Discipleship: Growing in Knowledge and Obedience

1. “I Will Build My Church” Part 9 – The 8th Key, Discipleship “Disciples Whom Christ Loves”

3. Disciple

4. Foundational Questions What’s the purpose of Christian discipleship and what does it look like?

5. Growth!!

6. Colossians 1:9-10 “they have not ceased to pray for them, asking that they may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”

7. GROW G: Glorify God through heartfelt worship R: Reach out to others with the love of Christ O: Obey God’s command to make disciples W: Win others to Christ

8. G: Glorify God “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord” - Psalm 150:6

9. John Piper “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.”

10. Colossians 3:17 17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

11. Philippians 1:20-21 “it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”

12. Philippians 3:7-9 “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ…”

13. Matthew 10:37-39 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”

14. Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

15. R: Reaching Out to Others with the Love of Christ “And they devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common.

16. Acts 2:42-47 And they were selling possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.”

17. Hebrews 3:12-13 “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.”

18. Hebrews 10:24-25 24…let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

19. Ephesians 4:13-14 “…for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine.”

20. O: Obeying God’s Command to make Disciples 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. - Matthew 28:19-20

21. 1 John 5:2-3 2This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome…

22. 1 John 2:4-6 “Whoever says ‘I know him’ but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.”

23. 1 Peter 2:2-5 “Like newborn babes, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, the living Stone-rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him-you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ”

24. W: Winning Others to Christ “1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—

25. 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.” - 1 John 1:1-4

26. Process EE Team Basic Adult Elective Classes Ongoing Expectations Main Leader: Keith Strunk New Believer Fall 10 Spr11 Sum 11 Co Teachers: Dick Bickings Jason Hoy Andy Brimer Co Teachers: Rich Mastronardo Co Teachers: Dick Bickings Jason Hoy Andy Brimer Rich Mastronardo Existing Believer