Discipleship = follower, believer, student, imitators of the teacher, apostle
Yeshua said in Luke 14:26/27 that, whoever doesn’t take up his own cross, cannot be His disciple. Therefore the key to becoming a follower of Yeshua is to be disciple-shipped. To compare and unify the diverse discipleship programs, which are designed to control and harness people’s energy to meet the goals of that specific leadership, should have been easy, if it was based on a clear biblical pattern.
Discipleship is the internal engine that empowers the whole Body (to do what?)
John 17:6 Yeshua gives 6 points that creates an environment but not a process to follow. Mostly people think being discipled is to meet God (improved and righteous living) and that bearing fruit in church, and eventually heaven, is the end goal. However, reading further, we see that each person has a role to play, a life to surrender, a purpose to strive for in the Kingdom of God. The greater picture is God preparing a bride for His Son consisting of every tribe, tongue, people and nation. So, leading a prostrate life before Him so that the people/nations can be redeemed is the joy set before us. It’s a matter of glorifying God, not being (and staying) saved.
Discipleship is the input part of the process of caring, sharing, growing, correcting and honing, so that people can become mature for the work of the ministry – in the kingdom, not only in the church. When missions become the major output as a result of mature disciples, then the Kingdom is established on earth through people’s lives. Often fellowships are birthed out of someone’s good idea instead of coming to life because of the need that exists in the battlefield of frontline missions.
People basically grow through stress dynamics. One can’t turn a child into a soldier. Through the natural steps, like spiral dynamics, maturity comes about through a process. If you are sincerely interested in this growth spiral that cuts across any institution and leadership ideology, contact the writer please. It is backed by biblical scripture and carries the signature of God Himself who invented spiral dynamics as seen in DNA, eardrum, water funneling out of a bottle etc.
Is every person intended to be become a disciple and lay their lives down as the most basic of pre-requisites? Who determines how mature you are as a disciple and where the process stops (or starts for that matter)? Can real apostles fix the spiral?
Dog het gedink dat iemand die blog doen, net soos om die veer te plant….
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