Part IV: Disciple’s Mission Ministering as Colaborers · Part IV: Disciple’s Mission...

Part IV: Disciple’s Mission

Ministering as Colaborers

CBCWLA，November 13, 2011

DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING

MasterLife Fellowship

• Question:

– How can I keep on being discipled after Masterlife? Is there any follow-up program available?

• Answer: The Masterlife Fellowship

1) Who: Masterlife alumni

2) When: First Sunday of each month 1:00 PM, starting 1/1/2012.

3) What: Review, fellowship, share, pray.

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What are spiritual gifts?

• Spiritual gifts are spiritual abilities given to believers by the Holy Spirit to equip them to carry out God’s work in the world.

1. What: spiritual abilities

2. Who: given to believers

3. From: the Holy Spirit

4. To: equip them

5. For: the carrying out of God’s work



Gifts Fruit

Relate to service Relates to character

Are the means to an end Is an end

Given from without Produced from within

All are not possessed by

every believer

Every variety should be

in every believer

Fruit and Gifts

1. To love

2. To preach

3. To be kind

4. To have peace

5. To heal

6. To have joy

7. To help

8. To be faithful


(Gift)

(Fruit)

(Fruit)

(Fruit)

(Fruit)

(Fruit)

(Gift)

(Gift)


Talents Spiritual Gifts

Received at natural birth Received at spiritual birth

Natural abilities Spiritual abilities

Christians + non-Christians Only Christians

To inspire or entertain To build up the church

Talents and Spiritual Gifts

1. Sings well

2. Good organizer

3. Teaches the Bible

4. Good at numbers

5. Likes to help people

6. Leads church

7. Plays music instruments

8. Fluent in many languages


(Talent)

(Talent)

(Talent)

(Talent)

(Talent)

(Spiritual Gift)

(Spiritual Gift)

(Spiritual Gift)

Body of

Christ

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Serving

Calling Disciple Makers

• Job description – Help one Christian grow into a disciple of Christ in

2012. • Pray to God to give you a faithful person to disciple (any

Christian, not necessarily a new convert, who’s interested in being discipled) in the year of 2012.

• Keep in touch with this person every week for at least 3 months. Encourage him/her to stay in God’s grace.

• Help this person to establish the spiritual disciplines that’s characteristic of a disciple: Worship, Bible reading, prayer, fellowship, witnessing, etc.

• Qualification – A practicing disciple of Christ.


Mark your calendar

• November 20, class time: Spiritual Gifts Workshop and Final Exam.

• December 4, 10:45-12:00 AM: Graduation Celebration at the Dining Room, a joint session (morning class + afternoon class.)


Evangelism Report

• Turn in a one-page evangelism report by Nov. 20.

– What: to share the gospel of Jesus with an unbeliever.

– When: by Nov. 20


The Disciple’s Mission

• Week 1: Righting Wrong Relationship

• Week 2: Witnessing and Discipling through Relationships

• Week 3: Establishing Spiritual Children

• Week 4: Maturing as a Disciple

• Week 5: Training Disciples

• Week 6: Ministering as Colaborers


• A disciple is a person who follows Jesus, who makes Christ the Lord of his or her life.


Christian Discipleship

• Christian discipleship is

1. developing a personal, lifelong, obedient relationship with Jesus Christ in which he transforms your character into Christlikeness;

2. changes your value into Kingdom values;

3. and involves you in his mission in the home, the church, and the world.


• A disciple’s mission is to—

– Glorify God by being a lifelong, obedient disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ;

– Glorify God by making disciples of all nations;

– Join God’s mission to—

• Exalt Christ as Lord;

• Reconcile the world to himself;

• Establish his kingdom.


THE DISCIPLE’S CROSS

CHRIST John 15:5

WORD John

8:31-32

PRAYER John 15:7

FELLOWSHIP John 13:34-35

WITNESS John 15:8

Our relationship with God through Christ is the source of Christian fellowship.

Your vertical relationship affects your horizontal relationships

THE DISCIPLE’S PERSONALITY


Helmet of Salvation

Breastplate of

Righteousness

The Spiritual

Armor of God

Christian Soldier of CBCWLA


Gospel Shoes

Belt of Truth

THE WAR WITHOUT

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ANA L Y ZE

EX A M I NE

REMEMBER

APPLY

God’s Word in your HEART and Hand

Hear: Listen to God’s Word

Examine: Read God’s Word

Analyze: Study God’s Word

Remember God’s Word

Think: Meditate on God’s Word

Luke 6:46-49 Jas. 1:22

WITNESS

RESPOND

ESTABLISH TRAIN EQUIP COMMISSION

MATURE DEVELOP REPRODUCE MULTIPLY

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MASTER BUILDER


Faithful person

You


The Gospel in Hand

God

Repent

Confess Receive The wages of sin is

death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom. 6:23).

creates

purposes

death

sin

wages

but

Lord

Christ

Jesus

Eternal life

of God

gift

loves

LIFE

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Next week’s assignment

• Review the main points of “the disciple’s cross,” “the disciple’s personality,” “the spiritual armor,” “the gospel in hand,” and “the master builder.”


Small Group Time

1. Check each other’s “my walk with the Master this week.”

2. Share your Spiritual-Gifts Inventory with your group members.

3. Share your plan to continue to be disciplined after Masterlife.

4. Pray.


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