2. Discipleship And Worship By Zac Poonen

Zac PoonenJune 26, 20161h 3mWatch on YouTube

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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: Discipleship And Worship Date: 06-25-2016 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

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The speaker argues that a balanced understanding of the Great Commission requires recognizing both sides: preaching the gospel to all creation (Frontier evangelism) and making disciples. He emphasizes that after bringing people to Christ, the focus must shift to teaching and following Christ's way, as Paul did by building up new converts. True ministry requires this balance between evangelism and discipleship.

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What is the Great Commission?Many Christians only know one side of the Great Commission, treating it like a coin with only one printed face, which makes it incomplete.

Frontier evangelism and accompanying signsMark 16 describes preaching the gospel to unreached areas, where signs like casting out demons and healing the sick accompany the initial message.Mark 16:15

Making disciples through obedienceMatthew 28 presents the other side of the commission, which is making disciples by teaching them everything Jesus commanded rather than focusing purely on the miraculous.Matthew 28:18

Fulfilling the condition for Christ's presenceThe promise that Jesus will be with us to the end of the age is tied to the condition of making disciples and teaching them to obey His commands.

Finding balance in Scripture like two wingsTruth requires balance; just as Jesus countered temptation with whole Scripture rather than isolated verses, believers must accept all of Christ's teachings.

The sufficiency of the Bible over miraclesAs the story of the rich man and Lazarus shows, even spectacular miracles will not cause repentance if people ignore the written Word of God.

The three absolute conditions of discipleshipJesus explicitly states that anyone who does not love Him above family, carry their cross, and give up all possessions cannot be His disciple.Luke 14:26–33

The priority of worship before serviceJesus declared to Satan that we must worship the Lord our God and serve Him only after worship, maintaining the proper biblical order.Matthew 4:10

The danger of being a modern PhariseeEven with 100 percent correct doctrine and a spotless external life, a person can still be a Pharisee if their inner life remains uncorrected.

Worshipping in spirit and truthTrue worship is not emotional music or bodily performance, but worship in the spirit that comes from a life where self-will has been put to death.

Renting the veil of self-willJust as the temple veil was rent when Jesus died, yielding our self-will allows us to enter God's presence and become true worshippers.Hebrews 10:20

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