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Matthew 4:19“Come! Be my
disciples and I will show you how
to fish for people.”EVERY PLAYER, ALL IN!
“GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM AND TEACHING THEM TO OBEY ALL I’VE COMMANDED YOU.”
GOD’S GAME PLANBE A DISCIPLE OF JESUS WHO MAKES DISCIPLES,WHO MAKES DISCIPLES…
WHAT IS A DISCIPLE? ONE WHO FOLLOWS JESUS IN A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THAT INVOLVES:
A. A HEAD-LEVEL CHANGE. IT REQUIRES A
DECISION BETWEEN OPTIONS. “FOLLOW
ME!”
1. TO ACCEPT HIS INVITATION AND SUBMIT TO HIS LEADERSHIP. (1 PETER 3:15.)
2. TO LEAVE LESSER PRIORITIES BEHIND AND CHANGE THE COURSE OF THEIR LIVES. (LUKE 9:22-25)
B. A HEART-LEVEL CHANGE. JESUS INTENDS TO CHANGE THOSE WHO FOLLOW HIM. HE HAS A PLAN AND THE
POWER TO CHANGE US. HIS GOAL IS THAT WE BECOME
LIKE JESUS.
“I WILL MAKE YOU…”
1. HE CHANGES US THROUGH:
A. SCRIPTURE
B. PRAYER
C. LISTENING TO HIM
D. PRACTICING OBEDIENCE
C. A HANDS-LEVEL CHANGE.
“FISHERS OF MEN.”
A DISCIPLE OF JESUS IS COMMITTED TO THE MISSION OF JESUS.
“GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM AND TEACHING THEM TO OBEY ALL I’VE COMMANDED YOU.”
THE DISCIPLES UNDERSTOOD; THEY HAD BEEN DISCIPLED BY JESUS.
THE DISCIPLES WERE CHANGED. IT IS A PROCESS OF GROWTH.
THEY CHOSE TO BELIEVE IN JESUS AT A HEAD-LEVEL
THEY ALLOWED HIM TO CHANGE THEM AT HEART-LEVEL
THEY OBEYED AND WENT EVERYWHERE WITH THE MESSAGE OF JESUS.
EVERY PLAYER, ALL IN!