How to make disciples

1. Disciplemaking
Teachers
Josh Hunt, presenter

2. Matthew 13:34
(MSG) All Jesus
did that day was
tell stories—a long
storytelling
afternoon.

3. Overview
A new teacher came to
me one day and asked,
“How much time should
I spend preparing for my
lesson?”

4. My Response:
As little as possible
Why?
People don’t really care
There are so many
important things to do

5. Teacher
Home Preparation

6. Teacher
Home Preparation
Class Presentation

7. Teacher Student
Home Preparation
Class Presentation Learning

8. Teacher Student
Home Preparation Lifestyle
Class Presentation Learning

9. Teacher Student
Home Preparation Lifestyle
Class Presentation Learning

10. Teacher Student
Home
(1)
Preparation
(4)
Lifestyle
Class
(2)
Presentation
(3)
Learning

11. Churches are in the
disciplemaking business
Crass
Coarse
Dirty joke-telling
Crude, rude
Disciples

12. Quadrant #4. What kind of
person are we trying to
create?
 D - Disciplined in Daily life
 I - Intimate Friendships
 S - Self Image
 C - Corporate Worship
 I - Intimate Family Life
 P - Passion for God
 L - Lay Ministry
 E - Evangelistic Interest
 S - Sacrificial Giving

13. D - Disciplined in Daily life
Mark 1:35 Very early in the
morning, while it was still
dark, Jesus got up, left the
house and went off to a
solitary place, where he
prayed.

14. I - Intimate Friendships
James 5:16 Therefore
confess your sins to
each other and pray for
each other so that you
may be healed.

15. The public person I was
wasn’t a lie; it was just
incomplete. When I stopped
communicating about my
problems, the darkness
increased and finally
dominated me. As
a result, I did things that
were contrary to everything
I believe.

16. Teacher Student
Home Preparation Lifestyle
Class Presentation Learning

17. What has to happen
inside the student
inside class in order
to create
D.I.S.C.I.P.L.E.S.?

18. We must get and keep
their attention.
The number one problem in
the average Sunday School
is boredom.
Bruce Wilkinson says he
hears it about 80% of the
time.

19. If I want people to pay
attention to me, all I have to do
is pay attention to them.
Voice
Loud / soft/ slow/ fast/ quiet
Move my body
Throw something at them
Something dramatic
Something humorous
Something personal

20. We must expose them to truth.
 Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer
to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your
mind. Then you will be able to test and
approve what God's will is--his good,
pleasing and perfect will.
 John 8:32 Then you will know the truth,
and the truth will set you free.

21. Truth must
become truth
that matters

22. He must see specifically how
this truth relates to his Monday
Morning
He must see the gap
He must see the gap in the
context of grace
He must see the gap in the
context of faith

23. He must see the
advantages of changing
his Monday morning
and the disadvantage of
not changing.

24. “God is more
interested in your
holiness than your
happiness/ joy.”

25. Psalm 68:3 (NIV)
But may the
righteous be glad
and rejoice before
God; may they be
happy and joyful.

26. “In spite of the fact
that God is a God of
love and mercy and
grace, He still
requires our
obedience and
dedication.”

27. Is it always in your
best interest to live
the Christian life?

28. Cassie
Bernall

29. See, I set before you
today life and
prosperity, death and
destruction.
Deut. 30:15

30. I am so sorry. I am sorry for the
disappointment, the betrayal,
and the hurt. I am sorry for
the horrible example I have set
for you.
I have an overwhelming, all-consuming
sadness in my heart
for the pain that you and I
and my family have experienced
over the past few days. I am so
sorry for the circumstances that
have caused shame and
embarrassment to all of you.

31. He must see the advantages of
changing his Monday morning
and the disadvantage of not
changing.
We are all influenced by
 pain
 pleasure
Of the two, pain is the greater
motivator.

32. He must believe . . .
He can change
He wants to change
He must change

33. He must become willing
to change
Change his behavior
Change his beliefs
Change his feelings

34. He must be held
accountable
Short term accountability
“Lite” accountability
Encourage toward
accountability groups
 Encourage toward honest
relationships

35. He must decide to change
He needs to decide to exchange
one behavior for another
He needs to decide to exchange
one belief for another
He needs to decide to exchange
one feeling for another

36. Every teaching
must drive
toward the
moment of
decision.

37. Teacher Student
Home Preparation Lifestyle
Class Presentation Learning

38. Three ways to teach adults
Lecture
Fun and games
Question and answer

39. The Life Exposure
Question
Example: State your
name and one
strength you have
as a teacher.

40. What Does the Text say?
Example: According to Acts
18:25 what three qualities make
up great teaching?
Acts 18:25 He had been
instructed in the way of the
Lord, and he spoke with great
fervor and taught about Jesus
accurately.

41. Note:
We must know what
the text says before
we can understand
what it means.

42. What does the Text
mean?
Example: Does
anyone know what is
meant by the term,
“perdition”?

43. “How Did They Feel?”
Questions
Example: How did
the prodigal son feel
as he approached the
father near the end of
the story?

44. Jump ball Questions
Example: Is Christian living easy
or hard?
Take my yoke upon you and
learn from me, for I am gentle
and humble in heart, and you
will find rest for your souls. For
my yoke is easy and my burden
is light. Matthew 11:29-30

45. Jump ball Questions
Example: Is Christian
living easy or hard?
“We must go through
many hardships to enter
the kingdom of God,” they
said. Acts 14:22

46. Jump ball Questions
Is Christian living about
working hard or resting
well?
All hard work brings a
profit, but mere talk leads
only to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 (NIV)

47. Jump ball Questions
Is Christian living about
working hard or resting well?
It’s useless to rise early and
go to bed late, and work your
worried fingers to the bone.
Don't you know he enjoys
giving rest to those he loves?
Psalm 127:2 (MSG)

48. Jump ball Questions
Is Christian living active or
passive?
I have been crucified with Christ
and I no longer live, but Christ
lives in me. The life I live in the
body, I live by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me and gave
himself for me. Galatians 2:20
(NIV)

49. Jump ball Questions
Is Christian living active or
passive?
Brothers, I do not consider myself
yet to have taken hold of it. But one
thing I do: Forgetting what is
behind and straining toward what is
ahead, I press on toward the goal to
win the prize for which God has
called me heavenward in Christ
Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 (NIV)

50. Jump ball question
Do not answer a fool according
to his folly, or you will be like
him yourself. Proverbs 26.4
Answer a fool according to his
folly, or he will be wise in his
own eyes. Proverbs 26:5

51. Jump ball question
Does God always get
His way?
Does God always get
his way with you?

52. God
chooses
before
salvation
We
choose
before
salvation
God
chooses
after
salvation
We
choose
after
salvation

53. “Where are you at?”
Questions
Example: How often does
the average believer share
their faith?

54. Application Questions
Example: How can we
apply this to our lives
specifically this week?

55. “What is in it for me?”
Questions
What are the
advantages for you
of having a daily
quiet time?

56. “What will it cost me if I
don’t?” Questions
What might it cost you if
you don’t treasure your
wife?

57. Testimony Questions:
How did you discover
your spiritual gift?

58. Decision Question
Would you join me in
recommitting your life to
Christ and to being
obedient to the command
of God to rejoice in the
Lord always.

59. Accountability Questions
Example: How were
you able to apply what
we talked about last
week?

60. It is change, and
not time that turns
sinners into
saints.