 So today we're going to talk about why make disciples. So when you think of the question, why make disciples, what kind of answers come up in your mind? Jen, to bring God glory. Yep, yep. Oh, we got mics. I forgot about those things. So Jen says to bring God glory. Anyone else? That's Michael. How about you? You said, I'll just repeat it. Amen. Yeah, men do not naturally follow God. They need to be exhorted, encouraged, and modest, right? Nikita. Amen. God has a, so Nikita said God has an ultimate plan of redemption, right? That he redeems us and he brings us into his fold, where so he has a long view purpose for discipleship. Any other, any other reasons of why we make disciples, Ms. Sharma? Oh, I got the mic for you this time. Obedience and obedience to the commission. Amen. Obedience. Because he says so, right? Like he tells us to do it. Anyone else? Anya? Like it's coming. Put your own workout program, Tyler. This is from the Vine project that the Lord, kind of like what you guys were saying, the Lord is moving the whole of history in a certain direction. Yeah. And that is to prepare people while they're here, the ones that you will save, to worship human in glory. And so we have to help one another, know how to do it, and do it here, because that's the ultimate plan of God to prepare us for that. Amen. Amen. So we're going to touch on each of those answers. We're going to touch on each of those answers. And first we're going to look at the fact that he commands it. Right? So let's look at Matthew chapter 28 verses 18 through 20. When we talk about discipleship, isn't this one of the first, first passages you think about when you think of discipleship? Well, anyone like to read that for me? Matthew chapter 28 verses 18 through 20. Robinson, would you mind reading? Thank you, brother. Matthew 28, 18 through 20. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you, and though I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen. Amen. Thank you, brother. So first, Jesus here in verse 18, he appeals to his resurrection authority, right? He explains that all authority has been given to him. This is the risen Christ speaking. He's about to ascend into heaven. This is his last message. And he's saying, I'm the boss. Everything is mine. What I say goes, and I'm giving you this last command before I go. So he's establishing that he wants us to make disciples. Now, when you think of, like we talked earlier, the first question I asked you was why we make disciples, right? We mentioned redemption, we mentioned God's plan. He's moving history towards this grand future in heaven. But let's say God didn't tell us about all of those things, right? Let's say he didn't reveal as many details about his plan as he already did. Wouldn't it be enough if he just commanded us to do it and said, just go and do it, right? Yeah, yeah. Like anyone who has kids, you know this concept, right? In my house, for a while, like me and my wife, we would tell our kids to do things, and we noticed this trend forming in our home, where we'd tell them to do something. And before they went and did what we told them to do, they would stand there and ask us a few questions why we wanted them to do it. So for a while, we were suckered. We would sit there and explain to them, you know, it's like, hey, so and so, go do the dishes. Well, why do you want the dishes done today, you know? Why do I have to do it now? Why can't I do it at one o'clock, you know? And after a while, you've given them a picture. No, I told you to do the dishes. How about you ask me why on the way to washing the dishes, right? So the same concept applies here. He commands us to do something. We ought to do it. So in this passage here, what details do we see about making disciples? What can we see in this passage of what it entails to make a decision? Claudia. To go. I'm sorry? To go. To go. Yeah. Amen. To go, right? We are to, we are to go outside of where we are. We're to find other people. You can't make disciples if no one's coming in, right? You can't teach anyone and admonish anyone who isn't here. You have to go, you have to preach the gospel. And preaching the gospel is the entry point to discipleship. No, well. They are to be baptized. That's part of making a disciple. Amen. They're to be baptized into the church, right? They're to join our fold. They're to commit fully on Nikita. Nikita. Oh, my bad. What's the hand over there? My bad. Disciples are of all the nations? Yeah. So, so we're to make disciples of all nations, all people groups, right? Rebecca. Oh, I was gonna. My thing with baptism to how it's a church ordinance. So, to baptize someone, you're bringing them into a covenant relationship with the church. So, there's the emphasis on the local church and the life of disciple making. Amen. Amen. So, this isn't like a parish church ministry. This isn't something where like this isn't like a rogue Bible study that you're doing on your own, right? This is under the authority of your local church. Amen. Pete. We are to teach them everything that God has commanded them to do and also all of the, you know, different things that we do in church and how to worship God in a holy and the way which would give him glory. Amen. So, we're to teach them, right? So, it's it's not um discipleship isn't um simply let's go let's go play basketball together, right? Nothing wrong with basketball, right? But um we're to teach them to obey all that Christ has commanded. So, we have all of these details about discipleship that come together in this passage. Um what promises does he give us here? Nikita. He says, I am with you always even to the end of the age. Amen. Amen. Isn't that encouraging? Right? You ever um you um you ever you ever felt afraid to go out and evangelize or to um talk to a brother or a sister about their sins or to teach someone um and this promise that the Lord is with you is very encouraging. I know some of you I including myself or I've been very encouraged by this this particular passage in regards to that. I saw was it wrong? Was it your hand that I saw? Is it Noel? All these hands. Oh, Troy. Troy. Um it's clear that um