Foundations of Christian Leadership, Mentor's Guide, MG07

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b. Mark 9.23

c. Eph. 3.20-21

B. Teaching people godly submission : teaching authority and scope of the elders.

1. We must teach urban saints the importance of the principle of obedience in Christian discipleship.

a. The Great Commission involves obeying all that Christ has commanded us, Matt. 28.19.

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b. Those who hear Jesus’ words and obey them are like a wise person who builds their house on solid ground, Matt. 7.24-27.

c. It is only in training urban Christians to submit to solid biblical teaching that they will be protected from the various pitfalls and prey that are out to destroy them.

(1) Heb. 13.17

(2) Heb. 13.7

(3) 1 Thess. 5.12-13

(4) 2 Thess. 3.14

C. The presence of moral compromise : the issue of church discipline

1. We are bound to encounter situations where urban disciples will need to be restored in Christ, James 5.16.