Discipleship

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Discipleship
Jesus style
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Matthew 2818-20 And Jesus came and spoke to
them, saying, All authority has been given to Me
in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things
that I have commanded you and lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age.
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The Multiplication Principle
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The example of Jesus
Preached to the crowds
? He spoke to them in parables (Luke 89-10)
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Luke 89-10 Then His disciples asked Him,
saying, What does this parable mean? And He
said, To you it has been given to know the
mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest
it is given in parables, that        Seeing
they may not see,      And hearing they may not
understand.
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The example of Jesus
Preached to the crowds
? He spoke to them in parables (Luke 89-10)
? He never turned anyone away (Mark 2)
? He never ceased proclaiming the Kingdom
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The example of Jesus
Spent quality time with a relative few
? the seventy (Luke 101)
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Luke 101 After these things the Lord appointed
seventy others also, and sent them two by two
before His face into every city and place where
He Himself was about to go.
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The example of Jesus
Spent quality time with a relative few
? the seventy (Luke 101)
? the twelve (John 667)
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John 667-68 Then Jesus said to the twelve, Do
you also want to go away? But Simon Peter
answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You
have the words of eternal life.
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The example of Jesus
Spent quality time with a relative few
? the seventy (Luke 101)
? the twelve (John 667)
? the three (Matt. 171)
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Matthew 171 Now after six days Jesus took
Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up
on a high mountain by themselves
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The example of Jesus
Spent quality time with a relative few
? the seventy (Luke 101)
? the twelve (John 667)
? the three (Matt. 171)
? the one
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The closer Jesus was to someone, the more
practical, personal and challenging His
relationship was with them.
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The example of Jesus
Called them to be disciples from the beginning
(Mark 834)
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Mark 834 When He had called the people to
Himself, with His disciples also, He said to
them, Whoever desires to come after Me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow
Me.
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The example of Jesus
Called them to be disciples from the beginning
(Mark 834)
? deny themselves
? take up the cross
? follow Me
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So how does the multiplication principle work?
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YOU
3 people a day
In 20 years, you will have won around 20,000
people to the Lord
but 247,000 people have died this year already
in Canada alone!
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1 person a year
YOU
In 20 years, you will have seen 1,048,576 people
discipled for the Lord.
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Addition is good, but multiplication is better!