Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from May, 2019

Discipleship - Learning and Practicing

        In this conclusion to my brief series on discipleship, I will be combining two questions that are very closely related: "How can we learn how to disciple others?" and "What are some discipleship methods?" At first glance these two questions could be answered in the same ways, but they are different enough that they should be answered separately.        First of all, how can we learn? Since Matthew 28:19 simply commands to "go and make disciples", discipling should be something that's automatic and comes naturally, right? No, not really. Think of the Apollos, who was very fervent about the Scriptures and the way of the Lord, but he did not fully understand the Gospel. Aquila and Priscilla took him aside to explain "the way of God" more accurately so that he could disciple others and teach the Word of God accurately to others. Though some new believers jump right into evangelism and discipleship, it is vital that they understand the Wo