1. How Can I Make Disciples? Matt. 28:19-20; Acts 14:20-22 Jesus Christ Disciple-Maker

2. Review How Jesus Made Disciples How Jesus Made Disciples What is a Disciple? What is a Disciple? Am I a Disciple? Am I a Disciple? The Gospel Test The Gospel Test The Following Test The Following Test The Learning Test The Learning Test The Authentic Test The Authentic Test Am I making disciples that are true disicples? Am I making disciples that are true disicples?

3. How can I make disciples?

4. 1. Understand the Instructions

5. “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there!” Yogi Berra

8. Greek mathetes 259 259 Gospels and Acts only Gospels and Acts only

9. Greek “make disciples” Matthew 13:52 (ESV) And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old. Matthew 27:57 (ESV) When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. Matthew 28:19 (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, Acts 14:21 (ESV)

10. Compound verb (go/ make) Compound verb (go/ make) “disciples” is the Direct Obj. “disciples” is the Direct Obj. Baptizing/ teaching are participles modifying the verb Baptizing/ teaching are participles modifying the verbENGLISH Go and make disciples…. baptizing…..teaching

11. Main verb Main verb 3 prepositions 3 prepositions Go (going) Go (going) Baptizing Baptizing Teaching TeachingGREEK Go and make disciples…. baptizing…..teaching

12. Application Disciple-makers PROCLAIM the gospel Disciple-makers PROCLAIM the gospel Disciple-makers TEACH others Disciple-makers TEACH others Disciple-makers are INTENTIONAL Disciple-makers are INTENTIONAL

13. How can I make disciples? 2. Look for Examples

15. Example 1: Acts 14 “ ” (Acts 14:20–21, ESV) “But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,” (Acts 14:20–21, ESV)

16. Example 2: Other Christians Victory Church, Manila Victory Church, Manila 165 (1984) 165 (1984) 2,000 (1990) 2,000 (1990) 4,900 (2000) 4,900 (2000) 50,000 (2011) 50,000 (2011) Grace Community Church Grace Community Church

17. Questions for Me