This document is a teaching on discipleship from Faithworks Christian Church Global. It defines discipleship, outlines the marks, costs and rewards of being a disciple. Key points include: - The goal of a disciple is to be like their teacher, Jesus Christ - Marks of a disciple include abiding in Jesus' words, loving others, and bearing spiritual fruit - It costs disciples to put Jesus before all else, take up their cross daily, and forsake all to follow Him - Rewards include both present blessings like peace, joy and love, as well as future blessings like eternal life - Discipleship begins with baptism by immersion after faith and repentance,

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4. Matthew 28:18-20
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All
authority in heaven and on earth has been
given to me.
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 and teaching them to obey everything I
have commanded you. And surely I am with
you always, to the very end of the age."

5. 1. THE
DEFINITION
OF DISCIPLESHIP

6. THE WORD
DISCIPLE
Literally means a learner

7. THE GOAL OF A
DISCIPLE
Is to be like his or her
teacher

8. Luke 6:40
40 A student is not above his teacher, but
everyone who is fully trained will be like his
teacher.(NIV)

9. Romans 8:29
29 For those God foreknew he also
predestined to be conformed to the likeness
of his Son, that he might be the firstborn
among many brothers.(NIV)

10. 2. THE
MARKS
OF DISCIPLESHIP

11. ABIDES IN
JESUS' WORDS

12. John 8:31
31 To the Jews who had believed him,
Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching,
you are really my disciples.(NIV)

13. Matthew 7:21-27
21 "Not everyone who says to me, `Lord,
Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but only he who does the will of my
Father who is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me on that day,
`Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your
name, and in your name drive out
demons and perform many miracles?'

14. Matthew 7:21-27
23 Then I will tell them plainly, `I never
knew you. Away from me, you
evildoers!'
24 "Therefore everyone who hears these
words of mine and puts them into
practice is like a wise man who built his
house on the rock.

15. Matthew 7:21-27
25 The rain came down, the streams rose,
and the winds blew and beat against
that house; yet it did not fall, because it
had its foundation on the rock.
26 But everyone who hears these words of
mine and does not put them into
practice is like a foolish man who built
his house on sand.

16. Matthew 7:21-27
27 The rain came down, the streams rose,
and the winds blew and beat against
that house, and it fell with a great crash."

17. James 1:21-25
21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and
the evil that is so prevalent and humbly
accept the word planted in you, which
can save you.
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and
so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
23 Anyone who listens to the word but
does not do what it says is like a man
who looks at his face in a mirror and,

18. James 1:21-25
24 and, after looking at himself, goes
away and immediately forgets what he
looks like.
25 But the man who looks intently into
the perfect law that gives freedom, and
continues to do this, not forgetting what
he has heard, but doing it--he will be
blessed in what he does.

19. LOVES THE
BRETHREN

20. John 13:34-35
34 "A new command I give you: Love one
another. As I have loved you, so you
must love one another.
35 By this all men will know that you are
my disciples, if you love one another."

21. BEARS MUCH
FRUIT

22. John 15:8
8 This is to my Father's glory, that you bear
much fruit, showing yourselves to be my
disciples.(NIV)

23. John 15:1-2
1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the
gardener.
2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears
no fruit, while every branch that does bear
fruit he prunes so that it will be even more
fruitful.

24. 3. THE
COST
OF DISCIPLESHIP

25. JESUS MUST
COME FIRST

26. Luke 14:25-26
25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus,
and turning to them he said:
26 "If anyone comes to me and does not
hate his father and mother, his wife and
children, his brothers and sisters--yes,
even his own life--he cannot be my
disciple.(NIV)

27. Matthew 10:34-37
34 "Do not suppose that I have come to
bring peace to the earth. I did not come
to bring peace, but a sword.
35 For I have come to turn "`a man
against his father, a daughter against
her mother,
36 a daughter-in-law against her
mother-in-law-- a man's enemies will be
the members of his own household.'

