DiscipleShiftWhat Does Following Jesus

Look Like?

"When Jesus says follow me it's not like on Twitter

where you just press a button. He wants your

whole life.“

“Christianity without discipleship is Christianity

without Christ." Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“We are Disciples of Christ, or we are not

Christians at all.”Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Matthew 4:19 (ESV) 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will

make you fishers of men.”

Follow Me (Yes, Lord – I will follow you)

I will make you (Yes, Lord – I will allow you to make and shape my life)

Fishers of men (Yes Lord – I will spread your Kingdom)

Acts 11:26 (ESV) … And in Antioch the disciples were first

called Christians.

Sadducees

Pharisees

Essenes

Zealots

Acts 17:5-9 (ESV) 5 But the Jews were jealous, and taking some

wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked

the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd. 6 And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the

brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world

upside down have come here also ….

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful

committed citizens can change the world; indeed,

it's the only thing that ever has.”

Margaret Mead (Anthropologist)

Matthew 4:19 (ESV) 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will

make you fishers of men.”

Matt 13:37-3837 He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good

seed stands for the sons of the kingdom.

D – Divine truth

N – Nurturing Accountability

A – Apostolically Minded

Matthew 4:19 (ESV) 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make

you fishers of men.”

‘Follow Me ‘

‘I will make you ‘

‘Fishers of men ‘