Back to Basics Part 6: Stages of Discipleship
Colin preached this message on July 21st 2024 at Word of Grace.
Jesus gave this command to his disciples before his Ascension – “Go and make disciples…”
The home between his ascension and return is when we have a job to do.
There are 3 things that identify a disciple. All those can be found in the book of John. There are many amazing miracles performed by Jesus – fed 5000 people, raised Lazarus to life, the centurion’s servant, water into wine and many more.
Jesus also makes these “I am” statements. I am the light, the way, the truth, the life, the resurrection and life, bread of life, true Vine, good shepherd and door.
3 statements that Jesus said:
John 8:31-32 NIV – [31] To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. [32] Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
The truth will set you free. If you hold onto my teaching.
We are continuing our study on discipleship. As a recap let’s look at some of the things we discussed in the previous weeks:
How can you identify a true disciple of Jesus? Jesus spoke fo three things that would mark a disciple.( Read the Notes)
Word of Grace is an Evangelical (Born Again), Spirit-filled (Charismatic), Reformed, English-speaking church in Pune that upholds the Bible as God’s inspired Word for life. We are a church community with people from every part of India and the world. We are here to put the Great Command and the Great Commission into practice by equipping and releasing every member into works of service. Word of Grace is part of a wider international family of Churches called RegionsBeyond.