00:00 Introduction: Defining a Christian in One Word

01:20 The Great Commission: Jesus' Command to Make Disciples

03:10 Understanding Jesus' Authority

07:59 The Mission Statement of Christianity

15:28 Comprehensive and Committed Discipleship

17:41 The Life-Altering Path of Discipleship

22:46 Identity Transformation Through Christ

25:23 The Comprehensive Nature of Discipleship

29:17 The Role of Teaching in Discipleship

33:01 Jesus' Personal Involvement in Discipleship

41:05 Trusting Jesus in Your Discipleship Journey

42:58 Closing Prayer and Reflections

Matthew 28 16.

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That's where you're gonna be.

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So in our game, right?

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In our game, we had to, we had to

describe some things with just one word.

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And I want you to think

of right now, think.

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If I was gonna describe a

Christian with one word, how would

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I describe someone who's saved?

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How would I describe a

Christian in one word?

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What would you think?

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What would you say?

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What comes to mind when you say, oh, how

would I describe a Christian in one word?

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Well, I think that in to Knight's passage

we're gonna see what, at least Matthew,

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and, and probably Jesus would say, if

he was gonna say one word to describe

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a Christian, that word is disciple.

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Disciple.

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That's the word I think

that, that Jesus would use.

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And that's the word that

Matthew for sure would use.

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So if you don't know what it means

to be a disciple, or if you have a

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wrong idea about being a disciple,

then you're probably doing the

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whole Christian thing wrong.

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If you don't know what, what it means

to, to be a disciple of Jesus, if you

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don't know what discipleship is or

looks like, then you might be, you

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might have a totally wrong idea of

what it's like to be a Christian and

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what being a Christian is all about.

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So tonight that's what we're gonna learn.

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We're gonna learn that discipleship.

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Is living all in for

King Jesus with his help.

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The discipleship is living all

in for king Jesus with his help.

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That's what Matthew and

Jesus are gonna tell us.

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Tonight.

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So look with me at your passage, Matthew

chapter 16, or chapter 28, verse 16.

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So we're picking up right

after the resurrection.

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Jesus is alive and the angel announces it,

and then the woman go tell the disciples.

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And then, um, Jesus said, Hey, I'm

gonna meet you guys in Galilee.

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Meet me in Galilee.

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So verse 16.

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Now the 11 disciples went

to Galilee, to the mountain,

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which Jesus had directed them.

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So this was the plan.

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They're like, all right, let's do it.

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And when they saw him, they worshiped him.

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But some doubted.

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So they see Jesus and they worship

him, but some of them aren't sure.

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Some of them are either not sure if they

should worship him or not sure who he is.

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We don't know exactly,

but some of them doubted.

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Then verse 18, Jesus came and said

to them, all authority in heaven

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and on earth has been given to me.

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All sovereignty, all authority,

all power, all the rights

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to rule is belongs to Jesus.

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It's been given to Jesus

now as the resurrected king.

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Therefore go therefore, and make disciples

of all nations, baptizing them in the

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name of the Father and of the Son and of

the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe

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or obey all that I have commanded you

and behold, look, I'm with you always.

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To the end of the age, right?

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Nice short passage for us.

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I forgot to put up on the screen

for you, but that's our passage.

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It all fits on one slide.

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Isn't that crazy?

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It all fits on one slide.

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So Jesus, he meets the disciples,

some of them worship, and then

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he gives them this announcement.

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He says, look, all I have all authority

everywhere because of that, I want you to

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go make disciples of everyone everywhere.

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I want you to baptize them, and I want

you to teach them what I've commanded you.

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By the way, I'm always gonna be

with you for the rest of history.

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Now, the main, the main message that

Jesus is saying right is, is this section

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here, it starts with all authority,

ends with to the end of the age.

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He starts in a really interesting place.

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Right?

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If you were gonna send out

a group of people, right?

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If you were gonna say, you know what,

I want you guys to go and tell people

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about Jesus, what would you start with?

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If you were gonna say, you know what?

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We're gonna start with 11 people and

we're gonna go and try to change the world

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and tell everyone about Jesus, what's

the first thing you would tell them?

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Well, Jesus says, this is

what I'm gonna start with.

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All authority in heaven and

on earth has been given to me.

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Therefore go and make disciples.

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So whenever you see it,

therefore in the Bible, you know

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what you're supposed to ask.

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What's therefore, what's the,

therefore, therefore, right?

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Whenever you see it, therefore, in

the Bible, you gotta look backward.

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So it, what it does is

it relates this to this.

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So all authority therefore go, right.

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That's what Jesus is saying.

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You see that all authority.

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It has been given to Jesus.

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Therefore, I want you to do this thing.

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This is a command that he's giving.

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So discipleship actually

comes from Jesus' authority.

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Discipleship comes from the

fact that Jesus is in charge.

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That's where discipleship starts,

and that's our first point.

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Tonight, discipleship is a

response to Jesus' authority.

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Discipleship is based on

the authority of Jesus.

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It comes from the fact that

Jesus is the king of kings.

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The first thing I want you to

know about being a disciple of

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Jesus, someone who follows Jesus.

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Jesus has all authority, and

maybe you've heard that before.

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You've heard that growing

up from your parents.

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You've heard that in kids, men.

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Maybe you've heard that Jesus has all

authority, but I want you to just think

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about what that means about Jesus, right?

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It means that Jesus has all

authority over every country.

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So if Jesus, all authority of

every country, think about that.

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Jesus could tell every country what to do.

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Jesus could tell Russia what to do.

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Jesus could tell he ran what to do.

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Jesus could tell the US what to do.

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Jesus could tell every single

world country, Hey, do that.

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And he has the right to say that

and enforce that Jesus' authority

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over every cell on earth, every

molecule, every disease, Jesus

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can tell, every sickness, stop.

