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THEORY OF CHURCH GROWTH (제14강) ✝️✝️✝️ (영문)
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2020-03-05 14:13:58, 조회 : 1,901 |
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THEORY OF CHURCH GROWTH (제14강) ✝️✝️✝️ (영문)
The Values of Making Disciples
Why then is the discipling ministry valuable in the Christian life? What are the benefits of the discipling ministry as a lay ministry? It is very important.
(1) First, discipling must benefit the individual disciplee. It results in spiritual growth of the member of the discipling course by facilitating communication with God through worship service time which includes prayer and praise.
(2) The constant, personal suggestion given to him by a discipler can only increase the rate of this process of spiritual growth (Hadidian 1979, 10). He also becomes mature emotionally, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ (Eph. 4:13).
(3) The words of God which he has learned will stop and correct his wrong behavioral patterns. The Scripture says:
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (II Thim. 3:16-17 NIV)
(4) Another value is that he has been chosen by God (Habecker 1989, 49) and become a discipler to make his disciples for church growth. This is very important for the church to grow. The writer has focused on this point for church growth. This is a disciple making movement: of going one by one and making disciples.
(5) Second, the value of the discipler can be considered. Whenever a discipler has brought the people and made them his disciples according to the command of Jesus Christ (Matt. 28:19-20), he receives some personal benefit and blessing in turn (Hadidian 1979, 14).
(6) Through the discipling the discipler will share his Lord's happiness after it's done. The Scripture says:
His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness. (Matt. 25:21)
(7) Of course, the discipler can be purified himself during training because the disicpler must not only teach others but himself. Paul emphasizes it, \"You, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself\" (Rom. 2:21), and \"No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize\" (1 Cor. 9:27).
(8) Though the discipler teaches other people, yet both of them may teach one another in faith (Baxter 1989, 51).
(9) Discipling develops the ministerial skills of the discipler in teaching, counseling, discussing, and guiding someone into a ministry (Hadidian 1979, 15).
(10) Third, the value of discipling to the church can be considered. The discipling ministry is essential to strengthen the church body in several aspects: fellowship, evangelism, service to the church, giving to the church and so on.
(11) It makes church members retain not only their fervor for the church but the harmony between its departments as well as its members. Another value is very important to the future of the church. The continuous discipling can guarantee the next generations.
(12) Allen Hadidian says:
The result of discipling is that God's work will continue in future generations. If we do not disciple there is no guarantee that a ministry will continue. That is what 2 Timothy 2:2 is all about: \"Timothy, there should not be a break in the cadence of God's work. You find men who are faithful and to whom you can pass the baton.\" (Hadidian 1979, 16) ⛪️⛪️⛪️
- To be continued
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