God is commanding and he's giving us all the ability to do it. So, everybody who's regenerate has this ability. So, it's not something that is limited in the scripture makes it very clear if I say that either I don't have that ability or I don't that's not who I am then that's going contrary to God's word because he's telling us that he gives everybody the ability um to do this. Amen. Yeah, and that's going to be my next question. I want to touch on that. So, is this command just for the eleven disciples or is this for everyone? Noel? It is for everyone. Yes. And how do we know? It says some here in verse 17 the very the very tail end but some doubted. Yeah. Also, if you look at Acts chapter one when they are selecting apostles, he says that from the men who were among them um until the time of Jesus Christ ascension which included more than the eleven, the Acts chapter one teaches us that it was more than the eleven here. There were others and from those from those men an apostle was to be selected. So, there were more than just the eleven here. Amen. Amen. So, yeah, there's two points. There's two points that that we know that this is for everyone. One, we there's there's evidence in the text that there's more people here than just the eleven. It's not that um Christ was just speaking to eleven people at this particular time. He was speaking to a larger gathering of disciples. The other thing is when you think about this command, right, he tells them to teach others everything that he has commanded them. And what is his last commandment? To make disciples, right? So, he's telling his disciples to teach them everything I've commanded you including this last one to make disciples. So, it's going to trickle down. It's going to trickle down. So, every disciple is called to make disciples. Also, you said even to the end of the age uh which means that's us. Amen. Amen. The age didn't end a few years after that, did it? Brother Keith. I was going to say even just the thought of making a disciple implies that the disciple is going to do something that and just keep on going and making more disciples. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. Um Pete. And in uh verse twenty, the uh word you okay is carried on down through the generations to apply to everybody who has been saved by Christ. This is I commanded you and that's all disciples forever. Yeah, that is all people. Yeah. So, it is a command, right? It's a command that we're all to follow. This is for all of us. We are to um we're to go. Um that involves evangelism. We're to um we're to baptize people into the local church. All those who would willingly repent and believe the gospel and we're to teach them. Well, hand up there. Um also in verse twenty where it says and Lord I am with you always even to the age um you know this this shows a couple of things that the one you can't do it you know just in your own strength it's uh you know you have you have to rely on God to enable you to do this and then furthermore on the last point I am with you always it's not like these are just for the twelve disciples and then okay well always means always not like when they're done then Christ knows no longer with yes like where they go so yeah and Tyler also I think it's important um when Christ says I am with you that um promise isn't only limited to the apostles and the disciple in the um in the context of um God sending messengers because he said the same thing to Moses in Exodus chapter three when he was going to send him back to Egypt yeah uh to speak to Pharaoh and he said the same thing to Jeremiah in Jeremiah chapter one when Jeremiah said I'm too young God said I'm with you um and he says it to his other um he he says it to um believers all throughout the Bible in the context of um speaking on God's behalf amen amen the great Emmanuel right got with us amen so like um so let's let's um let's let's also consider a few things about discipleship okay um I know in our church we we belabor this point a lot um but I want to be very clear um when we look throughout the gospels and we look throughout what we look throughout the entire New Testament is a disciple a special stage of Christian is that like a someone who's reached a certain level all right no that's every Christian right what's it uh acts eleven twenty five what the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch right so every Christian is a disciple every disciple is a Christian um if you're a Christian you're a disciple if you claim to be a Christian but you're not a disciple um then then you're not a Christian right um a disciple is someone who is a learning follower of Jesus Christ we look at the pattern throughout the gospels and what do we see the disciples doing we see them following Christ everywhere we see that they've left their old lives they've given up all all that they had to follow him they're willing to die to follow him um the call to discipleship is a call to whatever Christ would have happened to your life so you can't you can't hold on to your old life and say I'm a disciple a genuine disciple has given all to follow Christ he lives life with an open hand let's god put anything into his hand that god wants to and let's god take anything away right so so why is it important before we get to the whole grand purpose why is it important that we consider that god just the fact that god commands this for us why is it important that's not your question well first of all uh he's confident that we're capable of doing it otherwise you wouldn't command us to do it we look at the Holy Spirit and he can help us along the way when we're talking to people yeah amen amen no why is it important that we consider that this um that this is commanded to us before we get to the grand purpose all of the why why is it important that we consider that this is a command to solidify or establish uh his his authority over us and our submission to him I believe that would be why amen it puts us in our place doesn't it it um uh this isn't just um god gives us motivations to obey him he does very wonderful kind gracious loving things for us right but at the same time he