holy Spirit and the 12. His life was in them through time, training and the Holy Spirit.
- 39. Jesus le ft behind transformed lives of ordinary people who would carry on his work—it had become part of them.
- 40. “When Buddha was dying his disciples asked how best they could remember him. He told them not to bother; it was his teaching, not his person that counted.
- 41. “When Buddha was dying his disciples asked how best they could remember him. He told them not to bother; it was his teaching, not his person that counted.
- 42. “With Jesus everything is di ff erent. Everything centres on him, his person. Discipleship means knowing him, loving him, believing in him, being committed to him.”
- 43. In Jesus the message was in human form and could not be separated from who he was. Jesus developed people not by a course, but by a shared life.
- 44. Mark 3:14 Then he appointed twelve of them and called them his apostles. They were to accompany him, and he would send them out to preach, 15 giving them authority to cast out demons.
- 45. •The disciples were just like the people around them…ordinary village people, no training, low class jobs, no development of their minds. They held no positions of power or authority in society, no education
- 46. “…they were ignorant, narrow minded, superstitious, full of Jewish prejudices and animosities. They needed to unlearn what was bad, to learn what was good, they were slow at both.”
- 47. •The disciples were products of their age. •Your disciples will be products of this age in which they live. Don’t be too hard on them!
- 48. •The disciples were products of their age. •Your disciples will be products of this age in which they live. Don’t be too hard on them!
- 49. •For the 12 being with Jesus for 3 years transformed them into world changers What would people gain from 3 years with you?
- 50. Internalisation: Jesus focussed on a few because personal relationships was the only way to transplant his heart and mission into theirs.
- 51. Has your life truly been transformed by Jesus?
- 52. 2. Multiplication: A commitment to reproduce. This is truly only possible when the mission is internalised and people are motivated to pass it on.
- 53. 5 “A farmer went out to plant his seed. As he scattered it across his fi eld…
- 54. 11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is God’s word…
- 55. 13 The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall away when they face temptation.
- 56. 13 The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall away when they face temptation.
- 57. 14 The seeds that fell among the thorns represent those who hear the message, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life. And so they never grow into maturity.
- 58. 14 The seeds that fell among the thorns represent those who hear the message, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares and riches and pleasures of this life. And so they never grow into maturity.
- 59. 15 And the seeds that fell on the good soil represent honest, good-hearted people who hear God’s word, cling to it, and patiently produce a huge harvest.
- 60. 15 And the seeds that fell on the good soil represent honest, good-hearted people who hear God’s word, cling to it, and patiently produce a huge harvest.
- 61. •Big crowds produce little depth. •In Mark Jesus spends about 50% of his time with the twelve.
- 62. •This increases to 90% as he turns towards Jerusalem and the cross.
- 63. •Jesus multiplied his life into the 12 so that there would be more of himself to go round!
- 64. “By investing in a few, Jesus intended to transfer his life to others so they would take part in extending his redemption life to others”
- 65. •What do you need to change to see multiplication happen? •What does your pastor need to change?
- 66. Multiplication: is truly only possible when the mission is internalised and people are motivated to pass it on
- 67. Are you truly committed to disciple-making multiplication?