Personal Vision Of Evangelism Research Paper
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Personal Vision of Evangelism
Submitted Dr. Douglas White In partial fulfillment of the requirements
For the completion of
DSMN 500- D08
Discipleship Ministries
By
Lindsay D. Greene
November 2, 2014
The Centrality of Christ
There are 3 basic concepts for discipleship which are being a believer, being a disciple for your own self and becoming a disciple maker.1 Once one has decided to follow Christ, they are committed to the Great Commission. One must realized that discipleship is a lifetime commitment and lifestyle. In order to gain souls for Christ, one should walk, talk, and act in God’s image. Our bodies must be transformed for God’s will. A disciple has to able to deny …show more content…
Obedience will take disciples to the next level. It is always been a clear understanding that the commission has been to spread the good news of the Gospel. When Jesus was sent on His assignment, God has empowered and equipped Him with the necessary tools therefore when we are sent He will do the same for us. When a disciple decides to follow Christ, he or she is displaying the love of Christ. Throughout the world and all mankind, disciples should be described as examples of Christ. Every level calls for greater faith, obedience, and commitment.2 The essence and centrality of discipleship is the type of obedience that Jesus taught and displayed throughout the Gospel. We must ensure that we are listening and obeying Jesus Christ if we are not doing so, we are not obeying God or submitting to His perfect Will or the Great …show more content…
There is a series of levels to Jesus when leaving the world and entering in the world of discipleship. In most churches that I have attended always pause to perform an invitation to discipleship. When beginning our Christian journey, we all are labeled as infants or babes in Christ. Declaration is deciding to take up your cross and follow Jesus. The beginning steps to declaration is asking Jesus Christ to come into our lives and denying the ways of sin. Once this step is completed, the believer is not a disciple just yet, he or she is a newly convert in Christ. Earley states, “The whole issue in stage one is Jesus. The first stage of discipleship is a call to investigate the person and work of Jesus.”3 The stage us the starting point in faith and the beginning of learning how to be a better Christian. In this stage, the new covert has graduated from having questions to accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and personal savior. To summarize the first stage of discipleship, I would say that it is simply a time for one to accept Christ and the teaching of the Gospel. This is the time to declare your identity in Christ. “Jesus said to them, ‘Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men '” (Mark 1:17). Being associated with Christ allows Christians to have the privilege of knowing Christ on an intimate level. Declaration of discipleship allows one to gain the approval of God and to be highly favored by God through the
Personal Vision of Evangelism
Submitted Dr. Douglas White In partial fulfillment of the requirements
For the completion of
DSMN 500- D08
Discipleship Ministries
By
Lindsay D. Greene
November 2, 2014
The Centrality of Christ
There are 3 basic concepts for discipleship which are being a believer, being a disciple for your own self and becoming a disciple maker.1 Once one has decided to follow Christ, they are committed to the Great Commission. One must realized that discipleship is a lifetime commitment and lifestyle. In order to gain souls for Christ, one should walk, talk, and act in God’s image. Our bodies must be transformed for God’s will. A disciple has to able to deny …show more content…
Obedience will take disciples to the next level. It is always been a clear understanding that the commission has been to spread the good news of the Gospel. When Jesus was sent on His assignment, God has empowered and equipped Him with the necessary tools therefore when we are sent He will do the same for us. When a disciple decides to follow Christ, he or she is displaying the love of Christ. Throughout the world and all mankind, disciples should be described as examples of Christ. Every level calls for greater faith, obedience, and commitment.2 The essence and centrality of discipleship is the type of obedience that Jesus taught and displayed throughout the Gospel. We must ensure that we are listening and obeying Jesus Christ if we are not doing so, we are not obeying God or submitting to His perfect Will or the Great …show more content…
There is a series of levels to Jesus when leaving the world and entering in the world of discipleship. In most churches that I have attended always pause to perform an invitation to discipleship. When beginning our Christian journey, we all are labeled as infants or babes in Christ. Declaration is deciding to take up your cross and follow Jesus. The beginning steps to declaration is asking Jesus Christ to come into our lives and denying the ways of sin. Once this step is completed, the believer is not a disciple just yet, he or she is a newly convert in Christ. Earley states, “The whole issue in stage one is Jesus. The first stage of discipleship is a call to investigate the person and work of Jesus.”3 The stage us the starting point in faith and the beginning of learning how to be a better Christian. In this stage, the new covert has graduated from having questions to accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and personal savior. To summarize the first stage of discipleship, I would say that it is simply a time for one to accept Christ and the teaching of the Gospel. This is the time to declare your identity in Christ. “Jesus said to them, ‘Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men '” (Mark 1:17). Being associated with Christ allows Christians to have the privilege of knowing Christ on an intimate level. Declaration of discipleship allows one to gain the approval of God and to be highly favored by God through the