I use social media to try to inspire and motivate people to surrender their all to the living Jesus Christ. I ask God to help me write words that can change people’s lives and turn them into radical disciples of Christ.
To make disciples is to show people how to open up and fully surrender their heart and life to the inner promptings and leadings of God the Holy Spirit. (Romans 8:1`4) It’s to train them to follow the still, small voice (1 Kings 19:12-13) of the Spirit (Zechariah 4:6) instead of their own thoughts, opinions, feelings, and desires.
Disciple making is much more than theological lecture and religious conjecture. It is actively demonstrating (1 Corinthians 2:4) the presence, power, and reality of the risen Jesus. It is steering people away from the seduction and routine of passive religions traditions (Mark 7:13) so that they can learn to be animated and directed by the presence of Christ living in and through them moment-by-moment. (2 Corinthians 13:5)
Making disciples is leading people beyond mere Bible analysis into the glorious ongoing experience of “Christ in you,” (Colossians 1:27) It’s helping people to overflow with the fruit (Galatians 5:22-23) and the gifts of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:1-11) everywhere they go.
To make disciples is to train people to deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and to follow and obey the risen Jesus. (Luke 9:23) It is showing people how to humble themselves, (1 Peter 5:6) to pray in the Spirit, (Romans 8:26) to seek God’s face, (Matthew 6:33) to turn from their wicked ways, (2 Chronicles 7:14) and even to love their enemies. (Matthew 5:44)
Jesus never separated believing in Him from following and obeying Him. Why do we?
Jesus told His followers to go into all the world and make disciples. (Matthew 28:19-20) Can you think of even one place in even one nation in the world where heart-transforming and radically life-empowering discipling is being consistently done? If so, please share it in the comments.
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