The Master Coach – Adapted from a lecture by Tamara Parks

A Look at Leadership Reproduction Lived Out

How did Jesus change the world?

1. Jesus objective was clear.

Jesus knew His objective:– To seek & save the lost (Luke 19:10).

Jesus knew why He had His objective.– He had His objective at the command of the

Father.

Principle:

If you want to have influence: you must be intentional (knowing your purpose, and knowing who you are accountable to for pursuing your purpose).

One Woman’s Purpose:

“My purpose is to live a model Christian life that will discover, develop, and deploy – through teaching and mentoring, formally and informally – individuals with desire and potential for teaching and leading.”

Brenda Chand

Short version:

When I become aware, I must share. When I become aware, I must share through

teaching, mentoring and life example.

2. Jesus ordered his life by his objective.

“There was nothing haphazard about his life – no wasted energy, not an idle word. He lived, He died, and He rose again according to schedule. Weighing every alternative and variable factor in human experience, He conceived a plan that would not fail.”

Robert Coleman

Jesus’ objective dictated His:

Time Relationships Ambitions Attitudes

– “Lazarus, a close friend of Jesus, became sick. Mary and Martha, his two sisters, sent word to Jesus to come. However, ‘when He had heard therefore that he was sick, He abode two days still in the same place where He was (John 11:6).’ Mary was upset: ‘Lord if you had been there, my brother would have not died’ (John 11:21). Again, Jesus deliberately delayed His coming. He kept His own schedule. He tenaciously held to His agenda. He did not allow the emergencies of others to get Him off track. He guarded His list of priorities.” - Mike Murdock

Principle:

Once you determine your objective for influence, you must direct everything in your life to meet that objective.

Plan on it!!

3. Jesus chose to develop people not programs.

“His concern was not with programs to reach the multitudes, but with men whom the multitudes would follow.” Robert Coleman

How did Jesus select His followers?– He selected people from an average cross

section of society – diversity.– He did not choose the richest, brightest, most

influential. He chose those who He saw had potential, teachability, and availability.

Principle:

If you want to leave a legacy, don’t concentrate on doing a great work, but developing great people to carry on a vital work.

4. Jesus concentrated on a few.

“One cannot transform the world except as individuals in the world are transformed, and individuals cannot be changed except as they are molded in the hands of the Master.”

-Coleman

He concentrated on a few, however…

Jesus did not neglect the masses – he taught them, fed them, healed them, grieved with them and over them – but He knew the best way to impact them was to develop others to care for them – life-on-life.

Everything that is done with the few is for the salvation of the masses.

He concentrated on a few…

Jesus sent out 70, consistently invested in the 12, focused on the 3, and was most intimate with 1.

Jesus spent more time with the 12 than the rest of the world put together.

What is the maximum number of individuals someone can intimately lead?

Principle:

Your deep investment in a few will yield an expansive impact over the long term.

5. Jesus did not impart laws, but rather imparted himself.

To KNOW Christ was to be with him. Christ did not call his followers to be a part of a

movement, but to partner with the Son of Man. He called them to himself.

John and Andrew were invited to “come and see” the place where Jesus stayed (John 1:39).

With the other disciples His recruiting was: “Follow me” and “Come ye after me”.

Principle:

Knowledge is best transferred through consistent modeling, rather than through concentrated monologue.

6. Jesus called for great commitment.

Jesus challenged His followers to count the cost. Jesus expected His followers to pay the price. Jesus modeled sacrificial obedience and surrender. “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests,

but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.” (Luke 9:62)

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” (Luke 22:42)

Principle:

The only way you will get people to make a great commitment is to call for it.

The only way you will get people to keep their commitment is for you to live out yours.

7. Jesus lived out his objective with passion and consistency.

Passion:– “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord,

and not unto men.” – Colossians 3:23– “If the Gospel doesn’t take your breath away,

something else will.” – John Eldridge– Passion is power. You will never have significant

success with anything until it becomes a passion with you. A passion is when something consumes your thoughts and time. Leadership must be driven, not by the whims of the people, but by the God-given purpose.” – John Maxwell

Consistency:

“We are engaged in warfare, the issues of which are life and death, and every day that we are indifferent to our responsibilities is a day lost to the cause of Christ.” - Coleman

“Jesus never begged anyone to believe in Him. He knew that integrity couldn’t be proven; it must be discerned. He never wasted time with critics. He kept His attention on His goal. He stayed focused. Jesus never strived ‘to look good,’ He simply was good. He did not labor to appear truthful. He was truthful. He never struggled to have a good reputation. He had character.” – Mike Murdock

Principle:

If you don’t live out your objective with both consistency and passion, your followers won’t live it out at all. For if you lack consistency your followers will eventually distrust your commitment to the objective. And if you lack passion, your followers will eventually distrust your belief in the objective.

8. Jesus passed on his objective.

Jesus’ IDEA of Mentoring (by Tim Elmore) Instruction in a life-related context. Demonstration in a life-related context. Experience in a life-related context. Accountability in a life-related context.

Principle:

If you are to successfully pass on your objectives, you will enable others to be a part of meeting those objectives.

9. Jesus reproduced himself in the lives of his followers.

He developed disciples that would develop disciples.

Success without a successor is a failure.1. He made His followers aware that He would be

leaving.– “Almost from the first day He was with them, Jesus told

his followers that He would be with them only a short time. From time to time they argued with Him about the limited tenure He described, but He continued to reiterate that His time with them would be very limited.” - Bob Briner

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2. He cast a vision for His followers to be producers.– “I am the vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruits He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” - John 15:1-2

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3. He banked the success of His objective on the ability of His followers to be leaders that would reproduce other leaders (disciples).– “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to

me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” –Matthew 28:18-20

Principle:

To have lasting influence you must be developing leaders who are committed to and capable of developing others as leaders.

The Success

1. Jesus had a Cause bigger than Himself.2. Jesus’ Cause benefited others.3. Jesus’ Cause was others.4. Jesus brought others into the strategy of the

Cause.5. Jesus lived out the Cause.6. Jesus called for great commitment to the Cause.7. Jesus equipped others to pass on the Cause.8. Jesus’ Cause lived on through persecution.9. Jesus’ Cause determined our calendar.10. Jesus’ Cause lives on through the Church.