28. Matthew 10:34-37
37 "Anyone who loves his father or mother
more than me is not worthy of me;
anyone who loves his son or daughter
more than me is not worthy of me;(NIV)

29. Luke 9:23-25
23 Then he said to them all: "If anyone
would come after me, he must deny
himself and take up his cross daily and
follow me.
24 For whoever wants to save his life will
lose it, but whoever loses his life for me
will save it.
25 What good is it for a man to gain the
whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his
very self?(NIV)

30. WILLING TO
SUFFER FOR
JESUS

31. Luke 14:28-33
28 "Suppose one of you wants to build a
tower. Will he not first sit down and
estimate the cost to see if he has enough
money to complete it?
29 For if he lays the foundation and is not
able to finish it, everyone who sees it will
ridicule him,
30 saying, `This fellow began to build and
was not able to finish.'

32. Luke 14:28-33
31 "Or suppose a king is about to go to
war against another king. Will he not
first sit down and consider whether he is
able with ten thousand men to oppose
the one coming against him with twenty
thousand?
32 If he is not able, he will send a
delegation while the other is still a long
way off and will ask for terms of peace.

33. Luke 14:28-33
33 In the same way, any of you who does
not give up everything he has cannot be
my disciple.(NIV)

34. FORSAKING
ALL TO
FOLLOW JESUS

35. Matthew 10:34-37
37 "Anyone who loves his father or mother
more than me is not worthy of me;
anyone who loves his son or daughter
more than me is not worthy of me;(NIV)

36. 4. THE
REWARDS
OF DISCIPLESHIP

37. FUTURE
BLESSINGS

38. Acts 17:31
31 For he has set a day when he will judge
the world with justice by the man he has
appointed. He has given proof of this to
all men by raising him from the dead."

39. Romans 5:9
9 Since we have now been justified by his
blood, how much more shall we be
saved from God's wrath through him!

40. Revelations 21:1-8
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new
earth, for the first heaven and the first
earth had passed away, and there was
no longer any sea.
2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God,
prepared as a bride beautifully dressed
for her husband.

41. Revelations 21:1-8
3 And I heard a loud voice from the
throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God
is with men, and he will live with them.
They will be his people, and God himself
will be with them and be their God.
4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes.
There will be no more death or
mourning or crying or pain, for the old
order of things has passed away."

42. Revelations 21:1-8
5 He who was seated on the throne said,
"I am making everything new!" Then he
said, "Write this down, for these words
are trustworthy and true."
6 He said to me: "It is done. I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning
and the End. To him who is thirsty I will
give to drink without cost from the
spring of the water of life.

43. Revelations 21:1-8
7 He who overcomes will inherit all this,
and I will be his God and he will be my
son.
8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the
vile, the murderers, the sexually
immoral, those who practice magic arts,
the idolaters and all liars--their place will
be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This
is the second death.“

44. PRESENT
BLESSINGS

45. JOHN 14:27
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I
give you. I do not give to you as the
world gives. Do not let your hearts be
troubled and do not be afraid.

46. JOHN 15:11
11 I have told you this so that my joy may
be in you and that your joy may be
complete.

47. JOHN 15:9
19 “As the Father has loved me, so have I
loved you. Now remain in my love.

48. 1 JOHN 4:18
18 There is no fear in love. But perfect
love drives out fear, because fear has to
do with punishment. The one who fears
is not made perfect in love.

49. MARK 10:28-30
28 Then Peter spoke up, “We have left
everything to follow you!”
29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one
who has left home or brothers or sisters
or mother or father or children or fields
for me and the gospel

50. MARK 10:28-30
30 will fail to receive a hundred times as
much in this present age: homes,
brothers, sisters, mothers, children and
fields—along with persecutions—and in
the age to come eternal life.

51. 5. THE
BEGINNING
OF DISCIPLESHIP

52. INVOLVES
BAPTISM

53. MATTHEW 28:19
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit,

54. ACTS 2:38
38 Peter replied, “Repent and be
baptized, every one of you, in the name
of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your
sins. And you will receive the gift of the
Holy Spirit.

