Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, August 18, 2024

Who We Are

Today, David Boudreaux will stand in for Pastor Michael, and it will be his first time giving the message, so let’s welcome him warmly.

David starts by visiting the Recreate Church website, www.recreatechurch.org, and reading the tab “Who We Are.”

David focuses on the second statement on that tab: “We are disciples who make disciples.”  This was the last command that Jesus gave to His disciples.

What is a disciple?

The Webster’s dictionary defines it as “A learner.  A scholar, one who receives or professes to receive instructions from another”.  “A follower, an adherent to the doctrines of another.”.  Hence, all Christians are called His disciples.

All disciples may not be true disciples; they may ‘confess’ to be disciples.  And those folks may be deceiving themselves.

A helpful thing about making disciples is asking: Am I in God’s word daily?  Or regularly?

This is an overview of how Jesus took these 12 Disciples under his wing, the “Masters Model, Jesus’ Four-Step Progression.”

1. Jesus ministers and the disciplines watched and observed.
2. Jesus allows the disciples to assist in the ministry.
3. The disciples ministered, and Jesus assisted them.
4. Jesus observed as the disciples ministered to others.

Jesus didn’t do it alone; we can’t do it alone.

David covers the Great Commission in Matthew 28: 18 - 20.  As we turn our hearts and minds to Jesus, we find ourselves being given a divine mandate, not a casual suggestion or passing thought; it’s a command. It’s a charge. 

David offers some suggested  sites on the Web that can assist us in making disciples:

1. navigators.org
2. www.replicate.org

Are we making disciples?

(CSB Bible Notes) The verb matheteuō (to make disciples) is derived from the noun mathētēs which occurs more than 250 times, entirely in the Gospels and Acts. Mathētēs means disciple, pupil, one who learns from another, and typically indicates a person whose life is bound up with that of Jesus, his master. Matheteuō means to become a disciple (Mt 13:52;

Today’s verses can be found in Mathew 28: 16 - 20.

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