Discipleship
Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying,
“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and
on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them
to observe all things that I have commanded you;
and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of
the age.”
The Multiplication Principle
The example of Jesus:
Preached to the crowds
► He spoke to them in parables (Luke 8:9-10)
Luke 8:9-10
Then His disciples asked Him, saying, “What
does this parable mean?”
And He said, “To you it has been given to
know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to
the rest it is given in parables, that
‘ Seeing they may not see,
And hearing they may not understand.’”
The example of Jesus:
Preached to the crowds
► He spoke to them in parables (Luke 8:9-10)
► He never turned anyone away (Mark 2)
► He never ceased proclaiming the Kingdom
The example of Jesus:
Spent quality time with a relative few
► the seventy (Luke 10:1)
Luke 10:1
After these things the Lord appointed seventy
others also, and sent them two by two before His
face into every city and place where He Himself was
about to go.
The example of Jesus:
Spent quality time with a relative few
► the seventy (Luke 10:1)
► the twelve (John 6:67)
John 6:67-68
Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also
want to go away?”
But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to
whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal
life.”
The example of Jesus:
Spent quality time with a relative few
► the seventy (Luke 10:1)
► the twelve (John 6:67)
► the three (Matt. 17:1)
Matthew 17:1
Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James,
and John his brother, led them up on a high
mountain by themselves…
The example of Jesus:
Spent quality time with a relative few
► the seventy (Luke 10:1)
► the twelve (John 6:67)
► the three (Matt. 17:1)
► the one
The closer Jesus was to someone,
the more practical, personal
and challenging His
relationship was
with them.
The example of Jesus:
Called them to be disciples from the beginning
(Mark 8:34)
Mark 8:34
When He had called the people to Himself,
with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever
desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and
take up his cross, and follow Me.
The example of Jesus:
Called them to be disciples from the beginning
(Mark 8:34)
► deny themselves
► take up the cross
► follow Me
So how does the multiplication
principle work?
YOU
3 people a day
In 20 years,
you will have
won around
20,000 people
to the Lord…
…but 247,000 people have died this year
already in Canada alone!
1 person a year
YOU
In 20 years, you
will have seen
?
1,048,576
people discipled
for the Lord.
Addition is good, but multiplication is better!