What it means to be a Disciple

Dear brothers and sisters, please understand this. The definition of one of the meetings of a disciple is defined as a dedicated learner and follower of a teacher or philosophy. Watch this. Going beyond the mere knowledge to actively imitate the master's life, adopt their values, and carry on their way work involving transformation, commitment, and often significant sacrifice, especially in the Christian context where it means following Jesus by living like him and spreading his message. [00:16:46] (57 seconds)  #DiscipleDefined

So please understand this, dear brothers and sisters. Jesus walks up to the disciples and understood they knew how to fish and knew the types of bait to be utilized to catch the fish. Come on. And during those times, watch this, they didn't utilize fishing rods. However, they utilize nets. So keep this in mind when it comes to preaching, teaching, and leading that everything that you are doing, you are usually, doing across generations. Come on. So even though it says that they had nets, watch this. When it comes to disciples, we have rods. Come on. Because a rod allows you to put a specific bait to catch the fish you're desiring to catch. Whoo. Come on. [00:24:22] (50 seconds)  #TargetedDiscipleship

``We go to church, but we ain't captured. We shout, but we ain't captured. We praise, we ain't captured. Come on. Because we sit there and say, it doesn't take all that. Come on. There might be, and I might be preaching to the choir a little bit, but there are some individuals, they're brothers and sisters, when it comes to church, they sit there and say, it doesn't take all that. Well, it doesn't take all that for a Christian, but when it becomes a disciple, it takes all that and then some. You have to give more of an effort when you're trying to be a disciple versus a Christian. [00:25:50] (34 seconds)  #MoreThanChurch

It requires more. Dear brothers and sisters, when you are a disciple versus a Christian, don't be offended when people call themselves a Christian because a lot of people are Christian. They are Christ like. They wanna be saved and just go to heaven. But a disciple wants to be a representative of Christ wherever they want to go. And you have to ask understand it, brothers and sisters, is that there's a specific bait. That means he's captured you. [00:26:28] (36 seconds)  #DiscipleNotJustChristian

What did Jesus use to capture you? What did Jesus use to capture you? Because there was something utilized to get your attention. Come on. He used a rod to capture the disciples. He used the rod to capture the scribes. He used a rod to capture rod to capture the sinners. Come on. And this is important because he used stuff to capture you. Come on. [00:27:04] (35 seconds)  #CapturedByTheRod

And we have to understand, dear brothers and sisters, that some people, he just asked, and other people, he had to bless them in order to get them to do something. Come on. And we have to understand, dear brothers and sisters, when it comes to true leadership and true discipleship, it's about understanding what I can give more than what I can get. Come on. So what were disciples doing when he told them to come? Let's keep going. What were disciples doing when he told them to come? They were already working. They were already working. And dear brothers and sisters, when he captures you, watch this, the best people to utilize as bait is the people who are already doing something. Why? Because they don't mind working. Come on. [00:27:40] (59 seconds)  #LeadersGiveMore

Please understand it, brothers and sisters. In order for you to achieve the dreams that God has for you, you must be willing to be captured. In order for other dis other disciples to help you, they must be willing to be captured. In other words, it's about having people who can work well together because you all are captured and unified working to the same goal. Come on. This is important because God does not choose the lazy and inactive, but the energetic and the cooperative. Come on. [00:28:39] (37 seconds)  #CapturedAndUnified

Which says, oh, maybe, watch this, before Jesus taught the fishermen how to be fishers of men, maybe he was already doing it before he brought them along. Pause for the calls. Was Jesus already, making me think now, a fisher of men before he taught other folks how to be fisher of men. That means he had to put it in the work before he could tell other folks to put in the work. Dear brothers and sisters, and in order to properly clean others, you have to be cleaned as well. [00:33:22] (50 seconds)  #LeadByExample