Sunday, January 19, 2025

The need for discipleship

Broadcast 4271
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Matthew 28:19 (NET) "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit."
After Larry accepted Christ, he realized that he no longer desired to live as a sinner. But as time passed, he saw that this desire alone was not strong enough to keep him from falling back into his old sinful habits. Each time he fell, he felt uneasy because he knew he was not acting in accordance with his new nature. He understood that he had received a new nature in Christ but needed to learn how to let this new nature dominate him instead of the old one. After discussing his challenges with the person who led him to Christ, it became clear to him that he needed to submit himself to discipleship.

Discipleship is God’s educational system for training believers to walk in their new nature through the renewal of their minds by the Word (see Romans 12:2). Spiritually mature believers are those who are no longer carnal (dominated by the flesh) but are now led by the Spirit. These are the believers whose lives are dominated by the kingdom of God and who strive for their reward in the kingdom.

A critical aspect of discipleship is the ministry of the Word and prayer. You cannot disciple others without regularly interceding for them and teaching them the Word of God, explaining the mysteries of the kingdom to them. Without proper discipleship, new believers will remain spiritual babies and may struggle to abide in the Lord.

Go into today determined to submit yourself to proper discipleship if you are still controlled by your old nature of sin as a believer. If you are a discipler, ask the Lord to multiply His grace upon your life for this task.
— Abraham Damilola Arigi
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