2. Three D’s of Discipleship
Disciple – (mathētēs) a learner or a pupil (Thayer).
According to Vine‘s it is one who follows someone‗s
teaching. ―A ‗disciple‘ was not only a pupil, but an adherent;
hence they are spoken of as imitators of their teacher.‖
3. Three D’s of Discipleship
John 8:31 NKJV Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed
Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.
John 15:8 NKJV By this My Father is glorified, that you
bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
Acts 11:26 NKJV And when he had found him, he brought
him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they
assembled with the church and taught a great many people.
And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
5. Dedication
Luke 14:26-27 NKJV "If anyone comes to Me and does
not hate his father and mother, wife and children,
brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he
cannot be My disciple. (27) And whoever does not bear
his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.
6. Dedication
edication: (Websters 1828)
1.) To set apart and consecrate to a divine Being, or to a
sacred purpose;
2.) To appropriate solemnly to any person or purpose; to
give wholly or chiefly to. The ministers of the gospel
dedicate themselves, their time and their studies, to the
service of Christ. A soldier dedicates himself to the
profession of arms.
7. Dedication
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NKJV (9) Do you not know that the
unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not
be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, (10) nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. (11) And
such were some of you. But you were washed, but you
were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of
the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
8. Dedication – A Price to Pay
1 Peter 2:21 NKJV For to this you were called, because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that
you should follow His steps:
Matthew 19:21-22 NKJV Jesus said to him, "If you want
to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the
poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow
Me." (22) But when the young man heard that saying, he
went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
9. To instruct or educate; to inform the mind; to prepare by
instructing in correct principles and habits; as, to discipline
youth for a profession, or for future usefulness.
(Webster‘s 1828)
10. Luke 14:28-31 For which of you, intending to build a
tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he
has enough to finish it— (29) lest, after he has laid the
foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to
mock him, (30) saying, 'This man began to build and was not
able to finish.‗ (31) Or what king, going to make war against
another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he
is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him
with twenty thousand?
11. Ephesians 6:4 ESV Fathers, do not provoke your children to
anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of
the Lord.
12. 2 Timothy 2:15 NKJV Be diligent to present yourself
approved to God, a worker who does not need to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2 Timothy 3:16 NKJV All Scripture is given by inspiration of
God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness,
13. Luke 14:33-35 NKJV So likewise, whoever of you does
not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple. (34)
"Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall
it be seasoned? (35) It is neither fit for the land nor
for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears
to hear, let him hear!‖
14. 2 Cor. 8:1-5 (1) Moreover, brethren, we make known to you
the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia:
(2) that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their
joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their
liberality. (3) For I bear witness that according to their
ability, yes, and beyond their ability, they were freely willing,
(4) imploring us with much urgency that we would receive the
gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. (5)
And not only as we had hoped, but they first gave themselves
to the Lord, and then to us by the will of God.
15. The Three D’s of
Discipleship
1. Dedication
2. Discipline
3. Donation
16. Romans 6:16-18 NKJV Do you not know that to whom you
present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves
whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of
obedience leading to righteousness? (17) But God be
thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed
from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were
delivered. (18) And having been set free from sin, you
became slaves of righteousness.