Making Disciples - Bill Hull

Most people assume that the Gospel is about making a decision and getting into Heaven. There is a clearer way to understand the Gospel, when it calls us to salvation, it calls us to discipleship as well. The Gospel leads to making disciples. No exceptions. No Excuses.

[GregAllen-ls]

Hi Bill. Thanks. This has been very helpful. Blessings.

[kevinerose]

Church leaders today are all about Marketing and not about Discipleship. I have never been to a church that teaches Discipleship. So glad to hear this message. How am I doing loving those in my life where I am? Always be where you are.

[pastorkelvinkasompa]

Amen glory to God almighty I love your teaching

[pneuma]

Good stuff. Easy to say, and hard to do. Just like most things in life that are worthwhile. 👍

[gracieaguilar]

Called to discipleship. Thats right. Now that churches closed, step up and lead. Its a new day. Home church is the base, work place is the field. And may the daily walk be a reflection to others of Gods love toward others.

[barnabaspark]

So thankful for this lesson. It was an answer from God.

[timbaines]

I'm just amazed to see even 3 people could click dislike on this. This is incredibly helpful and so well stated and defended. I can't imagine any Christians not liking this. I can't imagine atheists/agnostics wanting to take the time to look at this. So I'm left with the idea that the only people who wouldn't like this are those who are in love with the "cheap grace gospel". Great work here Bill - thank you!

[flamingrobin]

wow good perspective, very simple and visual. the problem is there are hundreds of one another commands and when you're living in and among a church system that emphasizes the wrong model you will be frustrated, isolated or persecuted. Another problem if you've never been loved very well or consistently, you wont know how to love, if you dont have models to disciple you, you will fumble.
God intends for those who are examples of maturity to be leading the charge as role models. sadly people are busy with non christians and assuming that christians have jesus so they have all they need. though a simple video reality is the christian life is very most churches focus only on the verticle relationship with God and NOT on the complexity of ONE ANOTHER LIFE.

[thmountainvet]

The problem is the over-planning! All strategy and no action leaves the mission unfulfilled. It doesn’t matter how many key words or charts you use.

[NewsYouCanUse]

Great *teaching* about the
Great *commission*
Great *thanks*

[teamtmo]

Great stuff Pastor Bill!! I have often found myself in the circular pattern of preaching gospel while skipping discipleship, or building relationships outside the gospel, when we align those two....then we have Gospel Discipleship!!! Great message!

[scottharris]

Great content and truth gave with clarity. Thank you.

[emmanuelalejo]

Is it possible to have these diagrams digitized? So we can have as handy resources. Thanks for this Pst Bill

[Church]

Well said, Bill! Yep, pretty much impossible to disciple those who have not yet decided to actually follow Jesus. I think this goes a long way towards explaining a lot of pastoral and church leadership burnout.

[coryjones]

I love that his hand writing is as ugly as mine! He even blends his print with cursive like I do!

[charlesrobert]

Good points but to do all that we need the Holy Spirit. Christ said outside of me you can do nothing, He is the vine we are just one of the branches.

[marylamb]

The Great Commission has nothing to do with the Body of Christ. Today we are saved upon believing that Christ died for our sins, that he was buried, and that he was raised from the dead. Upon believing, we are also sealed with the Holy Spirit and made members of the body of Christ. The Apostles did preach Christ's Second Coming to Israel during the early Acts period, but with the Jews rejection of Jesus as Messiah, God unveiled the mystery of the body of Christ to Paul and only him. Now, the body of Christ only grows as each part does its work.

[TheMinimalistSparrow]

He came to live inside and never leave, a disciple knows that. Got to cough up $1500 lol what happened to freely you received freely give???

[JonathanGrandt]

It’s funny that anyone ever refers to themselves as a former pastor… I wonder what the Lord thinks of this.

Discipleship is really at its core a system of getting people to do what you want them to do.

There is no idea in scripture of individualized “discipleship”. The “command” Jesus gave that is popularly and erroneously called “the great commission” is really a fulfillment of Micah and Isaiah when the gospel would go out into the nations. This “commission” is found in the parallel gospels and is expressed as preaching the gospel.

Paul never speaks of discipleship. He never commands it. Never gives instruction for it. Never asks the Corinthians why they aren’t being discipled. Never mentions making or multiplying disciples.

“Go and disciple the nations” is about teaching the nations (outside of Israel) the good news.