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THEORY OF CHURCH GROWTH (제21강) ✝️✝️✝️ (영문)
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2020-06-27 17:01:47, 조회 : 1,783 |
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THEORY OF CHURCH GROWTH (제21강) ✝️✝️✝️ (영문)
Understanding Discipleship (2)
(1) Charles Mylander classified the transformation of a person into three stages: exposure stage, commitment stage, and discipleship stage (Mylander 1979, 64).
(2) Discipleship must be in itself assigned by only God even if comes through a pastor or a leader with discipleship.
(3) Basically, it must have been rooted in the Bible. In the Old Testament the disciple might be considered as prophet (1 King 19:16; 2 King 2:6) and priest (Num. 3:10; Ps. 109:8; Act. 1:20).
(4) In the New Testament it was especially Jesus' disciples. He called the disciples in the metaphorical expression, \"fishers of men.\" He said \"Come and follow me\", and \"I will make you fishers of men\" (Matt. 4:19).
(5) In a word, discipleship means adherence to Christ (Bonhoeffer 1963, 63). True discipleship means that the disciple has the same goals and objectives as his Master (McGavran with Arn 1974, 103).
(6) In this case discipleship has two meanings: relationship of Lord-servant (Matt. 16:16) and commitment to disciples (Matt. 28:19-20; Act. 1:8).
(7) Dr. Richard R. De Ridder wrote:
The person of Jesus is central. Discipleship involved acceptance of his authority, inwardly by believing in him and outwardly by obeying him...There can be nothing in the life of the disciple that is apart from the Lord and his life. The disciple is drawn into fellowship with all they have and are. (De Ridder 1985, 186)
(8) The way of discipleship is not very easy to grasp when there is no map (Aeschliman 1991, 124). Discipleship has an inevitable place in the Christian church not only in both the periods of the Old Testament and of the New Testament but also today.
(9) In the light of the key verse in the Bible (Matt. 28:19-20), discipleship is necessary for all ages (Spence and Exell 1978, 15:644).
(10) The principle of discipleship is crucial to understanding church growth (Jenson and Stevens 1981, 157).
(11) In Matthew 28:19-20, the present imperative verb \"Go\" takes the form of participial construction in the original, namely \"having gone.\"
(12) In this case the verb can be interpreted as having both continuous and imperative force (Hendriksen 1975, 999). Discipleship has always been commanded for church growth.
(13) Discipleship is not a communication of knowledge but a communication of life and spirit (John 6:63). Disciples must be, therefore, made of not only a communication of knowledge of the Scriptures but also a communication of life and spirit.
(14) Juan Carlos Ortiz wrote:
In a discipleship relationship I do not teach the other person to know what I know, rather I teach him to become what I am. Discipleship, then, is not a communication of knowledge, but a communication of life and spirit. Making a disciple is different from winning a soul. Paul made disciples by living a life that taught other how to live. (Ortiz 1975, 67)
(15) What are the signs of faithfulness in discipleship? The signs of faithfulness in disciples who seek to follow Christ are salt and yeast within the people of the congregation.
(16) Congregations are made vital through the Christian life and action of the faithful, just as believers are built up in faith through the life of the congregation (The United Methodist Council of Bishops 1990, 123-124). Therefore, faithful disciples can be recognized by their fruit.
(17) Jesus said:
By their fruit you will recognize them...every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. (Matt. 7:16-18; Luke 6:43-44)
(18) What, then, are the fruits of faithful disciples? In a word, they are the fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Gal. 5:22). ⛪️⛪️⛪️
- To be continued
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