Christian Discipleship Research Paper
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
THE CENTRALITY OF CHRIST IN CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP A PAPER
SUBMITTED TO DR. DONALD HICKS
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE
DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRIES
DSMN 500 BY
TERRELL PEARSON
CHICAGO, IL
JANUARY, 2014
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INTRODUCTION
In this paper I will discuss the importance of the Centrality of Christ in Christian
Discipleship including the three stages of discipleship mentioned by Dr Dave Ealey and Rod
Dempsey in their book
Disciple Making Is: How to Live the Great Commission with Passion and
Confidence
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THE CENTRALITY OF CHRIST IN CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
Centrality of Christ in Christian Discipleship the requires the christian to be totally …show more content…
The Apostle Paul details this in 1 Corinthians 3:15 KJV, “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?”
Paul continues to urge the Church of Colossae to center their thoughts on the things where Christ is since they are raised with Christ and not focus on earthly possessions:
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
For
ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life,
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
THE CENTRALITY OF CHRIST IN CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP A PAPER
SUBMITTED TO DR. DONALD HICKS
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE
DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRIES
DSMN 500 BY
TERRELL PEARSON
CHICAGO, IL
JANUARY, 2014
2
INTRODUCTION
In this paper I will discuss the importance of the Centrality of Christ in Christian
Discipleship including the three stages of discipleship mentioned by Dr Dave Ealey and Rod
Dempsey in their book
Disciple Making Is: How to Live the Great Commission with Passion and
Confidence
. 1
THE CENTRALITY OF CHRIST IN CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
Centrality of Christ in Christian Discipleship the requires the christian to be totally …show more content…
The Apostle Paul details this in 1 Corinthians 3:15 KJV, “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?”
Paul continues to urge the Church of Colossae to center their thoughts on the things where Christ is since they are raised with Christ and not focus on earthly possessions:
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
For
ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life,