Central Gathering

-- September 27, 2015 --

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The Elders and PST are excited to recommend Dick Jaques for the lead pastor position at New Hope. You have through this Saturday, October 3rd, to give any feedback to the elders about this recommendation.

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Dick Jaques Recommended for Lead

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1. General Discipleship

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?

1. General Discipleship

2. Personal Discipleship

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?

1. General Discipleship

2. Personal Discipleship

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?

Matthew 28:18-20 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 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, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

1. General Discipleship

2. Personal Discipleship

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?

2 Timothy 2:2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.

1. General Discipleship

2. Personal Discipleship

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?

Colossians 1:28 Him [Jesus] we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

1. General Discipleship

2. Personal Discipleship

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?

Colossians 1:28 Him [Jesus] we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Ephesians 4:13 …we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ

1. The Inherent Power of Multiplication

WHY DISCIPLESHIP?

1. The Inherent Power of Multiplication

WHY DISCIPLESHIP?

Megachurch

reach 25,000 new people each year

Small Group

each disciples just one new person each year

1. The Inherent Power of Multiplication

WHY DISCIPLESHIP?

Megachurch

reach 25,000 new people each year

Small Group

each disciples just one new person each year

Year 1 25,000 Year 1 30

1. The Inherent Power of Multiplication

WHY DISCIPLESHIP?

Megachurch

reach 25,000 new people each year

Small Group

each disciples just one new person each year

Year 1 25,000Year 2 50,000

Year 1 30Year 2 60

1. The Inherent Power of Multiplication

WHY DISCIPLESHIP?

Megachurch

reach 25,000 new people each year

Small Group

each disciples just one new person each year

Year 1 25,000Year 2 50,000

Year 60 1,500,000

Year 1 30Year 2 60

Year 60 16,000,000

1. The Inherent Power of Multiplication

WHY DISCIPLESHIP?

Megachurch

reach 25,000 new people each year

Small Group

each disciples just one new person each year

Year 1 25,000Year 2 50,000

Year 60 1,500,000Year 85 2,750,000

Year 1 30Year 2 60

Year 60 16,000,000Year 85 Everyone

on earth!

1. The Inherent Power of Multiplication

2. Joy in Eternity

WHY DISCIPLESHIP?

1 Thessalonians 2:8, 19-20 8 We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us. … 19 For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? 20 For you are our glory and joy.

The verb used in Paul's description of the goal of disciple-making is significant. He says, ". . . that we may present everyone mature in Christ" (Col. 1:28, emphasis added). Several noted scholars, including F. F. Bruce and Peter O'Brien, have pointed out that Paul is speaking here about the Second Coming of Christ. We are working toward a goal that will be realized only at the end of time. Our great joy will be to present the fruit of our labors to God at the judgment. On that day the people we invested in will be to us what Paul called the Philippians: "my joy and crown" (Phil. 4:1).

When my daughter was little, I used to take her to her preschool on my motorcycle each morning (motorcycles are the standard means of economical transport for middle-class people in Sri Lanka). I would often see a lady who brought about four little children to school in a van. They would get out of the van with her and then hold on to her, each one holding a finger as she led them to school. I often think this is the way I would like to go to heaven - taking along with me several people in whose lives I have invested.

“THE CALL TO JOY AND PAIN” AJITH FERNANDO

“First came bright Spirits, not the Spirits of men, who danced and scattered flowers. Then, on the left and right, at each side of the forest avenue, came youthful shapes, boys upon one hand, and girls upon the other. If I could remember their singing and write down the notes, no man who read that score would ever grow sick or old. Between them went musicians: and after these a lady in whose honour all this was being done. … [And] only partly do I remember the unbearable beauty of her face.

“Is it?...is it?” I whispered to my guide. “Not at all,” said he. “It's someone ye'll never have heard of. Her name on earth was Sarah Smith and she lived at Golders Green.”“She seems to be...well, a person of particular importance?”“Aye. She is one of the great ones. Ye have heard that fame in this country and fame on Earth are two quite different things.” …

“And who are all these young men and women on each side?”“They are her sons and daughters.”

“THE GREAT DIVORCE” C.S. LEWIS

“She must have had a very large family, Sir.”“Every young man or boy that met her became her son – even if it was only the boy that brought the meat to her back door. Every girl that met her was her daughter.”

I looked at my Teacher in amazement.

“Yes,” he said. “It is like when you throw a stone into a pool, and the concentric waves spread out further and further. Who knows where it will end? Redeemed humanity is still young, it has hardly come to its full strength. But already there is joy enough in the little finger of a great saint such as yonder lady to waken all the dead things of the universe into life.”

“THE GREAT DIVORCE” C.S. LEWIS

1. You have to be young/in college2. You have to be discipled by someone older3. You have to meet in a coffee shop, read the bible, and pray4. You have to have been discipled5. You have to be really mature and know a lot6. You have to be in a LIFE Group7. You have to wait till someone asks you8. You should meet with someone like you9. You have to be extroverted, excited to do it10. It shouldn’t be awkward to start11. Parenting doesn’t count12. You don’t have anything to offer / No one would want to

meet with you

12 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS