Disciplemaking Culture

Please take a prayerful deep breath and walk with me a moment.

Matthew 28:18-20 is where we find the passage in the Bible that commissions us to live as disciplemakers.
This is a process, and a lifelong walk with God.
If you consider how you became a Christian I would assume that there was a process that God used to invite you to come and follow Him and see who He was, and what walking with Him was like.  I also assume that there was a time where you came to know Him as Lord and Savior by faith.  I also assume that this process has continued as a lifestyle where we have the privilege to follow Jesus and be apart of that process with others.
Who did God use to help you along this process?
What experiences did God use?
How did He speak to you in this process?
Jesus engaged people very differently, and used different approaches to meet them where they were at.  He did the same with us in our lives.
So, I want us to take a look at the Gospels in the Bible and look at how Jesus walked with people and helped them on this journey with Him.  Ask the questions we are asking through Jesus' eyes.
Did He engage Pharisee's differently than Prostitutes and Tax Collectors?  How?  Why?
What are the ways Jesus engaged others?  List the ones you see and where...
Did He have any normal patterns? What were they?

The disciples learned this way of life from Jesus.  When Paul mentions that he passed off his teaching, and his way of life this was something he learned from Barnabus, who learned it from the first disciples, who learned it from Jesus.  So it is good to look at Jesus way of life, and think through the process, and try to see it through His eyes.
Since He has called us to do this, how do we make sure that we are doing this.  To follow, follow and fish, and follow fish and multiply?  It needs to be the culture that marks who we are as His followers.

Please take some time to look at the long walk Jesus took with people.  Since He is the same yesterday, today, and forever...and since He has walked with us...we need to follow His example, and the Gospels give us a glimpse of what that looked like.

What does that Disciplemaking lifestyle look like....it should look like Jesus...so, let's take a look and see where we can take next steps with Him together.
Eric

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