3. What is Foundational for Discipling Someone? Keynote

What Does
It Mean to
be a
Disciple of
Jesus?

How Do I Begin
to Disciple
Someone?

What is
Foundational for
Discipling Someone?

The Big Picture
Jesus

Gospel Church Mission

Our Mission
Glorifying God and Jesus

Proclaiming Discipling Loving

Kingdom of God

Being vs. Doing

Religion: “I obey; therefore, I’m
accepted.”

Being vs. Doing

accepted.”
Gospel: “I’m accepted; therefore,
I obey.”

Being vs. Doing

accepted.”
Gospel: “I’m accepted; therefore,
I obey.”
Tim Keller

Being vs. Doing

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and
sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to
offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,
holy and pleasing to God—this is
your true and proper worship.
Romans 12:1 (NIV)

Being vs. Doing

Do not conform 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.
Romans 12:2 (NIV)

Grapevine

I am the vine; you are the branches.
If you remain in me and I in you,
you will bear much fruit; apart from
me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 (NIV)

Foundation

For no one can lay any foundation
other than the one already laid,
which is Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:11 (NIV)

Power of God

I am not ashamed of the gospel,
because it is the power of God
for the salvation of everyone
who believes...
Romans 1:16 (NIV 84)

Power of God

Whatever happens, conduct yourselves
in a manner worthy of the gospel of
Christ.
Philippians 1:27 (NIV)

Three Main Tools

1. Word of God - Study
2. Holy Spirit - Prayer
3. Church - Fellowship

Word of God

To the Jews who had believed him,
Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching,
you are really my disciples. Then you
will know the truth, and the truth will
set you free.”
John 8:31-32 (NIV)

Word of God

Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom, teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to
the Lord.
Colossians 3:16 (NIV)

Word of God

For the word of God is alive and active.
Sharper than any double-edged sword,
it penetrates even to dividing soul and
spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the
thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)

Word of God

All Scripture is God-breathed and
is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in
righteousness,
2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV)

Bible

Gospel

Jesus

Word of God

1. Hearing
2. Reading
3. Studying
4. Memorizing
5. Meditation

Getting Started

1. Matthew
2. Romans
3. Acts

Questions to Ask

1. What did I learn about Jesus, the Father
and the Holy Spirit?
2. What did I learn about myself?
3. What did I learn about the gospel?
4. What did I learn about being a disciple?
5. What does Jesus want me to do with
what I learned?

Holy Spirit
I have much more to say to you, more
than you can now bear. But when he, the
Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you
into all the truth. He will not speak on his
own; he will speak only what he hears,
and he will tell you what is yet to come.
He will glorify me because it is from me
that he will receive what he will make
known to you.
John 16:12-14 (NIV)

Prayer
Do not be anxious about anything,
but in every situation, by prayer and
petition, with thanksgiving, present
your requests to God. And the
peace of God, which transcends all
understanding, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ
Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)

Prayer

Be anxious for nothing, but in
everything by prayer and supplication,
with thanksgiving, let your requests
be made known to God; and the peace
of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will guard your hearts
and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7

Importance of the
Church
And God placed all things under his
feet and appointed him to be head
over everything for the church,
which is his body, the fullness of
him who fills everything in every
way.
Ephesians 1:22-23 (NIV)

Importance of Fellowship

And let us consider how we may
spur one another on toward love
and good deeds, not giving up
meeting together, as some are in the
habit of doing, but encouraging one
another —and all the more as you
see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:24-25 (NIV)

Using Spiritual Gifts

A spiritual gift is given to each of us
so we can help each other.
1 Corinthians 12:7 (NLT)

Building the Foundation

1. It’s About Jesus
2. Our Heart Motivation
3. New Identity

It’s About Jesus!

You search the Scriptures because
you think they give you eternal life.
But the Scriptures point to me!
John 5:39 (NLT)

It’s About Jesus!
Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish
people! You find it so hard to believe all
that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures.
Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the
Messiah would have to suffer all these
things before entering his glory?” Then
Jesus took them through the writings of
Moses and all the prophets, explaining
from all the Scriptures the things
concerning himself.
Luke 24:25-27 (NLT)

It’s About Jesus!

Jesus answered, “I am the way and
the truth and the life. No one comes
to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6 (NIV)

It’s About Jesus!

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the
author and perfecter of our faith...
Hebrews 12:2 (NIV 84)

It’s About Jesus!

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.

Galatians 2:20 (NIV)

It’s About Jesus!

I am the vine; you are the branches.
If you remain in me and I in you,
you will bear much fruit; apart from
me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 (NIV)

The Heart

The human heart is the most deceitful
of all things, and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?

Jeremiah 17:9 (NLT)

The Heart

Then Jesus called to the crowd to
come and hear. “All of you listen,” he
said, “and try to understand. It’s not
what goes into your body that defiles
you; you are defiled by what comes
from your heart.”

Mark 7:14-15 (NLT)

The Heart
And then he added, “It is what comes from
inside that defiles you. For from within,
out of a person’s heart, come evil
thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful
desires, envy, slander, pride, and
foolishness. All these vile things come
from within; they are what defile you.”

Mark 7:20-23 (NLT)

The Heart

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, you want
to be with me because I fed you, not
because you understood the miraculous
signs.

John 6:26 (NLT)

The Heart

Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and
do not do what I say?

Luke 6:46 (NIV)

The Heart

Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me
will obey my teaching.”

John 14:23 (NIV)

The Heart

“You simply cannot live as God calls
for you to live unless you have a
practical grasp of the forgiving and
enabling grace you've been given.”

Paul Tripp

The Heart
“We can never show the love of Christ
until we understand the love of Christ. And
we can never understand the love of Christ
until we understand His death. And we can
never understand the death of Christ until
we understand why He died. And we can
never understand why He died until we
understand His holiness and our sin.”

Ed Stetzer and Philip Nation

The Heart

For God, who said, “Let light shine
out of darkness,” made his light shine
in our hearts to give us the light of the
knowledge of God’s glory displayed in
the face of Christ.


Repentance & Faith
1. Recognize your sin. (Psalm 139:23-24)
2. Identify and understand the lies, false beliefs,
wrong desires and idols behind your sin.
3. Take responsibility for your sin & confess it.
4. Turn from your sin and turn to God.
5. Remember, rejoice and rest in what Jesus
has done for your sin.
6. Take hold of the gospel truth for yourself.
7. Trust Jesus and ask Him for help. (John 15:5)

Study Psalm 51

New Identity

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is
a new creation; old things have
passed away; behold, all things have
become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV 84)

The End – 2 Corinthians 5:17

New Identity

We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,
as though God were making his appeal
through us. We implore you on Christ’s
behalf: Be reconciled to God.

New Identity

Don’t you know that you yourselves
are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit
dwells in your midst?

New Identity

So in Christ Jesus you are all children
of God through faith, for all of you
who were baptized into Christ have
clothed yourselves with Christ.
Galatians 3:26-27 (NIV)

New Identity

But our citizenship is in heaven. And
we eagerly await a Savior from there,
the Lord Jesus Christ,
Philippians 3:20 (NIV)

New Identity

But you are a chosen people, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special
possession, that you may declare the
praises of him who called you out of
darkness into his wonderful light.
1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)

New Identity

See what great love the Father has
lavished on us, that we should be
called children of God! And that is
what we are!...
1 John 3:1 (NIV)

New Identity

...go and make disciples...
Matthew 28:19 (NIV)

New Identity

You cannot change your identity
without a radical experience of mercy;
without a radical experience of grace;
without a radical experience of love.
Tim Keller

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