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Jesus can do that.

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Jesus has the authority to do that.

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Jesus has authority over

every animal, right?

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People talk about training their dogs.

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Jesus authority over every animal.

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He can tell every animal,

here's what I want you to do.

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Go do it.

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Jesus authority, over, over everything.

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Right?

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He's authority over every person.

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Right?

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Not just maybe.

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Oh yeah.

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And Jesus has authority over every person.

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Cool.

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No.

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Jesus has authority

over, over every person.

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Oh, Jesus has authority over you, over

what you do, what you think, what you

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say, how you live, the decisions you

make, where you go to school, who you

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date Jesus authority over Everything.

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How you spend your time, what you watch.

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Who you're friends with Jesus

authority over all of these things.

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That's what it means when Jesus

says, all authority and discipleship

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following Jesus is someone who

recognizes that and goes along with it.

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They say, you know what?

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That's right.

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I agree with that and I'm

gonna follow what Jesus says.

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Now, maybe you're someone who

doesn't think Jesus is all authority.

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Does that change how

much authority Jesus has?

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Does you thinking how much Jesus

authority has change anything about Jesus?

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No.

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Right.

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Whether you like it or

not, Jesus is in charge.

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One day, Jesus is gonna come

and set up his kingdom fully.

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And at that point, you won't have the

freedom that you have now to say, uh,

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I don't want anything to do with Jesus.

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Or, uh, I kind of like Jesus,

but I'm gonna do whatever I want.

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One day you're gonna run into

Jesus authority and Jesus will show

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you I'm in charge of everything.

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Jesus has all authority, but he

has all authority over everything

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that you interact with, right?

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Everything you think about all

the people that you see, all

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the situations you're in, right?

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Maybe you're, you're scared

of, of something happening.

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Well, Jesus is in control of that, right?

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And that's such a comfort

that you are following someone

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who has all authority, right?

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You're not just following

a, a nice teacher, right?

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You're following someone who has authority

over every situation you're ever gonna

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face, anything you're worried about.

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You can say, you know what,

Jesus is in control of that.

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Jesus can can work this

exactly the way he wants to.

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If you're not sure how, how this

thing with your family is gonna play

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out, or you're not sure how, how this

situation and your social life with your

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friends is gonna work out or you don't

know how your health is, is gonna be.

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Jesus has authority over that and

he's in control and you can trust him.

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And that's such a freeing

thing for you to know.

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Jesus has all authority, but also what

I want you to see is that because use is

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all authority, he's actually giving this.

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As a command, right?

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He says, I have all authority.

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Therefore, because of that,

do this make disciples.

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The, the main command in this

passage is, is make disciples.

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Um, that's the way Matthew

wrote it in his language.

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This is a, a command, and this is a

less strong verb in Matthew's language.

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If you want, you can learn Greek

with me and talk about that later.

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But this is the main, this is

the main command of this passage.

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Make disciples so it, it's a command.

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It's not just a suggestion, right?

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It's not just, oh, Jesus, you know,

was like, if, if you have time.

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Make some disciples for me, or, oh, you

know, well, only the super important

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Christians, I want you to make disciples.

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Making disciples is a command

given to, to every, every person

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who calls themself a Christian.

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It's actually the reason

the church exists.

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This is kind of like

Jesus' mission statement.

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You ever seen like a mission statement

from a company like this company exists

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to, or like a college you're applying to?

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This college exists for this purpose.

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I looked up some online

just that were fun.

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So like Disney's, I don't even know

if this is true, this is what someone

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said online, but imagine that is true.

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Disney's mission statement

is to create happiness for

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people of all ages everywhere.

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So they're saying that's

why Disney exists, right?

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That's what, that's what

Disney wants you to know.

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This is their main job

is creating happiness.

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That's what they're all about.

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So if something doesn't create happiness,

guess what Disney's not gonna do?

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They're not gonna do that.

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Right?

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They're all about creating

happiness, and they want you to

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know that they're, they're creating

happiness for everyone, everywhere.

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All types of people, right?

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That's what Disney wants you to

know about happiness or like apple.

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This one was fun.

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Apple to challenge the status

quo to think differently.

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Notice how like vague these are,

they have nothing to do with

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like the industry they're in.

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Disney didn't say anything about

movies or about amusement parks.

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Apple didn't say anything

about like iPhones or whatever.

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They didn't say like, to make

the best technology ever, right.

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They said, we just want to be different.

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So like that's Apple's mission statement.

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I like the McDonald's mission statement,

just for fun to be the world's best

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quick service restaurant experience

without an ice cream machine, I guess.

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Um, but yeah, that was

McDonald's mission statement.

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It's interesting, right, to see, like,

it tells you a lot about the company.

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To know what, what do they think is the

most important thing that we're gonna do?

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This is what we're all about.

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Starbucks.

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Inspire and nurture the human spirit.

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This doesn't just sound like Starbucks,

to inspire and nurture the human

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spirit, one person in one cup at a

time, so you can really tell a lot

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about a company and what they value.

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Or one more Coca-Cola to refresh the

world and inspire moments of optimism.

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Is this, is this how you

feel when you drink a Coke?

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Totally right.

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But yeah, these are, these are

these company's mission statements.

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These are these company's mission

statements, and what I want you

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to see is that this is, this

is Jesus' mission statement.

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This is the church's mission statement.

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This, if you call yourself a

Christian or if, if your parents go

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to church, this, this is the example.

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Everything that Jesus wants from

his church as a, as a group, and

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also everything that he wants

individually from you as a disciple,

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your job is to make disciples.

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That's your mission.

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That's why you're here.

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You're not here to have fun.

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You're not here to, to do this.

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You're not here to, to

make a bunch of money.

