The Premise Of Discipleship

This is a portion of an article I wrote that was published in the recent edition of The Enrichment Journal: The discussion on discipleship must begin and end with the greatest discipler of all, Jesus Christ. The Gospels show the key components of effective mentoring in how Jesus discipled His followers. These components are relationship, influence, and spiritual formation. Jesus was intentional about building relationships with His followers. These relationships were essential in establishing influence. This influence allowed Jesus to develop those who followed Him into productive disciples who could, in return, spend their lives mentoring others. The progression from relationship through influence to spiritual formation points to a principle concerning the premise of discipleship. This premise is this: There can be no discipleship without relationship. To see the entire article go to: http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/201204/201204_EJO_Premise_Discipleship.cfm