commands these things so um we don't just do them because of the the why in the end we also do it because he's he's our he's our lord he's our master he's our authority it's a both hand so it's very important that we when we think of when we think of discipleship it's in our minds it's not like it's not a decision I make um because of what makes me happy about our blessed hope um but it's also something that he commands me to do okay so um but he also has this great purpose that we talked about in the beginning right so let's go to Titus chapter two that would help if I can find Titus in my own bible page 994 thank you so page 1380 so Titus chapter two and I would like someone to read all of chapter two for me and someone do that daunting task no well like ESP yeah I like that but as for you teach what accords with sound doctrine older men are to be sober minded dignified self controlled sound in faith in love and in steadfastness older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior not slanderers or slaves to much wine there to teach what is good and so train the young women to love their husbands and children to be self controlled pure working at home kind and submissive to their own husbands that the word of god may not be reviled likewise urge the younger men to be self controlled show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works and in your teaching show integrity dignity and sound speech that cannot be condemned so that an opponent may be put to shame having nothing evil to say about us bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters and everything there to be well pleasing not argumentative not pilfering but showing all good faith so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of god our savior for the grace of god has appeared bringing salvation for all people turning us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled upright and godly lives in the present age waiting for our blessed hope the appearing of the glory of our great god and savior Jesus Christ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself with people for his own possession who are zealous for good works declare these things exhort and rebuke with all authority let no one disregard you amen thank you so um so do you see discipleship in this passage yeah where do you see discipleship in this passage claudia that to um teach the older men are to teach the younger yep yep yep and the older women to teach their other women to um be self-control take care of their home and be committed to their own husbands yeah amen amen yeah so you have the older teaching the younger right the more mature teaching the less mature any others um and in verse one of chapter two um we see that doctrine was um intended to be taught so you have obviously like you know older wise people are to communicate through the medium of like speaking by teaching doctrine so it wasn't the idea of um doctrine wasn't meant to be like we're we're supposed to just kind of be in a cave by ourselves but there's a way in which that god said we're gonna communicate this information verbally to other people it's one of the one of the ways that god communicate doctrine to us amen amen so we have sound doctrine being taught for the month i don't know if you're gonna go go here but um discipleship is not just teaching to right discipleship is also modeling and um not male modeling or anything like that but yeah but like being in a lot of experience with that but like being an example right and so um you know in making disciples do we teach um others what christ has commanded right teach him to obey but we also model that we also obey and live live lives of godliness and so in um in titus chapter two um older men are to be amen yeah they are to be sober minded dignified self-control sound and faith and love and instead fastness and older women right likewise are to be right there to be reverent in behavior not slanderers or slaves to much wine right so you see discipleship and the fact that they're also commanded to obey what christ has commanded and to be examples and exemplary to those they are teaching the good doctrine too amen yeah thank you and actually i'm glad you mentioned that i meant to mention that earlier when we talk about what a disciple is a disciple isn't someone who just ingests a bunch of knowledge for their own benefit right a disciple is expected to live out the knowledge that they've ingested um and when you look at the way that jesus modeled his discipleship he didn't just tell the disciples what to do what do you do he modeled it in front of them didn't so when the disciples themselves you're reading the book of acts the disciples the apostles were little christs weren't they going out all the way around preaching the gospel teaching um and um and there was that trickle down effect you were talking about amen so anya and then also on verse 15 all of this is reiterated to titus himself so um discipleship is not only what uh people and abuse do it all starts with what we hear in from the pulpit it says speak these things all of these things exhort and rebuke with all authority let no one despise you so in a life of a healthy church all of this is kind of like all yeah connected with one another preaching isn't just this one thing and a discipleship is this some other thing it's all coming down from the pulpit to ask here and we'll do the same thing amen amen yeah it should be it's um and he said he said he exhort everyone with that with all authority right um there's no plan around right um so um so let's look at um in verse 11 through 14 um he says for the grace of god has appeared i'm sorry so i'm sorry in verses 1 through 10 we see this picture of discipleship right and just like anya mentioned we see in verse 15 how um this this this comes from the top down says from this is this is something everyone is expected to do but he gives us a why in verse 11 so you say do all of these things paul why why do i do them for the grace of god has appeared bringing salvation for all people training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled upright and godly lives in the