Jesus had a clear objective to seek and save the lost. He ordered his entire life around achieving this objective, including his time, relationships, and attitudes. Jesus chose to develop people, not programs, selecting ordinary followers and concentrating on discipling a few closely. He imparted himself to his followers through living example, not just instruction. Jesus called his followers to great commitment and lived out his objective with passion and consistency. Finally, Jesus reproduced himself in his followers to ensure his objective continued beyond his lifetime.

1. The Master Coach – Adapted from a lecture
by Tamara Parks
A Look at Leadership
Reproduction Lived Out

2. How did Jesus change
the world?

3. 1. Jesus objective was clear.
 Jesus knew His objective:
– To seek & save the lost (Luke 19:10).
 Jesus knew why He had His objective.
– He had His objective at the command of the
Father.

4. Principle:
 If you want to have influence: you must be
intentional (knowing your purpose, and
knowing who you are accountable to for
pursuing your purpose).

5. One Woman’s Purpose:
 “My purpose is to live a model Christian life
that will discover, develop, and deploy –
through teaching and mentoring, formally
and informally – individuals with desire and
potential for teaching and leading.”
Brenda Chand

6. Short version:
 When I become aware, I must share.
 When I become aware, I must share through
teaching, mentoring and life example.

7. 2. Jesus ordered his life by his
objective.
 “There was nothing haphazard about his life
– no wasted energy, not an idle word. He
lived, He died, and He rose again according
to schedule. Weighing every alternative and
variable factor in human experience, He
conceived a plan that would not fail.”
Robert Coleman

8. Jesus’ objective dictated His:
 Time
 Relationships
 Ambitions
 Attitudes
– “Lazarus, a close friend of Jesus, became sick. Mary and
Martha, his two sisters, sent word to Jesus to come. However,
‘when He had heard therefore that he was sick, He abode two
days still in the same place where He was (John 11:6).’ Mary
was upset: ‘Lord if you had been there, my brother would have
not died’ (John 11:21). Again, Jesus deliberately delayed His
coming. He kept His own schedule. He tenaciously held to His
agenda. He did not allow the emergencies of others to get Him
off track. He guarded His list of priorities.” - Mike Murdock

9. Principle:
 Once you determine your objective for
influence, you must direct everything in your
life to meet that objective.
 Plan on it!!

10. 3. Jesus chose to develop people not
programs.
 “His concern was not with programs to reach
the multitudes, but with men whom the
multitudes would follow.” Robert Coleman
 How did Jesus select His followers?
– He selected people from an average cross
section of society – diversity.
– He did not choose the richest, brightest, most
influential. He chose those who He saw had
potential, teachability, and availability.

11. Principle:
 If you want to leave a legacy, don’t
concentrate on doing a great work, but
developing great people to carry on a vital
work.

12. 4. Jesus concentrated on a few.
 “One cannot transform the world except as
individuals in the world are transformed, and
individuals cannot be changed except as
they are molded in the hands of the Master.”
-Coleman

13. He concentrated on a few, however…
 Jesus did not neglect the masses – he taught
them, fed them, healed them, grieved with
them and over them – but He knew the best
way to impact them was to develop others to
care for them – life-on-life.
 Everything that is done with the few is for the
salvation of the masses.

14. He concentrated on a few…
 Jesus sent out 70, consistently invested in
the 12, focused on the 3, and was most
intimate with 1.
 Jesus spent more time with the 12 than the
rest of the world put together.
 What is the maximum number of individuals
someone can intimately lead?

15. Principle:
 Your deep investment in a few will yield an
expansive impact over the long term.

16. 5. Jesus did not impart laws, but
rather imparted himself.
 To KNOW Christ was to be with him.
 Christ did not call his followers to be a part of a
movement, but to partner with the Son of Man. He
called them to himself.
 John and Andrew were invited to “come and see” the
place where Jesus stayed (John 1:39).
 With the other disciples His recruiting was: “Follow
me” and “Come ye after me”.

17. Principle:
 Knowledge is best transferred through
consistent modeling, rather than through
concentrated monologue.

18. 6. Jesus called for great commitment.
 Jesus challenged His followers to count the cost.
 Jesus expected His followers to pay the price.
 Jesus modeled sacrificial obedience and surrender.
 “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests,
but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
(Luke 9:62)
 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet
not my will, but yours be done.” (Luke 22:42)

19. Principle:
 The only way you will get people to make a
great commitment is to call for it.
 The only way you will get people to keep
their commitment is for you to live out yours.

20. 7. Jesus lived out his objective with
passion and consistency.
 Passion:
– “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord,
and not unto men.” – Colossians 3:23
– “If the Gospel doesn’t take your breath away,
something else will.” – John Eldridge
– Passion is power. You will never have significant
success with anything until it becomes a passion
with you. A passion is when something consumes
your thoughts and time. Leadership must be driven,
not by the whims of the people, but by the God-given
purpose.” – John Maxwell

21. Consistency:
 “We are engaged in warfare, the issues of which are
life and death, and every day that we are indifferent to
our responsibilities is a day lost to the cause of Christ.”
- Coleman
 “Jesus never begged anyone to believe in Him. He
knew that integrity couldn’t be proven; it must be
discerned. He never wasted time with critics. He kept
His attention on His goal. He stayed focused. Jesus
never strived ‘to look good,’ He simply was good. He
did not labor to appear truthful. He was truthful. He
never struggled to have a good reputation. He had
character.” – Mike Murdock

22. Principle:
 If you don’t live out your objective with both
consistency and passion, your followers
won’t live it out at all. For if you lack
consistency your followers will eventually
distrust your commitment to the objective.
And if you lack passion, your followers will
eventually distrust your belief in the
objective.

23. 8. Jesus passed on his objective.
 Jesus’ IDEA of Mentoring (by Tim Elmore)
 Instruction in a life-related context.
 Demonstration in a life-related context.
 Experience in a life-related context.
 Accountability in a life-related context.

24. Principle:
 If you are to successfully pass on your
objectives, you will enable others to be a part
of meeting those objectives.

25. 9. Jesus reproduced himself in the
lives of his followers.
 He developed disciples that would develop
disciples.
 Success without a successor is a failure.
1. He made His followers aware that He would be
leaving.
– “Almost from the first day He was with them, Jesus told
his followers that He would be with them only a short
time. From time to time they argued with Him about the
limited tenure He described, but He continued to
reiterate that His time with them would be very limited.”
- Bob Briner

26. Continued...
2. He cast a vision for His followers to be
producers.
– “I am the vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes
away; and every branch that bears fruits He prunes,
that it may bear more fruit.” - John 15:1-2

27. Continued…
3. He banked the success of His objective on the
ability of His followers to be leaders that would
reproduce other leaders (disciples).
– “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to
me. 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, and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded you. And surely I am
with you always, to the very end of the age.” –Matthew
28:18-20

28. Principle:
 To have lasting influence you must be
developing leaders who are committed to
and capable of developing others as leaders.

29. The Success
1. Jesus had a Cause bigger than Himself.
2. Jesus’ Cause benefited others.
3. Jesus’ Cause was others.
4. Jesus brought others into the strategy of the
Cause.
5. Jesus lived out the Cause.
6. Jesus called for great commitment to the Cause.
7. Jesus equipped others to pass on the Cause.
8. Jesus’ Cause lived on through persecution.
9. Jesus’ Cause determined our calendar.
10. Jesus’ Cause lives on through the Church.