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You're not here to, to make friends.

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You're here to make disciples.

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That's your, that's your

main mission statement.

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And so just like these companies,

right, they wanna filter everything

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through their mission statement, right?

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If it doesn't do that.

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We're not about it.

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If it doesn't accomplish our mission,

we're not, we're not gonna do that.

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So what Jesus is giving you is he's

giving you a filter to say, okay,

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well, does this help me make disciples?

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Well, if it doesn't, that's not my job.

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That's not part of the mission, right?

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Everything we do as a, as Christians, as a

disciples is about making more disciples.

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It's like a filter that filters

out the stuff you don't need

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and the stuff that you do need.

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So Jesus is giving you and

the church your a, a mission.

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So use the individual and

the church as a group, right?

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That's why that a group of people

moved from California to Texas and

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just out of the blue, seemingly, right?

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Just because they, they wanted

to, because they wanted to do what

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Jesus commissions or, or sends the

church to do to make more disciples.

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So if you're a Christian, if you

call yourself a Christian in this

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room, I want you to ask yourself, is

that what my life is really about?

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Is my life really about making disciples?

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Do I really think about, okay, why am

I on my sports team to make disciples?

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Why am I at this school to make disciples?

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Why am I with these friends?

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Why am I with these family

members to make disciples?

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Why am I gonna pick the

college I'm gonna go to?

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Why am I gonna pick the

the schedule that I want?

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Well, it's to make disciples.

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That's what you need to filter

everything through, because it's a

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command from the authoritative king.

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This isn't the great suggestion, right?

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This is the great commission.

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This is a mission that, that

Jesus himself has given you.

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If you call yourself a Christian,

that's what it means to follow.

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Jesus.

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It's not an optional suggestion.

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It's not an age dependent

suggestion either.

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You notice that Jesus didn't say, oh,

when you're older, make disciples.

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Once you learn this much about the

Bible, make disciples once you graduate

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from high school, make disciples.

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Once you feel good about your

relationship with God, make disciples.

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He didn't say any of that.

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He just said, if you're, if you're

a Christian, make disciples.

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What he said.

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It's not a, it looks different maybe

in different seasons of your life.

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You know, making disciples as a parent or

as a mom, or as a dad, or as a grandparent

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or as a student, looks different.

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But that's always gonna be your

mission, is to make disciples.

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It's not conditional on anything.

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Well, I don't feel like making disciples,

oh, I don't love those people very much.

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Or, oh, whatever.

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My life isn't going

the way I wanted it to.

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I'm really stressed out right now.

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Your job is still in those

moments to make disciples.

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And yes, it'll look different,

but that's still your mission.

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That's still why you are here.

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So because Jesus has all authority,

discipleship making other

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disciples is a response to Jesus.

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Following Jesus is what

discipleship is all about.

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And because Jesus is all authority,

you can trust him, right?

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You can say, well, you know what?

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Jesus is in control of everything.

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So if he sends me to do something.

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He probably is gonna help me do it.

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It's probably gonna work out pretty well.

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If the king of the universe

says, I want you to do this.

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I'm asking you to do this.

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I'm commanding you to do this.

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The, the person with all

authority has sent you to do this.

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You ever like run an errand

for someone really important?

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Like at my middle school, there were

these office aides, you know, and they

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come in with their pass and they can like

walk through and pull people outta class

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and do this stuff because they're coming

with the authority of the principal.

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You know what I mean?

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Like they've got the authority of the,

the most important person on the campus.

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They can just walk around.

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They, they can go, you know,

became a supervisor, says, Hey,

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what are you doing outta class?

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They can just hold up their badge.

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You know, like, look at me.

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I'm an office aid.

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I'm so cool.

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I don't have to do anything

and just walk around.

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Or they can do that, right?

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Because they, they have the

authority of the person sending them.

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If you're, if you're a disciple of Jesus,

Jesus is sending you out of his authority.

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So if someone is telling you

don't make disciples, they're, you

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can say, talk to my boss, right?

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This is what he told me to do.

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Talk to the principal.

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He set me on this mission.

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That's what I'm gonna do.

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So you can also trust Jesus with

that and say, you know what?

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This is what Jesus asked me to do,

so I'm gonna do it regardless of any

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opposition that might come my way.

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But because Jesus is all

authority, following him means

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he lays claim to your entire.

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Life.

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Right?

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Being a disciple is not just

a, what we talked about.

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It's not just a, a seasonal job.

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It's not just an optional suggestion.

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It's, it's an authoritative

and wholehearted pursuit.

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Look with me at verses 19 and 20.

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So main command make disciples.

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How do we do that?

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Jesus.

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Well, here's what it looks like.

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It looks like going, it looks like

baptizing, and it looks like teaching.

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That's what Jesus is saying.

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Make disciples.

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How do you wanna do that?

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Well, this is what we're gonna do.

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Right coach.

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Jesus says, here's what we're gonna do.

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We're gonna go, we're gonna

baptize and we're gonna teach.

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That's how we make disciples.

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Now, if you notice all of these things,

they, what they do is they, they take

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hold of every aspect of your life.

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These, these three activities involved

in disciple making, they creep into

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every single part of your life.

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You're not just making disciples.

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Sometimes you're making disciples

all the time, and these things

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are gonna reorient your life.

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If you're really a disciple, if

you're really a follower of Jesus,

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your life is gonna change thoroughly.

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It's not just gonna change on Sundays.

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It's not just gonna change on Wednesdays.

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It's gonna change all the time.

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So 0.2,

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discipleship is a comprehensive

and committed process.

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Comprehensive that means full, right?

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All the way, like a

comprehensive final, right?

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It's on.

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It's like the two worst words.

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In school.

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Comprehensive exam, right?

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That means it's a test on everything

you've learned that semester or that year.

