2016 02 21 講章綱要：我要委身作主耶穌的門徒（2）
2016年 教會目標：委身培育門徒，建造榮美聖殿
太18－20 耶穌上前來，對他們說：“天上地上一切權柄都賜給我了。所以，你們要去使萬民作我的門徒，奉父子聖靈的名，給他們施洗（或譯： “給他們施洗，歸入父子聖靈的名” ），我吩咐你們的一切，都要教導他們遵守。這樣，我就常常與你們同在，直到這世代的終結。”
Difference between the Believer and the Disciple
All disciples are believers, but not all believers are disciples.
1.Believers worship God on Sundays, Disciples worship God all the time
2.Believers belong to an institution; Disciples are members of the Body of Christ
3.Believers wait for bread and fish, Disciples are fishermen
4.Believers fight to grow; Disciples reproduce themselves
5.Believers are won; Disciples are made
6.The believer sustains his life with spiritual milk (Heb 5:12), The disciple is weaned to serve. (1 Samuel 1:23,24) His food is solid as he grows in maturity
7.Believers are pleased by flattery, Disciples by living sacrifices
8.Believers give some of their earnings, Disciples give their lives
9.Believers can fall into routine, Disciples are revolutionary
10.Believers look for encouragement when weak,
Disciples know like Paul that "When I am weak, then I am strong”
11.Believers wait for tasks to be assigned to them,
Disciples take ownership in assuming responsibilities
12.Believers sometimes question in protest, Disciples obey and deny themselves
13.Believers are conditioned by circumstances,
Disciples take advantage of circumstances to exercise faith
14.Believers complain they aren’t visited, The disciple visits
15.The believer looks to the Word for promises in life,
The disciple looks to fulfill his part in the promises of the Word
16.The believer’s union with the Holy Spirit is his confirmation for Heaven, The disciple’s union with the Spirit makes him the vehicle of effective witness to all creatures
17.Believers add, Disciples multiply
18.The believers of the 21st century are upset by the world;
The disciples of the primitive church upset the world
19.Believers wait for miracles; Disciples are the miracles of their congregations
20.Believer know how to save; Disciples know how to invest
21.Believers fill the church building, Disciples conquer the world
22.Believers are usually strong like quartered soldiers, Disciples are invading soldiers
23.The believer takes care of the pillars of his store, The disciple widens the site of his store
24.Believers make habits, Disciples break the mold
25.Believers dream about the ideal church, Disciples work for the real church
26.The goal of the believer is to gain Heaven,
The goal of the disciple is to gain souls for Heaven
27.The mature believer becomes a disciple,
The mature disciple assumes the ministries of the Body
28.Believers need campaigns for encouragement,
Disciples are on a campaign because they are encouraged
29.Believers wait for a revival; Disciples are part of the revival.
30.The believer agonizes and resists dying to self,
The disciple dies and is made alive again to give life
31.The believer complains of not having ambiance in the congregation,
The disciple creates ambiance in the congregation
32.The believer is promised a pillow, The disciple a cross
33.Believers are partners, Disciples are servants
34.Believers get entangled in the world,
Disciples surpass the skirmishes of the devil and don’t allow confusion to set in
35.The believer is a stalk of wheat, The disciple is a full grown kernel in the stalk
36.Believers say “hopefully”, Disciples say “Here I am”
37.Believers shares their faith, Disciples make disciples
38.Believers wait for compensation to give; Disciples are compensated when they give
39.The believer is shepherded like an ewe, The disciple feeds the sheep
40.Believers only received salvation by the cross of Christ,
Disciples also carry their cross daily and follow Christ
41.Believers hope people pray for them,
Disciples are intercessors who stand in the gap in support of others
42.Believers congregate to find the Lord,
Disciples attract the presence of the Spirit of the Lord
43.Believers continue to try to clean themselves to be worthy of God, Disciples don’t obsess about themselves, working from a faith that Christ has cleansed them thoroughly
44.The legacy of the believer is: “I do to be”, The legacy of the disciple is: “I am therefore I do”
45.Believers need the scriptures interpreted,
Disciples know the Lord and therefore they have wisdom and discernment
46.The believer does not mingle with members of different denominations;
The disciple becomes all things to all men to gain some of them for God
47.Believers look for advice to make a decision,
Disciples are slaves of God, consequently their decisions are determined by their maturity and wisdom guided by the Spirit and forged by knowledge of the Word
48.Believers hope for a perfect world,
Disciples wait for the arrival of their Savior to reach perfection
And you, who are you? Who do you identify with?