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

b. Fruitfulness - to be used of God to raise up as many disciples as possible as quickly as we can for the sake of fulfilling the Great Commission

(1) John 15.16

(2) Col. 1.9-10

3. To the glory of God - the end of all things

a. Matt. 5.16

b. Eph. 3.21

c. Phil. 2.15-16

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B. Why Follow-up is necessary for new urban disciples

1. Need for protection: new converts are vulnerable to attack (e.g., the parable of the soils in Matthew 13).

a. The devil’s lies and schemes, 2 Cor. 4.4

b. The cares of the world, 1 John 2.15-17

c. The lack of depth and substance, Heb. 10.37-39

d. The proneness towards error, 1 Cor. 10.12-13