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Discipleship is comprehensive

and it's committed, right?

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It's, it's something that that

takes time and it's something that

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takes effort and it's something that

takes resolve and it's a process.

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It's gradual, right?

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It's not just something like, boom, I've

been discipled as much as I need to.

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I made it.

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It's a process.

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It doesn't happen all in

an instant, but it also.

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Takes, takes time.

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And so is make, so making disciples

and being discipled are both a process.

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They don't just, there's not

just one conversation, boom,

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I discipled that person.

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I'm done.

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Or, oh, I talked to my leader

once and now I'm discipled.

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That's not how it works.

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Right.

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Discipleship is a, is a process,

but it's very thorough and it

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takes everything you've got.

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Right.

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And our main point, discipleship

is living all in for king Jesus.

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So making disciples, as we saw,

involves going, baptizing and teaching.

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Those are the three things

that Jesus wants you to know

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about how to make disciples.

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So this first one, here's what

we can learn about discipleship.

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When we talk about going

discipleship interrupts and

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alters the direction of your life.

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Jesus saying, to make disciples,

you're gonna have to go, you're

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gonna have to have a direction.

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It's gonna look.

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You're, you're on the move.

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It's gonna look like you're

moving a certain way.

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There's a, there's a

path I want you to go on.

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Discipleship means going, so

it's gonna interrupt your life.

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Remember when Jesus calls his

disciples, they're fishing in the boat.

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Uh, Simon and Andrew are fishing in the

boat, or James and John are fishing in the

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boat and Jesus says, Hey, come follow me.

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So what do they do?

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They leave their stuff

and they come follow him.

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There's a, there's an altered direction.

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There's something that

changed in their life.

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They were interrupted by Jesus and

then they started following Jesus.

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The best way I could describe

this is one of my favorite games.

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You ever seen this one?

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You ever seen this one from Game Pigeon?

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It's the knockout game with the penguins.

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So right when this, when this penguin

is coming and this penguin is coming,

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what's gonna happen when they intersect?

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They're gonna go out

different directions, right?

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Their trajectory, the way they were

going is gonna look different, right?

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This penguin is probably gonna end up

over here and this penguin is gonna

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end over here and this guy's gonna win.

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Right?

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That's how it's gonna work.

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So when this penguin gets bumped,

he's gonna go a different direction.

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He thought he was gonna go this

way and he's gonna go this way.

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That's kind of like what happens

when you become a Christian.

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Your life changes the

direction of your life change.

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That's why repentance is turning.

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That's the, that's what the word means.

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It means to turn.

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The direction of your life for changes.

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Second Corinthians five 15 says

that Christians stop living for

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themselves and start living for God.

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There's a direction change.

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There's a trajectory that's changed.

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You were going this way, and

then Jesus came and bumped

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into you and changed your life.

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He took you from death to life.

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He took you from not his

people to his people.

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He took you from not saved to saved.

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And he changed the direction of your life.

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He gave you new desires.

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He gave you a new heart,

he gave you new habits.

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He, he gave you all these things.

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He gave you the Holy Spirit,

and it changes your life.

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It sends you off a different way.

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You, you start maybe, maybe you

do some of the same activities.

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Maybe you still play the same sport.

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Maybe you still live in the same place.

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Maybe you still have the same friends,

but the direction of your life is

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totally different now if you're

really a disciple, because now you're

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not doing those things for you,

you're doing those things for God.

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So the direction of your life Jesus

bumped into you and, and sense

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you go on a different direction.

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So discipleship alters the,

the trajectory, it alters

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the path of your life, right?

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My life is totally different

than what I thought it was gonna

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be before I became a Christian.

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And I'm sure all of your leaders

can say really similar things 'cause

475

their core fundamental desire change.

476

They, they who they are changed

what they wanted changed, their

477

priorities changed, and that sent

them in a different direction than

478

what they thought they were gonna do.

479

And so if you call yourself a

disciple, look for that in your life.

480

If you, if you wanna become a Christian,

expect that to happen when you get saved.

481

If you say you are a Christian

or you're not sure if you're

482

a Christian, look for that.

483

Look for, look for a a time period,

maybe not an exact day, but look for a

484

time period where Jesus bumped into you

and sent you flying in a different way.

485

And maybe it's gradual, it's a process.

486

But look for the different

direction, right?

487

Look for a change in direction.

488

I was living for myself, now I'm living.

489

For God.

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That's what being a disciple is.

491

And also when you think about go, being

a disciple means you're sent, right?

492

You have a new mission.

493

Your mission before was live for myself.

494

Now your mission is make disciples.

495

So now you're, you're sent out to go

out of your way to do that, right?

496

If you never talk to anyone in your life,

you're never gonna make any disciples.

497

Christians are inherently outgoing people,

maybe not in personality, but in posture.

498

We, we go to where the people are.

499

We need to make people disciples.

500

So your mission has changed.

501

You are sent out by God with a new

purpose to do something for him.

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That's what being a disciple is.

503

The second part we saw going.

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The second part is being baptized.

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Baptizing, baptism symbolizes.

506

You think about what is

baptism symbolize, right?

507

You're going down under the water and

you're coming up out of the water, right?

508

Um, baptism.

509

Yes.

510

This, Jesus is talking about

physically being dunked in the

511

water and coming back up, right?

512

Jesus is saying, you should baptize

your disciples that you make.

513

Right?

514

They should be baptized if you're,

if you call yourself a Christian,

515

you've never been baptized to obey

Jesus, you need to be baptized.

516

That's, that's one thing that Jesus's

saying, but the physical act of baptism

517

is supposed to be a symbol of something.

518

Just like the Lord's Supper

is a symbol of something.

519

Baptism is a symbol of something

and what it symbolizes.

