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How Does Discipleship Begin | Episode #380 | Encore Episode #051 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and story along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. Now, if
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  Speaker 1: you miss a portion of today's broadcast or would like
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  Speaker 1: to recommend it to a friend, you can hear this
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  Speaker 1: program anytime online at Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now
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  Speaker 1: here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: All authority has been given to me in heaven and
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  Speaker 2: on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
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  Speaker 2: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of
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  Speaker 2: the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to
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  Speaker 2: observe everything I have commanded you. And remember I am
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  Speaker 2: with you always to the end of the age. Matthew
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  Speaker 2: twenty eight eighteen through twenty The words we just read
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  Speaker 2: are what are commonly referred to as the Great Commission.
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  Speaker 2: But you notice that the words express discipleship make disciples
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  Speaker 2: of all nations. So how does discipleship begin. What we
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  Speaker 2: have been commanded in the Great Commission to do is
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  Speaker 2: to go and make disciples. The term disciple is used
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  Speaker 2: to identify a follower. We are to help others become
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  Speaker 2: followers of Jesus Christ. Too often this has been assumed
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  Speaker 2: by the task of the clergy. Jesus meant for every
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  Speaker 2: believer to disciple others. Discipleship begins by developing a relationship
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  Speaker 2: with someone seeking to know Jesus. It requires our time, talent,
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  Speaker 2: and treasure being invested in the life of another. As
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  Speaker 2: the relationship grows, so does the living example of a
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  Speaker 2: changed life live with the other. The follower not only
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  Speaker 2: hears our words, but also lives through the daily walk
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  Speaker 2: we have with the Lord Jesus. In this way, the
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  Speaker 2: disciple learns how to emulate our lives. As we follow Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: we encourage them to continue in the things that we
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  Speaker 2: have taught them. This is not our boasting about our
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  Speaker 2: own lives, but more giving praise to God for his
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  Speaker 2: grace and mercy in saving us and placing us on
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  Speaker 2: a path of righteousness. Our influence should cause our disciple
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  Speaker 2: to desire a deeper relationship with the Lord Jesus. The
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  Speaker 2: Great Commission was Jesus' last command before he ascended into heaven.
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  Speaker 2: This command to go and make disciples consist of mission,
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  Speaker 2: molding and maturing. The mission is clear, we are to go.
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  Speaker 2: The molding or forming of the disciple is by teaching
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  Speaker 2: and living everything that Jesus reveals to us through his
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  Speaker 2: word and his example. All this is accomplished by our
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  Speaker 2: surrendering totally to the Holy Spirit and his leading. Finally,
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  Speaker 2: the maturing is experienced by helping our disciple do the
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  Speaker 2: same things that we have been commanded by Jesus to do.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard k. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: Richard's entire archive at Talknetwork Radio dot com. We would
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great is Thy
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  Speaker 1: Faithfulness from the America's twenty five Favorite Hymns album unless otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by Homann Bible Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for reflections on the Word with Richard
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  Speaker 1: Kay include Great is Thy Faithfulness by Our Daily Bread
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: So we may be asked to go to other parts
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  Speaker 2: of the world or obediently to our next door neighbor.
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  Speaker 2: The location is selected by God. The command applies whether
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  Speaker 2: here at home or in a far away land, and
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  Speaker 2: to all peoples. God promises when we go and make disciples,
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  Speaker 2: that He will be with us and will never leave us.
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  Speaker 2: There is no greater joy than to disciple others in Christ.
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  Speaker 2: It is Christ in you believer, that is their hope
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  Speaker 2: of glory. All authority has been given to me in
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  Speaker 2: heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of
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  Speaker 2: all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
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  Speaker 2: and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching
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  Speaker 2: them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember
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  Speaker 2: I am with you always to the end of the age.
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  Speaker 2: Matthew twenty eight eighteen through twenty And that is today's
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  Speaker 2: reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard, join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard k or Richard on the Higher Team. This is
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word