Some just call it discipleship, some Missional Discipleship,
some intentional or purposeful discipleship. Here’s the point in all of those –
Jesus commanded his followers to make disciples. The missional part of that is
that we make disciples of others through evangelism, teaching and training. The
intentional part is that we have to be purposeful or intentional about the
process and plan of discipleship or the stuff of life will surely crowd in and
discipleship will be crowded out.
Discipleship includes making disciples of our selves. We must
be certain and take responsibility to see that we are becoming more and more
like Christ. We are called to be maturing
Christians rather than remain as spiritual babies who live on milk instead of
steak. Just as life begins with birth and usually includes giving birth to
others, even so discipleship begins with evangelism/spiritual birth and
includes the act of evangelism and giving spiritual birth to others. Then
missional discipleship must also include intentionally discipling others along
the way of life.
In GCC we are in the midst of a series from Luke on
Discipleship According to Jesus. Along
the way we will discover that missional discipleship is
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Christ centered,
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Gospel driven,
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Outward facing,
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Spirit fueled,
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Scripture based,
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Intentional,
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Life-long and
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Anchored in the Church.
I encourage you to make it a point to be there on Sunday mornings
as we discover God’s plan for growing his people into mature followers of Jesus
Christ.
Anchored in Christ,
Harrison
