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We are in Easter week \u2013 the most important event in history:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. We are delivered from our sin. Hell was closed and heaven was opened for believers \u2013 eternally!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Jesus was crowned as King of the Kingdom \u2013 He reigns as Lord and He is here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. We can now live in the Kingdom in our families, communities and countries \u2013 under His rulership and in His presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Heaven (His ultimate Lordship and unabridged presence) is NOW! The process \u2013 how do we get there?<\/strong> \u201cThink of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, and became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn’t claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death\u2014and the worst kind of death at that: a crucifixion \u201d<\/em> (Philippians 2:6-9) (MSG)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes I think the church\u2019s biggest problem is not the devil \u2013 but the church itself \u2013 because of the way we think about ourselves. An ego that makes Jesus\u2019 mindset – as described above – a real challenge. This automatically translates into how we handle all our relationships \u2013 how we think about ourselves and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Palm Sunday according to literature – two processions entered Jerusalem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Pilate on his horse showing his power – riding from the west into the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Jesus on a donkey coming from the mountain of olives \u2013 from the east. The Kingdom of God looks drastically different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reflect on Jesus\u2019 ministry \u2013 His lifestyle, possessions – the metaphor of all this is the washing of His disciple\u2019s feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To make disciples requires to challenge our culture. To reflect on our culture and the Kingdom-culture \u2013 and then to arrive with the values of Christ. As a servant. Selfless \u2013 no desire to be acknowledged, respected, recognized, known about, titles, hierarchies. It\u2019s all about what others need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Easter invites us to think about what we are thinking \u2013 about ourselves!<\/p>\n\n\n\n And He will make the disciples through us. Johann Theron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Beloved We are in Easter week \u2013 the most important event in history: 1. We are delivered from our sin. Hell was closed and heaven was opened for believers \u2013 eternally! 2. Jesus was crowned as King of the Kingdom … Continue reading
This is the contents of disciplemaking \u2013 the process we follow and mindset we make disciples with \u2013 cannot be different from the origin. Jesus said : \u201cFollow ME\u201d. Not rules \/ dogma \/ personalities \/ the presiding culture. ME. \u201cDo it like I do it\u201d.
The ultimate purpose of disciplemaking? <\/strong> \u201cSo that all created beings in heaven and on earth will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ\u201d<\/em> (Philippians 2:10).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friday is followed … .by Sunday.
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