present age waiting for our blessed hope the appearing of the glory of our great god and savior jesus christ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works so why in verse 14 he redeemed us and he he did that so that we would be so that we would be made pure and that um we would we would be christ possession for eternity that's the reason why that's the motivation that he gives um tide is here to disciple and to command the folks in his church to disciple because we're looking forward to a day where we're going to be with christ his own special possession redeemed people worshiping him in spirit and in truth so we're commanded these things but there's an ultimate umbrella of a purpose on top of it and it's very glorious isn't it right i mean um i um we'll get to a few other passages but it is is very glorious to think of that and i should when you think about discipleship doesn't that change some of your view about discipleship if you haven't considered that before about um being christ possession and this reason that um you're to be a part of a group of redeemed people um for him worshiping him it gives you a reason um to to look around the church and to find who you can help who you can teach it gives you a reason to go out and preach the gospel it's more than just about you at that point isn't it right pete and i like the last sentence in verse 15 that says letting no one disregard you he's not teaching us to disrespect him but to be bold and perseverant with the gospel not to shy away you know just because somebody's getting upset or you know just do it in love but do it with uh knowledge and then foresight about what you're doing yeah amen amen that glorious picture is worth being staunch about the gospel isn't it andy i was just thinking as we're to your point where you just mentioned prior um like why discipleship and i was thinking um in light of us studying end times and just considering what that's going to be like um in verse um the end of verse 12 when he says you know that we should live righteously in godliness present age because christ is coming you know why disciple now because christ is coming he's gonna return because um because of eternity and being with the lord and so you know we all want to be there we all want to um encourage and bolster up one another because that time is coming amen amen and speaking of speaking of the second coming let's go to first desolone in shepherd five and would someone read for me verses one through 22 another long passage story yeah yep now as to the times and epochs brethren you have no need of anything to be written to you for you yourselves know full well that the day of the lord will come just like a thief in the night while they're saying peace and safety then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child and they will not escape but you brethren are not in darkness that the day would overtake you like a thief for you are all sons of light and sons of day we are not of night nor of darkness so then let us not sleep as others do but let us be alert and sober for those who sleep excuse me for those who sleep do their sleeping at night and those who get drunk get drunk at night but since we are of the day let us be sober having put on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet the hope of salvation for god is not deskin us for rad but for obtaining salvation through lord through our lord jesus christ who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we will live together with him therefore encourage one another and build up one another just as you also are doing but we request of you brethren that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you and have charge over you and the lord and give you instruction and that you esteem and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work live in peace with one another we urge you brethren admonish the unruly encourage the faint hearted help the weak be patient with everyone see that no one repays another with evil for evil but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people rejoice always pray without ceasing and everything gives thanks for this is god's will for you in christ jesus do not quench the spirit and do not despise prophetic utterances but examine everything carefully hold fast to that which is good abstain from every form of evil amen thank you brother so he flips it here right he flips it so this time he gives us the purpose the motivation before he gives us the the the discipleship command so where in this passage do we see this this great why we're talking about this motivation this plan for redemption andy he says it in the very beginning of the chapter um looking at verse two he he says for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the lord um so comes as a thief in the night and so he kind of gives the reason so um so why why disciple why outweigh to be ready because um again crisis is going to return you know and he kind of makes the contrast like those um those two are sleeping um they're ignorant of these things that it's going to come upon them and they're going to be completely shocked off guard you know but we're you know they commanded to us is to kind of know the times we're talked about scripture to um to understand when we see these things to know what they are um and so in light of that be ready prepare disciple grow yeah amen and no well you had something to oh rebecca let's go rebecca first she's right there trying to save your legs man uh starting in verse nine it says for god has not destined us for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our lord jesus christ who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we will live together with him amen so it talks about like what nakita was saying that end purpose that we're going to be um with god in christ um in glory worshiping him for all eternity and then verse 11 you know in light of these things therefore you know we were given the command um to encourage one another and build one another build up one another just as you also are doing so we see the command for discipleship for encouraging for persevering one