![]() Therefore, we, the Body of Christ, are his feet to go, hands to do, and mouth to speak. The following are five steps on how we can go make disciples in our normal, everyday lives. Thankfully, Jesus answered this question when he explained, throughout each of the Great Commission passages, to teach what he taught, be witnesses of his life, preach repentance and the forgiveness of sin, “feed” the “sheep,” and baptize in his name. But the deeper question is on “how” Jesus wanted them to do it. What did Jesus mean when he said to “Go and make disciples…”? Jesus was instructing his faithful followers to leave where they were, go find others, and invite them to follow him, too. This commission is so “Great” because of its timeless importance to Christianity and the fact that all the gospel writers included similar versions of it ( Mark 16 Luke 24:44-49 John 21 Acts 1:6-8). That is why Jesus stood on a hillside in Galilee, at the end of his ministry, and gave his disciples his final command to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” ( Matthew 28:19 ). One major sign of maturity in a disciple is a willingness to help others follow. ![]() More than that, true disciples assisted their leaders in spreading their mission. They not only learned information, but they walked with their teacher in order to become like them. ![]() It was common, in the first century, for a Jewish rabbi to have and lead disciples, who were pupils or students that were so devoted to their leader that they accepted their teaching and adhered to their lifestyle. The main way that Jesus began the biggest movement in human history (Christianity) was by calling, developing, and sending out a handful of unqualified, untrained, and unlikely disciples. ![]()
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