Lesson-4-How-did-Jesus-make-disciples Sunday School

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1. How did Jesus make disciples?

2. Luke10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

3. Jesus spent three-plus years pouring His life into the lives of His disciples and especially with Peter, James and John. He intentionally called His disciples into a spiritual Transformational relationship with Him. It was intentional, relational, and spiritual through the power and His presence.

4. Relationship founded upon the following five values: 1. Love: The pursuit of the great commandment – our vertical relationship with God and our horizontal relationship with others (Matthew 22:37-40). 2. Christ-likeness: The pursuit of Christ-likeness as we observe the great commission (Matthew 28:19-20). It is our desire to be genuinely conformed to the character of Jesus.

5. 3. Devotion: A commitment to the four fundamental devotions of the church as recorded in Acts 2:42: devoted to God’s word, fellowship, communion, and in prayer. 4. Equipping: Committed to equipping the saints for the work of ministry – a privilege and enterprise of each member of the body of Christ (Ephesians 4:11-16). 5. Faithful: Seeking out and imparting spiritual life to those who are committed to the preservation and transmission of the gospel without alteration or addition.

6. Jesus tied discipleship and relationships together in the following three scriptures found in the Gospel of John. A disciple is someone who is: 1. Obedient to God’s Word: “ If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciple” (John 8:31). 2. Loving: “By this all men will know that you are My disciples if you have love one another” (John 13:35) 3. Fruitful: “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciple.” (John 15:8)

7. The great commission has two parts: The first is to go and make disciples. The second is of no less significance, but is often times set aside to secondary importance if used at all. It is to teach people to obey. God is never concerned about the size of a group. Size has nothing to do with success. Success is always based on a relationship that produces lasting fruit.

8. Matt. 28:19-20 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

9. Galatians 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,