another you know it's a collective um work um and the reason is from the verses before that we're going to be with christ we're going to live together with him being redeemed from our sins amen amen so we're looking we have obtained the salvation by the blood of jesus christ and we're looking forward to his coming not the way the the rest of the world they ought to fear his coming hold the walls next by the way um but um but uh we look forward to it we have obtained the salvation and we're going to live with him we're going to be with him and we're going to be his redeemed people worshiping him for eternity brother i was just going to see what he said gotcha and nikita you had something to see a hand just broken a hair so so um so um so yet so we have this great motivation right in the beginning of the chapter and then he moves on um just like uh rebecca um she she pointed out the shifts he gave he gives us the therefore in verse 11 so this is why we want to build one another up this is why we want to encourage one another what do we see in the the remaining verses through verse 22 about discipleship don't everyone raise their hands at once i'm reluctant to call on you on you yes you gotta check your privilege man no privilege i'm joking so among other things i see that there are different kinds of discipleship depending on the person you're discipling amen in verse 14 all there are the unruly and they need the warning there are the faint hearted and they need the comfort and there are the weak they need to be upheld but all of these groups need patience on the part of the disciple amen amen so he gives us different categories of people right different categories of people who um who need help right the weak need to be strengthened the um the the idol they need to be admonished those are deliberately disobedient right um the faint hearted need to be encouraged uh noah in verse 14 and we urge you brothers plural so it's not just an elite group that do this it's a command to all of the people of god to do this yeah yeah amen amen like you know like um i would suspect right like for um uh someone who just became a brother someone who just got converted they might be thinking why i can't i can't do all of this you know like i don't know anything like i don't i don't even know like how to find you know Titus in my bible you know i have to look in the table of contents you know um i i can't understand the book of job you know right um um but even a new brother can do these things can't be right i remember that there's a specific brother in my mind um i remember when he got converted didn't didn't know much of anything but i mean this brother he always had his bible with him and he he would he would give me a call every once in a while to encourage me he didn't know what to encourage me about you know except to obey the lord you know he would um uh every time he learned something and you know when you convert you first convert you're always learning something right um he would learn something he go and try to teach it to someone he'd ask all these questions about evangelism um and this brother was extremely encouraging and he'd just gotten converted he didn't know anything right and and what he was doing was discipleship as best he could with the gifting that he had with the abilities that he had handy i was just thinking about my own experience whenever i got converted and like feeling that inadequacy of like going to people and one brother had um kind of to share with me a way that you can also in addition to what you're saying um kind of disciple is like when someone comes to you as a new believer and they're you know teaching you exhorting you whatever the case is to be receptive right to be humble and like absorb that information um trusting god and so like that way you know one you're encouraging the brother in your um receptiveness to the word of god and you know it just it's going to be for your benefit you know and so over time that information that you are you know storing up in you you'll be able to pour on to others you know so instead of being kind of hard-hearted and um or maybe not i'll say hard-hearted but just you know being a little bit um difficult you know that that can be a temptation you know amen in pride but instead just intentionally as your someone's coming and rebuking you like intentionally humble yourself thinking about it you know and that's a way to encourage the person that's speaking to you. Amen. Amen. Schoolwork Rebecca. Yeah just to bring out um scripture to Andy's point like starting in verse 12 it says um they give us the command of how we're to respond you know we're to have the heart of appreciate you know appreciate those who are digitally diligently labor among you and have charge over you so we're to appreciate them we're gonna we have to have a certain like heart disposition towards them and it's to be appreciative um that you steam them highly in love because of their work you know um we're to love them into esteem them highly for um the charge that they have over us and the instruction that they're giving us so we see the commands of how we're to um disciple people and how we're to respond when we're being discipled to Andy's point. Amen. Amen. We're not only to disciple but we're to be good disciples right amen. So let's real quickly let's run to revelation seven this is one of my favorite passages in the entire bible because i really like this picture verse nine just to give you guys a last glimpse of what we're looking forward to in heaven so verse nine after this i looked and behold a great multitude that no one could number from every nation from all tribes and peoples and languages standing before the throne and before the lamb clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands and crying out with a loud voice salvation belongs to our god who sits on the throne into the lamb and all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped god saying amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our god forever and ever amen. Then one of the elders addressed me saying who are these clothed in white robes and from where