520

You're different now.

521

Your identity has changed.

522

You were dead and now you're alive.

523

You were someone else and now

you're connected to Jesus.

524

And so you're different.

525

You have new life.

526

You're a new person.

527

That's what, um, Paul talks

about in, in Romans chapter

528

six, and he talks about baptism.

529

He's not talking about physical baptism.

530

He's talking about what happens to

you when you become a Christian.

531

You're different now, so

who you are is different.

532

Right.

533

The the closest thing I could think

of to like an identity change is.

534

Specifically, uh, when

ladies get married, right?

535

This kind of thing happens, right?

536

You become a different person, right?

537

You, you go from Thomas Elli to Azuma

in my lovely wife's case, right?

538

You become a, a different person, your

identity changes, and then you have to

539

do all this paperwork, and it's a mess,

and it's terrible, but it's awesome

540

because your identity changed, right?

541

So now, right?

542

We're not just, we're not just two

separate people in according to Jesus.

543

If you get married,

you're one flesh, right?

544

God brought you together.

545

God changed you, so now you're

fundamentally a different

546

person because you got married.

547

That's what happens when you

become a Christian, right?

548

When you become a Christian,

your identity changes.

549

Who you are changes.

550

Not just outwardly, not just your habits,

not just how you spend your time, not

551

just what you maybe do or how you look,

but who you are on the inside changes.

552

Everything that's core to who you are is

different when you become a Christian.

553

That's what baptism symbolizes

is, is an identity change.

554

It also means a new

relationship with God, right?

555

You, you're no longer apart from Christ.

556

You're in Christ baptizing the name of the

Father of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

557

Now you have a new relationship

with God before you didn't

558

have access to God, right?

559

You're a, you're a sinner.

560

You're separated from God,

but then when you're baptized,

561

you're baptized into Christ.

562

Which means you're,

you're placed into Christ.

563

You're connected to Christ.

564

And so now when God sees you, he

doesn't say you deserve judgment.

565

He says, Jesus paid for your sin.

566

So now I've adopted you and

I've welcomed you to my family.

567

So you have a new relationship with

God because of you're connected to

568

Jesus, you're baptized in Christ.

569

That's what that means.

570

You now have a new identity, but also

you have a new relationship with God.

571

You, you can call him Father, you

can talk to him like your father.

572

You have access to him through Jesus.

573

You have your sins taken away.

574

You have a new relationship with

God because of being a disciple.

575

So baptism symbolizes your new identity,

and that's part of being a disciple.

576

Being a disciple means

your identity is changed.

577

So if that's not you, then

you're not a disciple, right?

578

But if you are, you should see that.

579

You should see that in your life.

580

I'm not the person I used to be.

581

So making disciples involves

going, it involves baptizing

582

and it also involves teaching.

583

So discipleship means living Jesus way.

584

So baptism talks about identity.

585

So even though baptism or discipleship,

discipleship is more than a way

586

of life, it's more than just

external rule following and doing

587

different things than I used to do.

588

It's, it's discipleship is much

more comprehensive than that.

589

It changes everything about you, not

just your habits or your actions, but

590

it's not less than that either, right?

591

Being a disciple means, remember

what Jesus said, teaching them to

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obey everything that I've commanded.

593

There's a, there's physical evidence

because you, you, your identity changes.

594

Jesus interrupted your life, your

identity changes, and now you start doing

595

the things that Jesus wants you to do.

596

The word disciple actually means learner.

597

So the, the word just means

a student, like a learner.

598

And so if you're a disciple,

you're who you are.

599

Is is a learner.

600

And, and what that means is your

posture as a disciple is always to grow.

601

It's always, oh, Jesus

is the, the teacher.

602

Jesus is, is the one I'm learning from.

603

That's what being a disciple is.

604

Your, your mission as a disciple.

605

Part of it is to, to do

everything that Jesus said.

606

So you're always gonna be growing,

you're always gonna be learning.

607

That's why we said in our

second point, it's a process.

608

Discipleship is a pro.

609

It's a lifelong process

of living Jesus' way.

610

You're never going to be done,

oh, I'm, I'm done being discipled.

611

So it's a, it's a process and there's

ups and downs that process, right?

612

Sometimes it takes a while

for you to learn things.

613

Just like in school.

614

It takes you for a while.

615

Sometimes there's certain

things you get right away.

616

There's some things that take you a

while to get, you have to practice them.

617

You have to think about them.

618

Your teacher has to explain it in a

cool way, and then you start getting it.

619

That happens with, with

disciples, with God.

620

You know, so maybe you're a Christian,

you're like, well, I see some changes.

621

I don't see another big change

that I, I really wanna grow in.

622

So that might take time.

623

You know, God works through slow process

sometimes, and so sometimes your, your

624

growth is gonna be slow learning, but you

always should be as a disciple, learning

625

to obey everything that Jesus said, and

that's also part of being a disciple.

626

He said, just teach them to obey

everything that I've commanded you.

627

Not just your favorite commands, not just

the ones you're good at, not just the

628

ones that the world applauds and says,

oh yeah, that's good, but everything.

629

So think about, am I someone who just

picks and chooses what Jesus says?

630

Like, well, I'll obey that and I won't do

that, or, I like it when I get to do these

631

things for Jesus, but I don't like it

when I get to do those things for Jesus.

632

I wanna serve at church this way.

633

I don't wanna serve at church that way.

634

Well, are you picking and choosing

what Jesus asked you to do?

635

Are you saying, Jesus, here I am.

636

Send me.

637

You get to decide how I follow you.

638

You don't get to decide

how you follow Jesus.

639

You're following Jesus on

his terms, not your terms.

640

You don't get to say, oh, well,

Jesus, I'll follow you this far,

641

but if I'm single for the rest of

my life, not gonna do it, I'm out.

