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Disciples Make Disciples - Sermon Notes

Key Verses:
  • Matthew 28:19-20
  • Acts 14:21
Background of Acts 14

Paul/ Shaul (Saul ) a sinner is saved by Christ and he sees Grace. He later meets the rest of the believers and the Spirit of Lord tells them to set apart Paul and Barnabas as evangelists. They begin their travel through Asia Minor and reach in chapter 14 Iconoum (Koyna)  in modern day Turkey.

There are significant events in this chapter and we will see through them as we try to understand the nature of disciples and what we are called to be.

This is not a special teaching but rather a way we all look together to the word.

  • First of all we need to define who is a believer
    • We are unable to save ourselves
    • We are not able to meet the righteous requirements
    • Only Christ was able to meet then
    • It is Christ who gave us his righteousness
      • (2 Corinthians 5:21 , Romans 4:5, Philippians 3:9 )
    • We take on his righteousness in faith
    • The next step is to be with a Church (2 Timothy 2:22 - 
    • So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart)
Paul and Barnabas went to Jewish Synagogue and they shared the Gospel

  • A disciple shares the gospel

 Why? This is the only way man can reach God. Would you not want to share the truth. 

God worked among the people and there was conversion.
  • A disciple knows that God will work his way
There were people who were persecuting them. 
  • A disciple expects opposition to the gospel
Yet they stayed back preaching the gospel
  • A disciple waits
Lord send his Spirit amongst them and they were able to nurture the people
  • A disciple relies on the power of the Holy Spirit
People saw them as gods .. yet they did not give in
  • A disciple gives God Glory (& are humble -- heb 3:12-13, 10:24-26)
and REPEAT

Who should do it?

2 are better than one .... we do this as a community and brotherhood


How are we to do this.

We start in love : 
    We are serious about loving
    We are serious about sin
    We are in this for real time -- that means spending time
We are called to trust in God
    We are to rely on the Holy Spirit
    We are to wait for His timing
    We are only to share wisdom we know God is leading us into
We are humble
    We realise that this is a two way street
    We give and we make sure that we receive. (Remember the parable of the workers who came at different times)
    We are ready to sacrifice
    We are ready to hand over those to another persons when God leads us

  • Titus 2:4 — Older women are to train younger women.
  • Second Timothy 2:2 — Paul trained Timothy to train others to train others.
  • Ephesians 6:4 — Fathers are to train their children.
  • Matthew 28:20 — Missionaries are to teach the nations everything Jesus commanded.
  • Hebrews 3:13 — All Christians are to exhort each other every day to avoid sin and to stir each other up to love and good works (see also Hebrews 10:24–25).
  • First Peter 4:10 — All Christians are to use their gifts to serve others.
  • Acts 18:24–26 — Priscilla and Aquila, on the spur of the moment it seems, explained the way of God more accurately to Apollos.

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