Disciple
A Disciple Changes the World
October 11, 2009 • Chris Edmondson, Ryan Millard • Matthew 5:13–16, Matthew 16:18
Christianity started with Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ left this earth, and he left behind His twelve disciples—and His disciples turned the world upside down! His disciples changed their world. Are we changing ours?
A Disciple Serves
October 4, 2009 • Chris Edmondson • Philippians 2:5–7, Matthew 23:11–12, Luke 22:24, John 13:1–16
Climb to the top. Climb the corporate ladder. If you want to be great, you rise to greatness. But Jesus flips it around. He says, “You really want to be the greatest? You want to be My Disciple? Then you must descend into greatness.”
A Disciple Gives
September 27, 2009 • Chris Edmondson • Luke 14:33, Psalm 50:10–12, Luke 16:10–13, Matthew 25:14–29, 1 Corinthians 4:7
Jesus said, “No one can become my disciple without giving up everything for Me.” He doesn’t want just a part—He wants to be the whole thing! He wants it all. The biblical word for it is Lordship. The word Lord literally means boss, master, owner. To be a disciple, you have to acknowledge Him as the boss.
A Disciple Loves
September 20, 2009 • Chris Edmondson • John 21, Luke 14:25–33
To love Jesus isn’t based around a feeling, or how we sing a song, or how much you go to church. Jesus doesn’t base how much we love Him by whether you go to a foreign country or how much money you give in the offering plate. Jesus gauges how much we love Him based upon obedience. Jesus wants our love.
A Disciple Learns
September 13, 2009 • Chris Edmondson • Matthew 11:28–30
Jesus was not a Christian. He never asked anyone to become a Christian, never built a steepled building, never drew up a theological treatise, never took an offering, never wore religious garments, never incorporated for tax purposes—He simply called people to follow him. That’s it. That, despite it’s simplicity is it. He called people to follow him. Jesus wants you to be more than a Christian. He wants you to follow Him. He wants you to be His disciple.