TOUCHING LIVES BY THE POWER OF ONE



Christ told us to disciple all nations, but winning the nations is accomplished ONE by ONE. Winning people to Christ and discipling them one by one is the way to build a strong church. Crowds cannot be discipled en masse. Crowds can be convicted of sin and repent en masse, and even be baptized en masse, but discipleship just doesn't work that way. The reason for this is that part of discipleship is seeing the Christian life in action. 1 Peter 5:3 tells us that our eldership must set an example before us so that we can see spiritual maturity in action.



Discipleship must be built upon Relationship.


The family unit is the basic building block of the church family, the community, and the nation. Families joining together in Christian discipleship is the way to win nations.




We must:

· Work together to spread the word about Jesus dying for our sins, and about our church (Acts 1:8)
· Worship together regularly (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Hebrews 10:25)
· Pray for each other, and with each other regularly (Romans 12:12)
· Serve each other with a loving spirit by pitching in to do what needs to be done, and using our God-given abilities within the church family (John 13:14-15, 35, Philippians 2:4-5, 7)
· Faithfully set aside a percentage of our income and give generously to support our church (Proverbs 3:9, 1 Timothy 5:8)

Do you know what would happen if one person were to bring one person into a church family each month, and in turn each of those would bring one person into that church family?



Month 1 –––1 gets 1


Month 2 –––2 becomes 4


Month 3 –––4 becomes 8


Month 4 –––8 becomes 16


Month 5 ––-16 becomes 32


Month 6 ––-32 becomes 64


Month 7 ––-64 becomes 128


Month 8 ––128 becomes 256


Month 9 ––256 becomes 512


Month 10 –-512 becomes 1024


Month 11 –1024 becomes 2048


Month 12 –2048 becomes 4096



Why is it that the majority of American churches never break the 100 mark? (http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/fastfacts/fast_facts.html#sizecong)

We must live for Christ, and boldly proclaim Christ where none have proclaimed Him before, and believe it or not, that place may be as near to you as the lunch table at work, or the van you car pool in.

The power of one, sold out for Jesus Christ.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.