55. ACTS 22:16
16 And now what are you waiting for?
Get up, be baptized and wash your sins
away, calling on his name.’

56. ROMANS 6:3-4
3 Or don’t you know that all of us who
were baptized into Christ Jesus were
baptized into his death?
4 We were therefore buried with him
through baptism into death in order
that, just as Christ was raised from the
dead through the glory of the Father, we
too may live a new life.

57. GALATIANS 3:27
27 for all of you who were baptized into
Christ have clothed yourselves with
Christ.

58. WHAT IS BAPTISM?

59. An act of submission which
must be preceded by faith in
Jesus and repentance for our
sins.

60. ACTS 2:36-38
36 “Therefore let all Israel be assured of
this: God has made this Jesus, whom you
crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”
37 When the people heard this, they were
cut to the heart and said to Peter and
the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall
we do?”

61. ACTS 2:36-38
38 Peter replied, “Repent and be
baptized, every one of you, in the name
of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your
sins. And you will receive the gift of the
Holy Spirit.

62. ACTS 8:36-37
36 As they travelled along the road, they
came to some water and the eunuch
said, “Look, here is water. What can
stand in the way of my being baptized?”
37 Philip said, “If you believe with all your
heart, you may.” The eunuch answered,
“I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of
God.”

63. An act of submission which
involves a burial in water, in
which one then rises to walk
in newness of life through the
power of God.

64. ACTS 8:38
38 And he gave orders to stop the
chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch
went down into the water and Philip
baptized him.

65. ROMANS 6:3-4
3 Or don’t you know that all of us who
were baptized into Christ Jesus were
baptized into his death?
4 We were therefore buried with him
through baptism into death in order
that, just as Christ was raised from the
dead through the glory of the Father, we
too may live a new life.

66. COLOSSIANS 2:12
12 having been buried with him in
baptism, in which you were also raised
with him through your faith in the
working of God, who raised him from
the dead.

67. Our sins are washed away by
the blood of Jesus.

68. ACTS 22:16
16 And now what are you waiting for? Get
up, be baptized and wash your sins away,
calling on his name.’

69. EPHESIANS 5:25-27
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ
loved the church and gave himself up for her
26 to make her holy, cleansing[a] her by the
washing with water through the word,
27 and to present her to himself as a radiant
church, without stain or wrinkle or any other
blemish, but holy and blameless.

70. We are regenerated and
renewed by the Spirit of God
so we can now live for God!

71. Titus 3:5-6
5 he saved us, not because of righteous
things we had done, but because of his
mercy. He saved us through the
washing of rebirth and renewal by the
Holy Spirit,
6 whom he poured out on us generously
through Jesus Christ our Savior,

72. It is truly a rebirth involving
both water and the Spirit.

73. JOHN 3:5
5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you,
no one can enter the kingdom of God
unless they are born of water and the
Spirit.

74. INCLUDES FURTHER
TEACHING, OBEDIENCE

75. MATTHEW 28:20
20 and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded you.
And surely I am with you always, to
the very end of the age.”

76. For Jesus clearly states:
• We are to be taught
(to be learners)
• We are to observe
(to be adherents or doers)

77. Thus we embark on a life
devoted to learning and
doing all Jesus commanded!

78. CONCLUSION

79. Only those scripturally
baptized and demonstrating
the marks of discipleship,
despite the costs, can truly be
called disciples of Jesus!

80. Only they can look
forward to the rewards of
discipleship, and take
comfort in Jesus' promise:

81. MATTHEW 28:20
20 "and lo, I am with you always, even
to the end of the age"

82. FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCH GLOBAL
Presented By:
Ptr. Vetty Gutierrez
FCC Main, Ampid 1, San Mateo, Rizal, PH
10 AM Service
August 14, 2016
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