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Disciple Making Lesson 1

1.A discipler should be walking by faith. Moses has been a prince of Egypt in his childhood up to the time of his early adulthood. One time in his life, he tried to saved an Israelite being punished by the cruel Egyptian. After killing the Egyptian and with his fear of the Pharaoh, he went to the desert and lived there.

After a while, the Lord appeared to him asking him to lead the Israelites our of Egypt (Exodus 3:11). But Moses immediate response to was to question God about His judgment in choosing him.

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How To Endure Christian Discipline

Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles (v.1)
To endure discipline, we have to throw off everything that hinders. This means that we have to get rid of things that we already know that causes us to stumble. Getting rid means stopping if we are sinning.

It may also mean repentance and submission to authorities. After all, the purpose of discipline is restoration and not condemnation. Getting rid of these may not be easy, and we may even think of compromising what we believe so that we may not suffer. But truths in the Bible will always remain as truths.

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The Biblical Truths About Discipline

Even at the very beginning of the teachings of discipline. Discipline is not merely intended to burden the people in following God, but to lessen the load of those who needs it. Discipline is like working out and body exercise. It seems that it is a burden to those who do it, yet the main purpose is to strengthen one’s Spiritual life and that later on he will be able to stand against temptation.

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The Role of Discipline

What is the role of Discipline inside the Church? Is it really necessary? Most people once they undergo the discipline process start to ask these questions. Going back to the previous post, we have learned that discipline is intended for restoration of a sinning brother and not to condemn anyone.

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A Discipline Insight

Matthew 18:15-20 is probably one of the most popular passages about discipline. Here we can see that the offender has been given chances for repentance. It is very important to note how Jesus Christ presented the matter to his disciples.

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Disciples’ Developing Deep Divine Devotion (Part 2)

Downfall and Devolution in Devotion of Disciples at Ephesus Since a great pitfall of disciples is neglecting to develop the discipline of deep devotion to their Divine Master, it’s basically similar to falling out of love of the Lover of our souls, as can be seen in the scathing rebuke of our Divine Master in: [...]

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Disciples’ Developing Deep Divine Devotion (Part 1)

Thirsty hearts are those whose longings have been wakened by the touch of God within them.

A.W. Tozer

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalm 42:1

INTRODUCTION

One of the great sins of any disciple of Christ is neglecting the discipline of developing deep divine devotion to his Divine Deliverer!! This is basically a violation of the first part of His Great Commandment that summarized the whole Law and the Prophets, as God said in

Deuteronomy 6:5,6

5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

which our Lord and Savior re-echoed in

Matthew 22:37-40

37Jesus said unto him,

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38This is the first and great commandment.

39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

and other parts of the gospels, as well as re-echoed in the epistles of Apostles.

To be good disciples of Christ, we have to undergo self discipline to develop deep devotion to his Divine Deliverer. Implicit in the disciples’ discipline with diligence (take note that the words “disciple” and “discipline” have the same root word) is the process of learning and teaching, where disciples learn how to be, to believe, to behave, and to develop doctrines and deeds that would define their identity in relation to their Master who courted, pursued, and wooed them to have an intimate fellowship of love with Him. In His Great Commission, our Divine Master commanded His disciples to go and multiply the process of learning and teaching that He had started, He being the First Fruit with Him as the Seed to be sown to the world in darkness of their ignorance, iniquities, inequities, and idolatries with the end to reap other new birthed disciples with new natures who themselves shall continue the process of discipling others.

Before we continue our discussion, let’s have some basic definitions of terms to make our discourse here clearer:

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