642

You don't get to say, oh, Jesus, uh, I'll

follow you this way, but if all my friends

643

leave me, I'm out, or if I have to share

the gospel with people, then I'm out.

644

Or, oh, if, if you really

want me to believe that about

645

homosexuality, then I'm out.

646

Jesus wants you to obey

everything he's commanding.

647

This isn't Buffet Christianity.

648

You can't just pick, oh, well, I

like what the Bible says about that.

649

Don't like what it says about that.

650

It's comprehensive.

651

Everything that you see in God's word

is for you and it matters, and you can't

652

just pick and choose the parts you like.

653

Also, it's living Jesus' way, right?

654

Not just learning information about Jesus.

655

Discipleship isn't just gaining

information and facts like,

656

oh, I, I learned this and I

learned this and I learned this.

657

Right?

658

It's learning.

659

That translates into living.

660

It's living.

661

There's, there's action, there's feelings.

662

There's not just information

that you learned about Jesus.

663

And then lastly, throughout teaching,

Jesus is telling the disciples to teach.

664

Right?

665

So disciples are learners.

666

Yes, but they're also teachers.

667

Disciples are supposed

to make more disciples.

668

So if you are a Christian, you

should be thinking about how am

669

I going to disciple other people?

670

Maybe you are a new Christian, so there's

not much that you've learned that you

671

can pass on, but at some point you

should be thinking, oh, I need to pass

672

on my learning, my knowledge, my wisdom,

my love for Jesus to other people.

673

I had one guy, um.

674

One of the coolest guys I've ever met.

675

He was in a men's bible study group

that I was in, and he had a brain tumor.

676

Um, one of the coolest dude, just the

way he trusted God, the way he followed

677

Jesus through that was, was really cool.

678

But he gave me this illustration that

I've, I've never forgot since then.

679

He talked about the difference

between, um, he used roads, but I'm

680

using water 'cause it's more fun.

681

The difference between a cul-de-sac.

682

A thoroughfare, like right.

683

A road that just goes all the way through.

684

Or a road that's like a circle.

685

So water makes more sense.

686

'cause you guys don't even

know what thoroughfare is.

687

So you ever seen one of these

things, you ever seen one of

688

these standing water, right?

689

Where all the mosquitoes come from?

690

And for some reason they named

a city in Oklahoma after this.

691

But this is, this is still

water, right Standing.

692

Water standing.

693

Water's gross.

694

There's, there's nothing coming

in to, there's nothing, sorry.

695

There's nothing going out.

696

There might be water coming in.

697

There's rain that comes in.

698

Maybe they, there's water that comes

in, but it doesn't, it doesn't leave.

699

And it just sits there and

it gets real gross, right?

700

It, it, it ends up looking like this.

701

And then these people probably

have a million mosquito bites

702

and they can't use their pool.

703

It can really clean.

704

It's terrible, right?

705

But this kind of water, running

water is beautiful, right?

706

It flows, it's clean, it's great.

707

You can swim in it.

708

You could drink it.

709

If you're adventurous, you could do

all sorts of things with flowing water.

710

See, being a disciple, you want to

be this, you wanna be like this.

711

So when, when God shows you

things, when you learn things,

712

starting with the gospel, right,

the gospel's the best example.

713

You don't just keep

the gospel to yourself.

714

You're like, oh, I, I heard the gospel.

715

I responded great.

716

No, God wants you to

take it to other people.

717

He wants you to, to let it flow

through you to people around you.

718

He doesn't want you to just be

like, all right, cool, I got it.

719

Sweet.

720

He doesn't want you to do that.

721

He wants you to pass it on.

722

So if you're a Christian, you

at least know the gospel, right?

723

You've at least been saved.

724

You've heard the good news about

Jesus, you've responded to him.

725

You love Jesus.

726

You can at least pass that on.

727

Maybe you don't know very

much, and that's okay, right?

728

We all start somewhere.

729

Maybe you don't know very

much about the Bible.

730

Maybe you don't know

very much about Jesus.

731

Maybe you haven't been a Christian very

long, but there's still things that you

732

can pass on to other people, and if you're

a disciple, God expects you to do that.

733

He expects you to, to let what he

teaches you and what you've learned

734

flow through you to other people, right?

735

You don't wanna be gross standing water.

736

You wanna be nice, pretty flowing water.

737

So discipleship, there's three parts

going baptizing and teaching right now.

738

It might sound like so far

that Jesus asking a lot.

739

From his disciples, right?

740

He's telling, he's like,

I've all authority.

741

You gotta do these things for me.

742

You gotta go.

743

I'm gonna interrupt your life

and you're gonna do what I say.

744

You're gonna live for me.

745

I'm gonna change who you are.

746

You might think, well, Jesus is just, you

know, putting all these, these burdens

747

on me, asking me to do all this stuff.

748

Well, that's partly true, right?

749

Jesus has every right to tell you what

to do, and we don't like that sometimes.

750

But Jesus has every right to tell you

what you're supposed to do with your life.

751

Jesus has every right to tell you

what college you go to, what friends

752

you should have, who you should date.

753

Jesus has every right to

tell you all of those things.

754

What you do with your free

time, what videos you watch.

755

Jesus has every right to

tell you all of those things.

756

But he also is personally involved

in helping his disciples follow him.

757

Look with me at the beginning

and the end of our passage.

758

So verse 17, when the disciples

saw him, they saw Jesus, which

759

that would've been crazy, right?

760

Imagine like you, you saw this guy die.

761

Then now you're like, oh, there he is.

762

That's crazy, right?

763

So they saw him and they worshiped him.

764

Which by the way, I said this last

week, but if someone ever tells

765

you, Jesus never claimed to be God.

