Following Jesus is the call of every believer. As the Apostle John was inspired to say, it is also the test of true salvation. Listen to him in his first letter: “Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.” (1 John 2:6)
Although the word discipleship is a common term used constantly in many churches, we do not seem to see Christ-like people developing as readily as it is talked about. We live in a land where millions of born-again Christians are suffering from acute biblical illiteracy, and many of them are enslaved to culture-accommodating lifestyles. It is a critical time to reassess how God’s Word says to train people to be true followers of our Lord Jesus.
Perhaps the greatest single weakness of the contemporary Christian Church is that millions of supposed members are not really involved at all and, what is worse, do not think it strange that they are not. As soon as we recognize Christ’s intention to make His Church a militant company, we understand at once that the conventional arrangement cannot suffice. There is no real chance of victory in a campaign if ninety per cent of the soldiers are untrained and uninvolved, but that is exactly where we stand now.
In analyzing the Gospels, we find that Jesus ministered to the multitudes no less than 17 times, but His small group sessions are recorded as numbering no less than 46. Although this is just an observation, we could conclude that Christ’s plan was to offer a mix of 25% public training (large group sessions) and 75% small group nurturing (discipleship, hands-on demonstrations, and accountability).
From GEM-29a – Learning to Follow Jesus (080629PM)
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