What's The Next Step?

Title: What’s the Next Step?

Text: Matthew 28:18-20

• How did Jesus call people to follow?
  • Come and See - John 1:39
  • Follow Me – Matthew 4:19
  • Learn from me – Matthew 11:29
  • Remain in Me – John 15:4
  • Obey Me -John 14:15 & John 15:14

• What does God say about you? You are valuable in God’s eyes

• Who does God Invest in?

• Why are we failing at Discipleship?
  • What it is not:
    • A Class
    • A Program
    • A Spiritual gift that some Christians have
    • Something “Professional” Christians do, while Regular Christians do not
  • Where did we go wrong? Far too few Christians are Making Disciples

• What is Discipleship?
  • Oxford American Dictionary defines disciple as: “a person who Follows the Teachings of another, whom he Accepts as a leader.”
  • Spiros Zodhiates – New Testament Disciple is “an Adherer who accepts the Instruction given to him and makes it his Rule of conduct.”

• What is our Goal at Crossgate?
  • We say, “The Church where Nobody stands Alone”
  • We believe Discipleship happens best in Circles instead of Rows