766

If Jesus wasn't God, you know what

He would've said right after this?

767

Stop.

768

Don't worship me.

769

Right?

770

But guess what?

771

He doesn't say anything about that.

772

So they worship Jesus, but some

of them doubt it, and we don't

773

know what they're doubting.

774

We don't know if they're

doubting, is this really Jesus?

775

Maybe they're far away.

776

They didn't recognize him.

777

Maybe they doubted that

he was really alive.

778

Maybe they really, they, maybe

they doubted that he was, God, we

779

don't know what they're doubting.

780

Um, but the word doubt comes

from like the word to be divided.

781

So like they're, they're not sure.

782

There, there's some hesitancy,

there's some, um, I don't

783

know, maybe some unbelief.

784

They're doubting.

785

And then Jesus came and said to

them, Jesus didn't say, oh, you're

786

doubting, you're a loser disciple.

787

I'm not using you.

788

Right.

789

She just didn't do that.

790

She didn't say, oh, well, you're

not good enough to follow me.

791

Jesus didn't say, oh,

well, you're doubting.

792

Well, I'm gonna ask other

people to do my work for me.

793

Jesus didn't say any of those things.

794

Jesus comes to them, right?

795

He came to them and said to

them what He said, right?

796

All authority has been given to

me, and then I'll be with you

797

always and give them mission.

798

Right?

799

So Jesus doesn't say, well,

once you stop doubting, come

800

follow me and make disciples.

801

He doesn't say that.

802

He goes to them and says,

here's what I want you to do.

803

He enters into their, their real

imperfect Christian life and

804

says, I have a mission for you.

805

But he doesn't just give them a mission.

806

He gives them everything they

need to do the mission, right?

807

We talk about all authority.

808

Jesus has all authority.

809

So if the disciples are ever scared

or not sure if they can say, well,

810

the, the guy who's in charge of

the world sent me, so if you mess

811

with me, you're messing with him.

812

Right?

813

So he gives them courage and

he also gives them comfort.

814

So I want you to see that discipleship

is a real relationship with a

815

real Jesus, who's really with you.

816

If you're following Jesus,

he's really with you.

817

He's not just watching you like, oh,

well, when that person starts sitting

818

less, then I'll, then I'll use them.

819

Or, oh, when that person gets their act

together or learns their learns more

820

of their Bible, then I'll be with them,

and then I'll ask them to serve me.

821

Jesus comes to these disciples

who, who trust him, and he says.

822

I'm gonna help you.

823

I'm gonna help you do exactly

what I just asked you to do.

824

So 0.3,

825

discipleship is a relationship

with a real person.

826

Discipleship isn't just

doing things for Jesus.

827

It's not just hearing things.

828

Jesus says, it's not just working

really hard to make Jesus happy.

829

Jesus is a real person and he really

helps his disciples follow him.

830

And maybe it's hard for you to wrap

your mind around that Jesus is a

831

real person and I get it right.

832

Maybe you're like, man, I wish

I could have been one of those

833

disciples and actually seen Jesus

and talked with him and touched him.

834

But if Jesus wanted you to have that

experience, if he thought that experience

835

was good for you, he would still be here.

836

If, if you're saying, oh, I really

wish I could have seen Jesus.

837

Why did Jesus leave?

838

Jesus, the smartest guy who ever lived

thought it was a good idea to give you

839

the Holy Spirit instead of staying here.

840

Right?

841

Imagine that.

842

Imagine if Jesus was the pastor

of some church in Austin.

843

That would be really cool, right?

844

If Jesus was the pastor of a church,

everyone could go to that church.

845

Like you could meet Jesus.

846

You could hear Jesus preach.

847

You could shake his hand after service

and tell him, great sermon, Jesus.

848

And then he'd be like, we'll see.

849

No, I'm just kidding.

850

He wouldn't say that.

851

Um, no, but Jesus.

852

What if he was the pastor of a church?

853

You know, what if he was

like your, I don't know.

854

What if Jesus was your worship leader?

855

Right?

856

What if Jesus was your SM group leader?

857

What if Jesus was one of your parents?

858

Right?

859

Like that would, you'd think

that would be awesome, right?

860

What if Jesus was alive and he was here?

861

But Jesus, in all of his wisdom said,

you know, it's actually better than that.

862

I'm gonna give you the Holy Spirit,

my presence with you, with every

863

Christian, everywhere for all time.

864

Jesus said, that's better.

865

I heard one pastor.

866

Put it this way.

867

The Holy Spirit in you is better

than Jesus with you in the sense of

868

like physically with you next to you.

869

The Holy Spirit inside you is

better than Jesus beside you.

870

That's the way he put it.

871

That sounds a lot better.

872

The Holy Spirit inside you is better

than Jesus beside you, because if

873

Jesus wanted you to have him here

sticking around with him, he would.

874

And if he thought that was

better for you, he would do that.

875

But instead he says.

876

I'm gonna be with you

through the Holy Spirit.

877

So Jesus is a real person,

but he's really with you.

878

And the reason he is is because

he wants to help you follow him.

879

He's not just sitting there waiting

for you to get your act together so he,

880

you can follow him better next week.

881

He's with you helping you do all the

things that that you want to do for him.

882

Has anyone here ever been in

like a flipped classroom class?

883

Those things where what they do is

like the, you do the homework in class

884

and then the teacher, like you watch

the videos like outside of class.

885

It's like the opposites.

886

Normally you do the homework at home,

it's a place called the homework,

887

and then you do the lectures in

class when you're sitting here.

888

So, and one of my college

classes was a flipped classroom.

889

So what we did is we'd watch these

videos like Monday during the

890

day at home or whatever, and then

Tuesday we would come to class.

891

We would do the work together.

892

So we had this, it was Greek, so

we, we'd do these like translations

893

and all this stuff together.

