Session 2: Part 1(pgs 15-50)

Session 2:Part 1(pgs 15-50)

Ice Breaker/Challenge Review:

How has the content of Multiply made you more aware of opportunities to disciple?

Who has the Holy Spirit given you opportunities to influence this week?

Video:

Part 1: What is a Disciple

Part 1: The command to make disciples

Part 1: The heart of a disciple-maker

Discussion/Prayer:

1. How does follower (in the literal sense) clarify what it means to be a disciple?

Read Luke 6:40

2. What are some ways the Holy Spirit has worked in your life to make you more like Jesus?

1. What are some areas that need more work?
2. How can you involve other believers in helping you with your areas of struggle?

Read Luke 3:7-9, Acts 26:20, Romans 10:9, 2 Corinthians 3:5, Ephesians 2:8-10

3. Why/How is repentance an integral part of following Jesus?

1. What is the first step to repentance? What keeps us from taking the first step?
2. Is it possible to be a good “Christian” but not be following Christ?

Read 1 John 3:16, 1 Jn 4:10, 2 Cor 5:14-15

4. How do the above passages help us answer the question of why a person would want to follow Jesus?

1. How does the sacrifice of Jesus inspire us to obey Jesus?

Read Matt 28:18-20

5. Who is the “Great Commission” meant for?

1. Why do “church people” treat what Jesus says in Matt 28 like a request?  What does an attitude of non-compliance or soft obedience imply about a person’s relationship with Jesus?
2. According to Matt 28 what are three definite characteristics of followers of Christ?
3. Which of these areas do you struggle to make part of your life?
4. What does it mean to identify with Christ? How do identify with Christ outside of baptism?
5. How do we know when the discipleship process is over?(pg 33)
6. Why has the church passed off the responsibility of disciple-making to “ministry professionals?”  What has kept you from obeying Christ’s command to make disciples?

Read Ephesians 4:11-16, 1 Cor 12:1-5, 1 Cor 13, Eph 2:14-18

6. How does Ephesians 4 change the way you view the church and it’s ministry?(pg 35)

1. What is your part in the ministry of the Church?

7. Who are people God’s given you influence with? What would be the first step in influencing/discipling them?

1. Who are some people that you can partner with in making disciples?
2. What is a key to discipling that scripture points to?(1 Cor 13)
3. How does love protect us from walking outside of God’s grace in discipling?(Eph 2
4. :8-9, 14-18)

Read Mark 5:18-20, James 3, 1 Timothy 4:1-5, 1 John 4:1-6, Matt 7:15-23

8. How can we prevent ourselves from giving/discipling out of guilt or compulsion?

1. How does a person stay excited about sharing what God is teaching?

9. What’s dangerous about discipling?

1. What are the dangers to the person being discipled? To the one discipling?
2. What are the life characteristics of a godly disciple-maker?(Jas 3:13-18)

Read Matt 23:3-5

10. What are some markers/characteristics of a trustworthy discipler?

1. How can you work on becoming a trustworthy discipler?

“...being a disciple maker demands your entire life.  The job description of  a disciple maker is the same as that of a disciple of Jesus Christ...This doesn’t mean that you need to be perfect before you start.  Perfection is a lifelong process that won’t end until eternity.  But it does mean that you need to ‘count the cost’ and allow God’s truth to change your life.  Making disciples is all about seeing people transformed by the power of God’s Word. If you want to see that happen in others, you need to be experiencing such transformation yourself.”

Individual Challenge:

Pick one area of your life(spiritual discipline/means of grace) that you can work on becoming more consistent in this week.  Every day this week write a short 1 paragraph or less evaluation of that spiritual discipline. Be prepared for God to give you opportunities to share how God is developing you in that area of life.

Francis Chan and Mark Beuving, Multiply: Disciples Making Disciples (Colorado Springs, Colorado: David C Cook, 2012), 47.