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Disciple Making
FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST
a study in
THE FATHER’S AGENDA
Phase1
The Man
of Peace
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Implications:
1. Am I __________
ENGAGED in understanding the context and culture
where God has placed me?
2. Am I discerning ________________
GOD’S AGENDA for these people I am
ministering among?
PERSON OF PEACE
3. Is there a ____________________,
that God has prepared for this
time and place?
THE SON’S STRATEGY
The
Person
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How real is your Jesus?
Hebrews 3:1
“Think a lot about Jesus”
What would it have been like to grow up with Jesus?
Did He ever get hurt on the playground and come home crying?
Did He ever make a mistake?
Do you think He used His God powers?
Did He ever get a “B” score?
Did He ever question what to do next?
Did He ever get sick?
Did He ever have a bad day spiritually where His Father seemed far away?
When did He discover that He was the Messiah... and how did He learn of
it?
How real is your Jesus?
1. The Humanity of Jesus HISTORICALLY
“If Christ did not become fully human, then His
redemption of man could not have been fully
complete.” -St. Gregory
“If you diminish His humanity, then you
diminish what He did for us. If you make Him
less than human, our salvation is less than
complete” - Augustine
How real is your Jesus?
•Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD.
Ebionism – denied deity
Docetism – denied humanity
Arianism – denied full divinity
Apollinarianism – denied full humanity
The Defining Orthodox Statement
“two natures, without confusion, without
change, without division, and without
separation”
How real is your Jesus?
2. The Humanity of Jesus Theologically
/Practically
How does this work...fully God and
fully man?
God chose to temporarily veil (cloak)
His deity so that His humanity could
find full expression.
How real is your Jesus?
•Conclusion #1:
DIP INTO HIS DEITY
•Jesus did not __________________
to live out
His humanity.
Ryrie – Never less than God, but chose to live His
life, never more than man.
Bruce Ware – Deity was unexpressed, so that His
humanity could be fully expressed
Grudem – Jesus refused to rely on His divine nature
to make obedience easier for Him.
How real is your Jesus?
• Conclusion #2:
RESOURCES
• The ____________
that were available to Jesus are
the same resources available to you and me.
Spirit of God
Prayer
Word of God
“So many people minimize or demean the
obedience of Christ by saying ‘of course Jesus obeyed, He
was God and had God’s nature in Him, He had no choice.’
Scripture does not allow us to draw this conclusion. It
presents Christ as a man who faced every temptation and
succeeded, not because He relied upon His divine nature,
but because He relied upon the Word, prayer and the Spirit.
And He succeeded all the way to the cross--even death on
the Cross.”
-Bruce Ware (Southern Seminary)
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How real is your Jesus?
MODEL
•Conclusion #3: Jesus is our ________
for life and
ministry.
“He was man as God
intended him to be.”
-Ian Thomas
How real is your Jesus?
• Conclusion #4:
UNDERESTIMATE
• We ____________________
what God wants to do through us.
“O unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus
replied, “how long will I put up with you?”...”if you
have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to
this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will
move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew
17:17,20
“Until now you have asked for nothing--ask and you
shall receive” John 16:23
THE SON’S STRATEGY
Phase2
Ministry
Foundations
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About 30 Years
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18-21 Months
6-9 Months
About 15 Months
Relationships take time…
Jesus imparted His life to His disciples over three-and-a-half years
Jesus’ two main objectives during the
Foundational Phase
1. Create a relational, God-centered ENVIRONMENT
_______________ for producing
disciples.
THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS
2. Begin to identify, ____________________________,
a team of like-minded
individuals committed to being involved in ministry.
Priority # 1 - PRAYER
Personally:
PRAYER LIFE of Jesus in a Harmony and seek to “walk as
Study the _____________
Jesus walked”.
ONE HOUR each day of focused prayer
For the next 30 days, set aside ___________
for friends, neighbors, and your ministry.
Whole Ministry:
MEETING
Devote a monthly or quarterly ___________
to times of prayer.
Priority # 2 - OBEDIENCE to a Kingdom Agenda
Personally:
Study the Scriptures which speak of God’s Kingdom agenda.
SERVANTHOOD
SUFFERING and ____________
SACRIFICE in
Teach the role of ________________,
_____________,
obedience to Kingdom values.
Whole Ministry:
VISION because of the greater message of God’s
Preach and teach filled with ________
agenda.
Are we calling people to understand their context and culture, and to partner with
God’s Kingdom agenda in their country?
Priority # 3 - Ministry of the WORD
Personally:
Avoid common Mistakes in Handling God’s Word:
1. Talking ABOUT the Bible but rarely using it.
2. Using the Bible to support my convictions versus shaping my convictions.
3. Teaching verses without an understanding of
their context.
4. Overuse of certain favorite topics.
5. A lack of creativity.
Whole Ministry:
What habits are necessary over time, to teach God’s Word with
authority.
Priority # 4 - EXALTING THE FATHER (worship)
Applying this Priority to Your Ministry
Personally:
PATTERN OF MY LIFE exalt Christ as my source of strength and
Does the _____________________
honor?
How am I training our people in biblical worship?
Whole Ministry:
Does our ministry truly ______________
who God is, what He has done for
EMPHASIZE
us, and who we are in Christ?
What can be done to emphasize this more?
Priority # 5 - RELATIONSHIPS expressed through
GREAT COMMANDMENT love.
Personally:
Evaluate our ____________.
OWN LIVES
COMMUNICATE
Evaluate our ability to _________________
love.
Whole Ministry:
EXPRESSED
Create situations in which love can be _____________.
Are we training, resourcing and encouraging for relational ministry?
Are we serving our community with sacrificial acts of service?
Priority # 6 - DEPENDENCE ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
Personally:
BEST FRIEND
Do we consider the Holy Spirit our ______________?
Are we training our people in a deepening way about the role of the Holy
Spirit?
Whole Ministry:
Are we dependent upon the Holy Spirit for guiding us into new ministry
opportunities?
Are we communicating the ongoing role of the Holy Spirit in a believer’s
life?
Six Distinctives of a Discipled Person
1.__________________________
Love God and Know His Word
2.___________
Love others
3.___________________
Dependent on Prayer
4.______________________
Dependent on Holy Spirit
5.______________
Life as Worship
6._________
Bear Fruit