Obedience-Based Discipleship

My friend, Millar Z. is a Chinese man who has the attitude "git-r-done!" He trains believers all over the world. He is practical and deep at the same time, while always expecting to see God work as he walks with Him.

He put some notes down on his discipleship thinking that are worth looking at:

"Genesis to Revelation tells us what God wants man to know about.

Question: Are we obedient in the way we are approaching communities with the gospel?

Matt 21:33. Parable of the vineyard owner who left the country. After some time sent back a servant to check on the vineyard. Beaten and sent away. More sent. More beaten and some killed. Finally sent the son. Killed. Question Jesus asked, “What will happen to the tenants?” Destroyed. Vs. 43, speaking to Pharisees. Fruit means many things - people saved, churches established, mature believers, etc.

Expectation of God is that we produce fruit.

If not, the pronouncement is that what we have will be taken away and given to someone who will produce fruit.

Question: “Are you producing fruit?” “Are you winning the lost, starting new churches, leading believers to live mature Christian lives that transform their communities?”

Word is clear. If not, everything will be taken away.

Our responsibility as leaders is to help our leaders produce fruit. We must produce. Are we making disciples, starting churches, reproducing ourselves into others?

Definition of leaders includes people who produce more leaders. Leaders produce leaders. If you’re not producing leaders you are an administrator, not a leader. We are looking for leaders.

Likewise real churches produce more churches. A church that does not produce more churches is not a church, it is a Christian club. By definition churches produce more churches.

Obedience results in churches reproduces churches on a regular basis."

Millar puts the weight where the weight should be. These are great questions to ponder and even greater commands to obey!