Becoming Like Your Teacher, Second Edition

10 • B ecoming L ike Y our T eacher

Whether you are hosting such a program or believe that God has called you to participate within one, you will need to trust the Lord to provide you with all you will require to fulfill your duty in Christ. We all must gladly submit to that full range of responsibilities as servants in the church for the purpose of being set apart by the Holy Spirit to engage in the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus. As his ambassador, you are called to evangelize, make disciples, raise up leaders and establish a new church in “enemy-occupied territory” for the glory of God. Being a representative for Jesus with the task of planting an outpost of the Kingdom of God requires nothing less than a ready response to his call to ministry, sharing the life of Christ as his chosen vessel and servant. As the demon told the sons of Sceva, referring to authentic spiritual identity, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize” (Acts 19.15b). With the foundation of Christ confirmed in you and the mantle of his calling upon you, you can both offer or undergo rigorous and disciplined church planting training. If you are hosting an apprenticeship program, you can be God’s chosen instrument to raise up laborers for Christ. If you are called as an apprentice, you can be equipped in order that you may become competent and fully assured to go and accomplish the task the Lord has given you.