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Disciples are Made Not Born

Disciples are Made Not Born. (Part 1 of 6). “The High Calling of a Disciple of Christ”. Selected Scriptures. The Mission of Mars Hill Baptist Church. To Glorify God Through Worship. To Make Disciples. Build Up Each Other. Minister To Those In Need. The Mission of Mars Hill Baptist Church.

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Disciples are Made Not Born

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  1. Disciples areMade Not Born (Part 1 of 6) “The High Calling of a Disciple of Christ” Selected Scriptures

  2. The Mission ofMars Hill Baptist Church To Glorify God Through Worship To Make Disciples Build Up Each Other Minister To Those In Need

  3. The Mission ofMars Hill Baptist Church To Glorify God Through Worship To Make Disciples Build Up Each Other Minister To Those In Need

  4. Matthew 20:19-20 (ESV) Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

  5. Matthew 20:19-20 (ESV) Go therefore andmake disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

  6. Mathēteuō - to become a pupil; to be a disciple of one; to follow his precepts and instructions “In this context it relates to those who place their trust in Jesus Christ and follow Him in lives of continual learning and obedience.” – John MacArthur

  7. DISCIPLESHIP “Discipling others is the process by which a Christian with a life worth emulating commits himself or herself for an extended period of time to a few individuals who have been won to Christ, the purpose being to aid and guide their growth to maturity and equip them to reproduce themselves in a third spiritual generation."

  8. If we do not know what discipling is how do we ever hope to do it?

  9. Objectives To understand what it means to make disciples To understand the need to make disciples To understand what it takes to disciple others To understand how we can disciple others

  10. 2 Timothy 2:1-2 (ESV) “You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”

  11. In order to disciple others we need to have faithful lives Faithful lives are lives worth emulating

  12. In order to disciple others we need to be faithful Christians Faithful Christians have lives worth emulating

  13. 9 Essential Traits of Faithful Christians

  14. 1) They have adopted as their objective in life the same objective God sets forth in the Scriptures Matthew 6:33 (ESV)But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

  15. 1) They have adopted as their objective in life the same objective God sets forth in the Scriptures Matthew 6:33 (ESV)But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

  16. Whatever your vocation is, it must never be your life objective; for your vocation, no matter how noble it may be; is, in the final analysis, temporal How does your life's objective increase God's glory and decrease yourself?

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