have they come i said to him sir you know and he said to me these are the ones coming out of the great tribulation they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb therefore they are before the throne of god and serve him day and night in his temple and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence they shall hunger no more neither thirst anymore the sun shall not strike them nor any scorching heat for the lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd and he will guide them to springs of living water and god will wipe away every tear from their eyes so don't you look forward to that great day you will stand with the great multitude you'll be able to look out and you will see scores of people worshiping christ right it'll make our worship services look like you know duck duck goose you know just like a some cheesy kids game right um we will we will worship the glorified christ um the lamb who is slain for us and he will be glorified and mr redeemed people um and by god's grace you will see people who you have discipled people whom you have spent time with people who you've prayed for people who have discipled you and you will all be looking to that one person and worshiping him um that's a motivation isn't it yeah so think about it think about it right now i want to get some answers so considering that right considering that motivation what are you going to be willing what should we be willing to give up to make disciples we should be willing to give up earthly pursuits because we're going to be leading for eternity right not for the here and now only amen amen our hopes and dreams will will gladly bring um as an offering but we're in that line to the p we need to set aside pride and uh be humble because uh we're to set an example for those to whom we are uh teaching what they're supposed to do so if you're not humble then you're going to be uh misrepresenting what the bible said amen amen we need to be humble we need to we need to put aside our own um our our egos right um someone over there nicky a roland time time definitely time time the sacrifice time yeah amen but i uh wanted to ask a question what are what would be some um wrong views of discipleship you know i've heard those that have been here for a while and come the group and that you hear i haven't been deciphered nobody deciphered me nobody's yeah so what would be some wrong views of discipleship i know we just haven't i'm glad you asked that question yeah for like a minute left like um like so um we have to be very careful when we think of discipleship not to reduce it down um to a select few things um for instance um if i said discipleship is spending one on one time with one person in the church um for a particular length of time that's discipleship or discipleship is just taking someone out for evangelism that's discipleship can the discipleship involve those things yeah absolutely yeah and in many cases it should write but we see models of that in scripture but is that all discipleship is no you see examples in this you see um one on many discipleship right um we we get this this this time right now is the time of discipleship when we're here listening to the sermon is a time of discipleship um there's one on few right small group is discipleship time um so yeah thank you for that question like we um and we could unpack that even more we could have a whole lesson on that right um wrong views on discipleship we also have to be very careful not to expand discipleship past the bounds of scripture right so we have to be careful not to say well yeah you know we went and played basketball and i was teaching this guy you know my mean is crossover you know and um we're going to show him all that Christians are real cool you know that's not discipleship right so um but yeah so we need to be willing to give up time we need to be willing to give up money we need to be willing to give up whatever it takes to see our brothers and our sisters sanctified um to help them because we want to see Christ glorified amidst our redeemed people do not right so um let's oh yes let's please yes please sorry i didn't realize you were trying to wrap it up but um we need like using scripture you know Hebrews chapter 12 says we ought to lay aside every sin you know and and the weight and weight yeah which so easily ensnares us so things that could be very lawful for us to give our time our money you know yeah uh too um we ought to be ready to to lay those things aside when they hinder us and run in the race amen we need to give up we definitely need to give up simple we need to be willing to give up even good things good helpful things sometimes um for a better purpose a better cause which is our the sanctification of our brothers is a better cause than many of these nice things we experience right um whether it be a trip to disney or you know um a few extra hours on our facebook right i'm going to be willing to give things up so um so be prayerful i want to exhort you to to think through making disciples we've only gotten through so much today but think through the why of making disciples think through the purpose of why we're here i hope that this informs how you walk into the church how you live out the rest of the day today how you think about small group how you think about corporate evangelism it should cause you to think differently about um how you go through the various functions in the church and how you relate to your brother okay let's pray father in heaven lord i pray that your people are edified lord i'm very thankful that in your words you give us so many um scriptures about discipleship you've put in place lord of means for us all to be sanctified together and you've given us this great wonderful reason to see um our brothers um sanctified and to go and to reach out to the lost and we thank you so much for this lord what i pray that my brothers and sisters and myself lord would be very faithful um in making disciples and in being good disciples and what i also pray that you would bless the rest of our day too um as we beat that as we are being discipled even today um so in jesus name we pray amen