Introduction
Matthew 28:18-20 (ESV)
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 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.”
“As Jesus’s disciple, I am his apprentice in kingdom living. I am learning from him how to lead my life in the kingdom of the heavens as he would lead my life if he were I. It is my faith in him that led me to become his disciple. My confidence in him simply means that I believe that he is right about everything: that all that he is and says shows what life is at its best, what it was intended by God to be.”[1] ~ Dallas Willard
- Believe Jesus is right about everything (Surrender)
- Spend time with Jesus in Prayer and Scripture (Engage)
Mark 1:17 (ESV)
And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”
- Belong to a community of Jesus’ disciples (Belong)
- Obey what Jesus says (Obey)
You do not actually believe something until you live like it’s true.
James 2:26 (ESV)
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
- Share what you know with others (Witness)
Luke 6:46-49 (ESV)
“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”
[1] Dallas Willard, Renewing the Christian Mind, pg. 280