Fit to Represent, Vision for Discipleship Seminar

Introduction: General Principles in a Theology of Effective Discipleship

I. The Commission, the Kingdom, and the Church of Jesus Christ

A. Discipleship

the Great Commission, Matt. 28.18-20; Mark 16.15- Obeys

16; Luke 24.46-49; Acts 1.8; John 20.21.

1. The authority of Jesus Christ

2. The mandate to go

a. Into all nations

b. To make disciples

c. To baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

3. The directive: to teach to obey everything Christ taught

B. Discipleship

the Kingdom of God, Matt. 6.33; Mark 1.14-15; Advances

Rev. 11.15; Rom. 14.17.

1. The Kingdom of God = the reign and rule of God in the midst of his universe

a. The universe is at war, 1 John 3.8; Gen. 3.15; Rev. 12.9ff.

b. Jesus of Nazareth is God’s answer to the rebellion of the cosmos, John 1.1-18.

c. The recovery of the spheres: God’s intent to bring the universe back under his domain and control, Matt. 12.25-30

2. The kingdom of darkness, Col. 1.13-14; Eph. 6.12

a. Our mortal enemy: Satan, the Adversary, the devil, Eph. 6.11-18

35