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More and Better Disciples Matthew 28:16-20 Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If anyone would


  1. More and Better Disciples Matthew 28:16-20

  2. Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

  3. Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”

  4. Matthew 22:37 – 40 Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

  5. More and Better Disciples Matthew 28:16-20

  6. More and Better Disciples

  7. Why should we make disciples?

  8. Why should we make disciples? Disciple: One who worships, serves and witnesses for Jesus Christ

  9. Why should we make disciples? • Jesus is the greatest treasure Matthew 28:17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.

  10. Why should we make disciples? • Jesus is the greatest treasure • Jesus is the supreme authority Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”

  11. How should we make disciples? Matthew 28:19 – 20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

  12. How should we make disciples? Matthew 28:19 – 20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

  13. How should we make disciples? Matthew 28:19 – 20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations , baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

  14. How should we make disciples? • Inviting people to love Jesus Matthew 28:19 …baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…

  15. How should we make disciples? EBC Purpose Statement We exist to make more and better disciples of Jesus Christ

  16. How should we make disciples? • Inviting people to love Jesus • Training people to obey Jesus Matthew 28:20 …and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

  17. More and Better Disciples Matthew 28:19 – 20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

  18. What hinders us from making disciples?

  19. What hinders us from making disciples? • Small love

  20. What hinders us from making disciples? • Small love Revelation 2:4 – 5 “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.”

  21. What hinders us from making disciples? • Small love • Encroaching weeds

  22. What hinders us from making disciples? • Small love • Encroaching weeds Mark 4:19 …but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.

  23. What hinders us from making disciples? • Small love • Encroaching weeds • Missing opportunities

  24. What hinders us from making disciples? • Small love • Encroaching weeds • Missing opportunities Ephesians 5:15 – 16 Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

  25. What hinders us from making disciples? • Small love • Encroaching weeds • Missing opportunities • Forgetting purpose

  26. More and Better Disciples • Are you a disciple? (Christian) • What hinders you most from making disciples?

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