The Family Legacy Preneurial Discipleship Development Training Pastor Ronnie D. Joyner, D.Min. “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 commanded you and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” Matthew 28:19, 20 RSV.
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Our Definition of Family Discipleship A.
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Some Dynamics of The Family Discipleship Process A.
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A divine mandate to bring all nations into spiritual maturity. “The Great Commission” is a mandate to the church to “make disciples” which are learners or followers of Jesus Christ, Matt. 28:19,20 Assurance of perpetual disciple – making, II Tim. 2:2 Disciple – making is a non-debatable responsibility for the Church of Jesus Christ, Matt. 28:19,20 Discipleship is linked to faithful persons who adhere to the principles of scripture in their personal lives and are committed to assist others in their maturing, II Tim. 2:2 1. Discipleship is a process not a program, Ephesians 4:13 2. Discipleship is qualitative not quantitative, Matt. 10:1-4 The reality of the Holy Spirit in the disciple-making process, John 14:26 1. Ministries of The Holy Spirit a. Revelation (I Cor. 2:9-13; II Peter 1:20,21) b. Inspiration (I Tim. 4:13-16; II Tim. 4:1-5) c. Illumination (Eph. 1:7-18) d. Empowerment (Phil. 2:12-28) 2. Effects Upon the Individual from the Work of the Holy Spirit a. Conviction (John 16:7-15; I Cor. 2:1-16; II Cor. 4:1-18) b. Regeneration (John 3:5-21; Eph. 4:1-32; I Peter 1:12-25; 2:1-12 c. Indwelling (Rom. 8:2-30; Gal. 3:1-14) d. Baptism (Rom. 6:1-14; I Cor.12:12,13) e. Filling (Eph.5:18) 3. Results of the Holy Spirit’s Work in Individuals a. Spirituality (Rom. 8:4, 12-17; I Cor. 2:13-16; Gal. 5:16-18, 22-23) b. Growth (I Cor. 3:18-23; Eph. 1:17-23; I Peter 2:1-10; II Peter 3:14-18 c. Maturity (I Cor. 10:23-33) d. Effective ministry (I Cor. 12:7-11; Eph. 4:11-13: I Tim. 4:14-16; II Tim. 1:16-18)
The Destiny of Family Discipleship
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“Beloved, we are God’s children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when He appears we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is” I John 3:2 RSV
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Requirements of Discipleship (Luke 14:25-33) 1. An Unrivaled Love, “if any man come to me and hate not his father, and mother and wife and children and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple”, v. 26.
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a. Touching the heart’s affection b. Marks of a disciple An Unceasing Cross-bearing, “and whoever doth not bear his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple”, v.27.
a. Touching life’s conduct b. Identification with a suffering Lord 3. An Unrelenting Commitment To Purpose, “for which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”, v.28
a. Committed to be a contemplative builder b. Committed to finish strong and effective “So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple”, v.33. Luke 6:12-16 indicates that Jesus spent all night in prayer before he chose his 12 Disciples. Here he shows us the spiritual perspective for the kind of selection process we must pattern our selections after. Again, Luke 10:1,2 is very emphatic in describing the use of prayer in securing the laborers who will enter into the Lord's harvest. Disciples are present, they just have to be gathered. Once gathered, they must be trained, then commissioned to fulfill the evangelistic outreach with educational and economic focus to minister to families. Disciples will Help Families Experience Their Best As Family! Use the different Voice-like methods available such as Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and Branch Out. Post per day, be evangelistic, reach for the broken hearted families, the economic captives, those who have been blinded by small and large catastrophic devastations, those who need a new liberty to their bruised conditions and bring glory to the many suffering from the wraps of hopelessness.
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