Jesus-Style Discipleship Aimed at Transformation

``Well, the really, the key is this, is when disciples are being transformed to become more like Jesus in all ways. Like, that's it. That is the measure. And that, of course, includes going on to be on mission with Jesus. When we witness a transformation of heart desires, allegiance, affections, and devotion that manifest in lives that look increasingly like Jesus and obedience to his word, that, my friends, is success. [01:01:56] (34 seconds)  #DiscipleTransformation

You can attend every bible study and every church in this community every time it's offered, and you could sit there. But if it is not transforming you, there's no success there. As his disciples, as learners, as followers, he has called us to do the same as a church and as individuals who make it up. Right? New Palestinian Bible Church or and also the church at large should aim at Christ like transformation. [01:03:07] (31 seconds)  #TransformationNotAttendance

It is not based on necessarily a completion of a curriculum. It's not based on attendance or participation in a particular ministry or knowledge accumulation. Right? We aim at transformation like Jesus did. You know, one of it's easy to accumulate information in the Christian church in our day, and that measure that that kind of check. Well, I did that study. I did this thing, and I read that, and okay. That means I'm a better Christian. Not necessarily. [01:02:31] (36 seconds)  #TransformationOverKnowledge

You know the greatest problem in this world today? Heart problems. Right? That's what people need. They don't need more necessarily education. They don't need they they need a transformed heart. That is where evil comes from. Jesus said this as recorded in Mark seven twenty and twenty three, and he said, what comes out of a person is what defiles him. [00:41:57] (27 seconds)  #HeartTransformationNeeded

So making disciples is the mission. A disciple can be defined this way. A disciple is one who knows, who loves, who obeys, becomes like Jesus, and teaches others to do the same. And so as churches and individuals who make up the churches, we should measure ourselves spiritually by our faithfulness to this and to this calling. Does this describe you? Do you truly know Jesus? Not just know about him, but you know him relationally. [00:29:43] (36 seconds)  #MakeDisciples

And so the first step in becoming or making disciples is helping people to know the truth of the gospel, to share the gospel with them, sharing the good news of Christ coming to die and arise to save us from our sins. So once a person believes in Christ and thereby has received the indwelling holy spirit, the holy spirit is the one then who empowers the transformation. [00:46:07] (28 seconds)  #ShareGospelBelieve

In other words, making disciples means that we help others to know the truth from God's word and to encourage them to live it out because they are now enabled to through the spirit of God indwelling them. Since our whole beings have been affected by sin and our hearts are the wellspring of all life, our transformation involves renewing our minds, our thought life, our practices, our habits, our allegiances, our relationship, not only God, with family, Christians, and the lost. [00:49:08] (37 seconds)  #WholeLifeTransformation

What is an idol? An idol is something that you elevate, that you essentially worship. It's something that you put above heart allegiance to God. In other words, you you will sin if you don't get it. You're willing to sin to get it, and you'll sin if you don't get it. It can be idols that in in themselves, they can be good things, but you elevate them to a place that they're not supposed to be. [00:57:47] (26 seconds)  #IdolsOfTheHeart