Disciples areMade Not Born

(Part 1 of 6)

Selected Scriptures

“The High Calling of a Disciple of Christ”

The Mission ofMars Hill Baptist Church

To Glorify God Through Worship

To Make Disciples

Build Up Each Other

Minister To Those In Need

The Mission ofMars Hill Baptist Church

To Glorify God Through Worship

To Make Disciples

Build Up Each Other

Minister To Those In Need

Matthew 20:19-20 (ESV)

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the

Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of

the age.”

Matthew 20:19-20 (ESV)

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the

Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of

the age.”

Matheteuo - to become a pupil; to be a disciple of

one; to follow his precepts and instructions

“In this context it relates to those who place their trust in Jesus Christ and follow Him in lives of continual

learning and obedience.” – John MacArthur

DISCIPLESHIP“Discipling others is the process by which a Christian with a life worth

emulating commits himself or herself for an extended period of time to a

few individuals who have been won to Christ, the purpose being to aid and guide their growth to maturity and

equip them to reproduce themselves in a third spiritual generation."

If we do not know what

discipling is how do we ever hope

to do it?

ObjectivesTo understand what it

means to make disciples

To understand what it takes to disciple others

To understand how we can disciple others

To understand the need to make disciples

2 Timothy 2:1-2 (ESV)

“You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace

that is in Christ Jesus,and what you have heard

from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to

faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”

In order to disciple others we need to have

faithful lives

Faithful lives are lives worth emulating

In order to disciple others we need to be

faithful Christians

Faithful Christians have lives worth emulating

9 Essential Traits of Faithful Christians

1) They have adopted as their objective in life the same objective God sets

forth in the Scriptures

Matthew 6:33 (ESV)But seek first the kingdom

of God and his righteousness, and all

these things will be added to you.

1) They have adopted as their objective in life the same objective God sets

forth in the Scriptures

Matthew 6:33 (ESV)But seek first the kingdom

of God and his righteousness, and all

these things will be added to you.

Whatever your vocation is, it must never be your life

objective; for your vocation, no matter how noble it may be; is, in the final analysis,

temporal

How does your life's objective increase God's glory and

decrease yourself?