A Necessity in Church Discipleship

Discipleship is all about learning, personalizing and passing on the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ.  The vibrancy of the church often boils down to the issue whether the believer is really growing in their knowledge of Jesus Christ.  The problem is many Christians today are too lazy and often have tons of excuses when they are asked to attend growth opportunities.

Christians are lazy to find opportunity to further their knowledge with Christ.  Even if you get good speakers to preach the Word of God, it will be useless because the Holy Spirit can't work in a heart that is numb and closed for the gospel.  So, no matter what you do, they cannot be awakened.  I think it is so difficult to help people who does not want to help themselves.  At the end, they often blame God for their personal issues because at the first place they do not want to listen to God.

Education is one important in the ministry of the church and this is what discipleship is all about.  If we are not learning new things about God by the day, sooner or later we became stagnant and mediocre.  No wonder the church of Christ is not growing today.  If we do not have the desire to seek God; learn His ways, we cannot grow; the whole church cannot grow.  And so the church suffers.  Unless the spirit of God fills the church, the whole church remains lukewarm.

Let us learn and nurture our faith in Christ - the only way to we can grow and for our church to grow.