This document discusses the importance of disciple making based on Jesus' command to his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations. It provides definitions of what it means to be a disciple from various Christian leaders and outlines five basic truths of what a disciple looks like: 1) Disciples live by the words of Jesus. 2) Disciples are committed totally to Jesus. 3) Disciples produce fruit. The document emphasizes that discipleship requires total commitment and obedience to Jesus and will result in lives shaped by his will and bearing the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

2. “If you think you are too
small to make a difference,
you haven’t spent the
night with a mosquito.”
African proverb.

3. “If you think you are too
small to make a difference,
you haven’t spent the
night with a mosquito.”
African proverb.

4. It’s not the size of you
that decides what you can
do, but the determination
you have to do it.

5. Matthew 28:18-20 NLT
18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I
have been given all authority in heaven
and on earth. 19 Therefore, go and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and the
Son and the Holy Spirit.

6. 20 Teach these new disciples to obey all
the commands I have given you. And be
sure of this: I am with you always, even
to the end of the age.”

7. John 8:31-32 NLT
31 Jesus said to the people who believed
in him, “You are truly my disciples if you
remain faithful to my teachings. 32 And
you will know the truth, and the truth
will set you free.”

8. Jesus told us to
make Disciples

9. WHY DISCIPLE
MAKING IS
IMPORTANT
Look at the numbers!

10. Why didn't Jesus organise big
crusades to preach the Gospel?
Most churches do this.

11. Why didn't Jesus organise big
crusades to preach the Gospel?
Most churches do this.

13. Imagine:
Crusades seeing
10,000 saved / day

14. How long would it
take to reach
7,700,000,000+
people ?

15. < 10 years?
10-50 years?
50-100 years?
100-500 years?
500-1000 years?
1000+ years?

16. ANSWER:
OVER 1,800 YEARS

18. How long would it take…
A disciple who makes one
disciple a year…

19. …if they both repeat the
process for the rest of
their lives.

20. < 10 years?
10-50 years?
50-100 years?
100-500 years?
500-1000 years?
1000+ years?

21. ANSWER:
LESS THAN 34
YEARS

22. TIME TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR

23. Your pastor asks you
to meet with, and
disciple, a new
follower of Christ.

24. Could you do it?
What would you do?
How long would it
take?

25. 1 John 2:6 NIV,
Whoever claims to
live in him must live
as Jesus did.

26. ARE YOU A
DISCIPLE
What does it mean?

27. Are you a
disciple or simply
a believer?

28. What is your
own defintion
of a disciple.

29. Real Life Ministries;
1. A disciple knows
and follows Christ

30. 2. A disciple is being
changed by Christ

31. 3. A disciple is
committed to the
mission of Christ

32. Rick Warren,
“A disciple is a person who
thinks, feels and acts like Jesus
Christ.”

33. Jesus never called his
followers Christians…
he called them
disciples

34. Greek for “disciple”
is mathetes.
260+X in the Gospels and
Acts.

35. It means an apprentice to
a tradesman — they were
imitators of their
teachers.

36. Believers…
Go to church,
Help serve others,
Are kind
But, they decide what they do, they
are the lord of their lives.

37. A BELIEVER
CHANGES HIS
MIND, A DISCIPLE
CHANGES HIS LIFE

40. Luke 6:40 ESVUK,
A disciple is not above his
teacher, but everyone when he
is fully trained will be like his
teacher.

41. Luke 9:23 NIV,
23 Then he said to them
all: “Whoever wants to be
my disciple must deny
themselves and take up
their cross daily and follow
me.

42. 1 Peter 2:21,
To this you were called,
because Christ suffered for you,
leaving you an example, that
you should follow in his steps.

43. WHY MAKE
DISCIPLES?

44. Real Life Ministries;
1. A disciple knows
and follows Christ

45. 2. A disciple is being
changed by Christ

46. 3. A disciple is
committed to the
mission of Christ

47. The Example
of Jesus
Training the twelve—
90% of his time

48. Obedience
to Jesus

49. The Best Way
A few committed well
trained disciples, will do
more for God than many
believers who have no depth.

50. Produces Mature
Believers
Maturity is not age,
knowledge or experience. It
is spiritual growth by
obedience to Christ and His
Word.

51. WHAT DOES A
DISCIPLE LOOK
LIKE?
5 Basic Truths

52. “Christianity without
discipleship is always
Christianity without Christ.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

53. “Christianity without
discipleship is always
Christianity without Christ.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Heb 12:1-2
“let us run with perseverance
the race marked out for
us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the
pioneer and perfecter of faith.”

54. Heb 12:1-2
“let us run with perseverance
the race marked out for
us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the
pioneer and perfecter of faith.”

55. 1. DISCIPLES LIVE
BY THE WORDS
OF JESUS
He reads, studies, and loves the Bible

56. Not some words of
Jesus.
Following all the
teaching of Jesus.
As we read Jesus speaks
to us through the Holy
Spirit.

57. Obeying the
commands, teaching
and example of
Jesus…we do what he
did.

58. Obedience to the Word
of God, the Bible, is
the foundation of
discipleship

59. 2.DISCIPLES ARE
COMMITTED
TOTALLY TO JESUS

60. Galatians 2:20 NIV,
I have been crucified with Christ and
I no longer live, but Christ lives in
me. The life I now live in the body, I
live by faith in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave himself for me.

61. Philippians 1:21 NIV,
For to me, to live is
Christ and to die is
gain.

62. “Salvation is free, but
discipleship will cost you
your life.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

63. 100% commitment
The example of Jesus—He laid down His
life for us.

64. He wants us to trust Him
in every step
He takes our lives and
shapes them in
accordance with His will
(Matthew 6:24; John
10:1–18).

65. 1 Cor 6:19-20
You do not belong to
yourself, for God bought you
with a high price. So you must
honor God with your body.

66. 3.DISCIPLES
PRODUCES FRUIT
John 15:4–5

67. “Our Lord's idea of discipleship
is not that we work for God,
but that God works through
us.”
Oswald Chambers

68. “It's silly to say you are
a disciple of Jesus Christ yet not
bear the fruit of Jesus Christ...
Christian disciples bear the
fruit of the Holy Spirit.”
Paul Washer

69. What does fruit look
like in the life of a
disciple?

70. Fruit of HS
Obedience
Love for Jesus / God
Fellowship of HS
Forgiveness to others
…etc.