Fip side of discipleship
Series: not a Fan: Living the committed walk
May 07, 2022
Michael Boyd
Flip Side Of Discipleship Listen on Mixlr @ http://mixlr.com/pastorgbcsl My Radio Stream @ http://s36.myradiostream.com:21402/listen.mp3 Watch us on You Tube Live @ htttp://www.youtube.com/gracechurch-slus/live Grace Baptist Church Podcast https://podpoint.com/grace-baptist-church-of-second-life-podcast
Episode Notes
Possible problems
1. Guilt
2. Work Harder
3. Quit
Is discipleship only for the elite? Is there a special kind of person who qualifies as a disciple of Jesus Christ and I might not be one of them?
(Mark 10:37-38 NIV) They ask, "Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory." {38} "You don’t know what you are asking," Jesus said. "Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?
Judas betrayal
Peter James and John fall asleep while they are waiting for Jesus
All Deserted him at his arrest
Peter's Denial
Thomas Doubts
2. So what’s the deal?
What characterizes true disciples.? TEACH ABILITY
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. {67} "You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve. {68} Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. {69} We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God." John 6:66-69
But they were teachable.?
Ask yourself how teachable am I?
What issue of church or theology have I changed my mind on in the past two years?
Where has God been challenging me this year?
What have I discovered about following Jesus this month that I didn’t know last month?
A disciple will be able to answer those questions because they are seeking to grow.
3. Who They Became
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. ( Acts 3:14)
Phillip sees the persecution as an opportunity to go and spread the gospel all over the region and heads off to Samaria becomes known as Phillip the evangelist.
James becomes the head of the Jerusalem council that was overseeing the development of the church and keeping purity of doctrine.
God isn’t interested in your ability so much as he is in your availability.
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