894

We'd work through all the

problems and, and ask questions.

895

And, and our teacher, what he would

do is he, he we, he taught us through

896

the video and then he taught us

more by working with us on things.

897

He worked through all the, the

challenges and he was there

898

so we could ask questions.

899

'cause what usually happens in these

type of classes, like think about it,

900

think about this with math, right?

901

Imagine your math class, okay?

902

Imagine, I'm sure you've

been in this situation.

903

You get your math lecture, right?

904

You, you do the textbook, whatever,

and the teacher does like the super

905

easy, like obvious problems in class

and you go home and you're doing the

906

math homework and you're like, this

is nothing like what the teacher said.

907

This is nothing like what

happened on the board.

908

What is going on?

909

Why is this the way it is?

910

Right?

911

That that's what usually

happens in math class.

912

So my brother had one

of these math classes.

913

It was a flip classroom.

914

They would watch like the videos

of the lecture and the textbook on

915

their own and read the textbook on

their own and then come to class.

916

And then the teacher would do

like the hard problems with them

917

and they would work together.

918

So they did the work, but the

teacher would be there to help.

919

He'd there to ask.

920

They could ask him questions,

he'd show 'em how to do things.

921

When they ran into trouble, they could,

they could say, Hey, you know, Mr.

922

So and So, please help me.

923

This doesn't make sense to me.

924

'cause you explain that to me.

925

Christianity is kinda like a flipped

classroom when you think about it.

926

Being a disciple is kinda like

a flipped classroom because.

927

Jesus didn't just be like,

okay, here's the easy stuff.

928

Figure out the rest.

929

Right?

930

Here's, here's the easy example problem

on the board in the Bible, and then you

931

go figure it out the rest on your own.

932

Jesus, I'm with you always.

933

Every day.

934

That's what that word means.

935

It means all the days always.

936

He's there to help you follow him.

937

He's there to help you work through

all the problems, all the difficulties

938

that come with being a disciple.

939

He's not like, oh, well, sorry,

you're on your own, right?

940

Oh, you're scared to share

the gospel with that person.

941

Sucks to be you.

942

Jesus doesn't say that like, oh man,

your situation at home is really hard.

943

Well come back next week for the

lecture on how to do stuff at home.

944

Like, no, Jesus is with

you in that situation.

945

He's with you in your difficulties,

in your trials, in your doubt.

946

Jesus is there.

947

He's there to help you follow him.

948

He's not distant, far off waiting for

you to be better before he helps you.

949

He's with you to help you.

950

Jesus is involved in

your discipleship and.

951

Something you may not have ever thought

about, but Jesus cares more about your

952

relationship with him than you do.

953

Have you ever thought about that before?

954

Jesus cares more about you

than you care about you.

955

Jesus loves you more than you love you.

956

Isn't that crazy?

957

Jesus loves you.

958

Jesus wants what's best

for you more than you want.

959

What's best for you?

960

See, we sin and we do things

that aren't good for us because

961

we think we want them right?

962

And then Jesus in his love and in

his wisdom says, you know what?

963

That's not gonna be good for you.

964

I don't want you to do that.

965

So Jesus cares more about

you than you care about you.

966

And so that frees you to trust him.

967

Say, you know what?

968

I don't just trust that

Jesus, you have all authority.

969

I trust that you love me and you want

my best for me, and you care about me.

970

So if you're having trouble following

Jesus, you can always say, you know what?

971

I can trust Jesus.

972

'cause he loves me.

973

He's with me.

974

He promised to be with me.

975

He promised to help me.

976

He didn't just gimme a bunch of

things to do and say, all right,

977

come back when you're done.

978

He said, no, I'll go with you.

979

I'll go help you do the things that

I'm calling you to do so you can

980

always trust him that his way is best.

981

You can always trust him to equip

you and empower you with whatever

982

situation you're in, right?

983

Whatever difficulty you're faced,

whatever trial you're faced, whatever

984

emotions you're working through, whatever

circumstances that aren't going your way,

985

you can trust that Jesus is with you.

986

As you follow him, he gives you

everything you need to follow him

987

in that situation, because he gives

you himself, he says, I'm with you.

988

So discipleship is living all

in for king Jesus with his help.

989

It's a, it's a lot of work.

990

It's a whole life commitment.

991

It's a lifelong pursuit of closeness with

Jesus and making more disciples for Jesus.

992

But he's the king with all authority.

993

He's in control of everything.

994

So he has every right to ask you

to do things, but also, you know,

995

he has all the power to help you,

and he promises to be with you.

996

He promises to help you follow him.

997

So let's pray and we'll talk

about that more in small groups.

998

God, thank you that you don't

want us to be on our own, that

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you promise to be with us.

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I know it's hard to believe that sometimes

we can't see you, we can't touch you.

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I pray that right now you help us to be

comforted by the fact that you are with

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us, that you never don't do anything.

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You say.

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You always keep your promises, you, you're

reliable, and I pray that you comfort

00:43:31,279 --> 00:43:32,450

us by the fact that you're with us.

00:43:32,750 --> 00:43:38,690

And I pray for students here who aren't

disciples who haven't followed you, that

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they would do that even tonight, but

they would say, I'm, I'm done living

00:43:41,570 --> 00:43:45,860

for myself and chasing things that are

bad for me, and I want to trust you.

00:43:46,299 --> 00:43:47,600

So I pray that you help 'em to do that.

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Um, I pray that they would trust you to

take away their sin and trust you, um,

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to take them, um, on a, a, a journey

to endless joy with you forever.

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Help us to be focused in small groups.

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Help us to be respectful

and kind to each other.

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Help us to be honest and help us to leave

here loving you more than when we came.

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We pray this in Jesus name.

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Amen.