Focus on Reproduction, Mentor's Guide, MG12

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F O C U S O N R E P R O D U C T I O N

c. Acts 13.48

d. Rom. 8.30

e. Rom. 11.5-6

II. Equipping through Follow-Up: Incorporating and Nurturing in the Family of God

A. Definition: “Incorporation into the family of God for the purpose of edification and fruitfulness, to the glory of God”

1. Incorporation into the family of God - introduction and welcome into the family of God, Rom. 15.5-7

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a. Making visible what has in fact become actual

b. Welcome as central factor of koinonia

(1) 1 John 1.1-4

(2) John 17.3

(3) Heb. 3.14

2. For the purpose of edification and fruitfulness

a. Edification - to build up another to the fullness of Christ, to maturity in Christ (Christlikeness) Eph. 4.11-15