First Baptist Church Wiggins, FBC, 39577
DIG: Planting the Seeds of Trust
Today we challenge you to be discipled, to trust and make disciples who trust in Jesus.
Locations & Times
First Baptist Church Wiggins
219 2nd St N, Wiggins, MS 39577, United States
Sunday 7:00 AM
Our focus for this whole year is “Discipleship.”
Discipleship is not coming to a Bible study class on Sunday night with a dozen other people and a teacher.
"Discipleship training" is something that Southern Baptist's started.
- Discipleship is something that Jesus started and something that Jesus commanded us to do.
- Discipleship involves being made a disciple and making disciples.
So, how did Jesus do discipleship?
- Jesus made disciples by seeking the wisdom of the father.
· Jesus made disciples by living life with people.
· Jesus made disciples by teaching them directly… by answering their questions.
It was an intimate and personal process.
More than a whiteboard and diagrams. More than plugging a dvd into a t.v.
It was in His ministry, His daily walk with a small group of men where He gradually imparted to them the wisdom and understanding of the father.
- sometimes he was doing it one on 12, like we see here
- sometimes he was doing it one on 3, the transfiguration
- sometimes he was doing it one on one, telling Peter to “feed my sheep"
The smaller the group, the more intimate and impactful the discipleship.
Discipleship is not coming to a Bible study class on Sunday night with a dozen other people and a teacher.
"Discipleship training" is something that Southern Baptist's started.
- Discipleship is something that Jesus started and something that Jesus commanded us to do.
- Discipleship involves being made a disciple and making disciples.
So, how did Jesus do discipleship?
- Jesus made disciples by seeking the wisdom of the father.
· Jesus made disciples by living life with people.
· Jesus made disciples by teaching them directly… by answering their questions.
It was an intimate and personal process.
More than a whiteboard and diagrams. More than plugging a dvd into a t.v.
It was in His ministry, His daily walk with a small group of men where He gradually imparted to them the wisdom and understanding of the father.
- sometimes he was doing it one on 12, like we see here
- sometimes he was doing it one on 3, the transfiguration
- sometimes he was doing it one on one, telling Peter to “feed my sheep"
The smaller the group, the more intimate and impactful the discipleship.
Our focus in 2018 is one person, who has been a disciple themselves, living life with and discipling one other person or at the most two other people.
- We are going to scour the gospels for instances where Jesus really dug in with those closest to Him and planted seeds that would make them into the great apostles of the first century church.
This morning we see how He planted the seeds of trust in His disciples.
- How he taught them to stand steadfast even under the threat of imprisonment and death and how they learned to trust Him.
- We are going to scour the gospels for instances where Jesus really dug in with those closest to Him and planted seeds that would make them into the great apostles of the first century church.
This morning we see how He planted the seeds of trust in His disciples.
- How he taught them to stand steadfast even under the threat of imprisonment and death and how they learned to trust Him.
I. To be a disciple and make disciples, you must follow Jesus. V23
That they “followed him” was a big deal given what Jesus had been teaching to the larger crowd that day.
That they “followed him” was a big deal given what Jesus had been teaching to the larger crowd that day.
Getting into a boat on the sea of Galilee took courage too.
- The sea of Galilee was prone to sudden deadly storms, especially in the evening.
- Yet they followed Him, and by doing so they gave testimony before God and the crowd, that they had left behind all claims on the world.
They were letting go of their own lives… knowing that they were following a man who had no place to call home, hence they would have no place to call home.
They were leaving the lives of the people they loved in the hands of the Father as well.
It was a big deal when they got into the boat.
- The sea of Galilee was prone to sudden deadly storms, especially in the evening.
- Yet they followed Him, and by doing so they gave testimony before God and the crowd, that they had left behind all claims on the world.
They were letting go of their own lives… knowing that they were following a man who had no place to call home, hence they would have no place to call home.
They were leaving the lives of the people they loved in the hands of the Father as well.
It was a big deal when they got into the boat.
Talking about doing one on one discipleship may be a little nerve racking for you because we want to see every single person being discipled and making disciples in a one on one kind of relationship.
- For an introverted person like myself… that is terrifying.
Jesus commanded us to count the costs and follow Him. That means being a disciple and making disciples.
- You cannot do that in the closet. You CANNOT be a disciple and make disciples as a closet Christian.
Get into the boat. Its through obedience in the boat in the midst of the storm that you learn to trust Jesus.
- For an introverted person like myself… that is terrifying.
Jesus commanded us to count the costs and follow Him. That means being a disciple and making disciples.
- You cannot do that in the closet. You CANNOT be a disciple and make disciples as a closet Christian.
Get into the boat. Its through obedience in the boat in the midst of the storm that you learn to trust Jesus.
II. To be a disciple and make disciples you have to trust Jesus. 24-27
The disciples went from having to brave the potential for a storm to actually having to brave the storm itself and they did not handle it well.
- All that courage that they had stepping into the boat with Jesus was blown away by the winds of the storm.
- In Mark’s account they said “Teacher do you not care that we are perishing!”
The disciples went from having to brave the potential for a storm to actually having to brave the storm itself and they did not handle it well.
- All that courage that they had stepping into the boat with Jesus was blown away by the winds of the storm.
- In Mark’s account they said “Teacher do you not care that we are perishing!”
There are times in our life that we think we are just going to die…
- The clouds turn black as night and the very foundation of our existence is shifted. We go into a tailspin and don’t know which way is up. And the Lord appears to us to be sleeping… maybe even dead.
All of us who have walked with Jesus for a while have also had the experience of seeing Him wake up and calm the storm, transforming it for His glory.
- This is what Jesus does for those who trust in Him.
In a sense, it is the hardest thing in the world to follow Jesus… but in another sense it is the easiest thing in the world… because in following Jesus, you can never lose!
- The clouds turn black as night and the very foundation of our existence is shifted. We go into a tailspin and don’t know which way is up. And the Lord appears to us to be sleeping… maybe even dead.
All of us who have walked with Jesus for a while have also had the experience of seeing Him wake up and calm the storm, transforming it for His glory.
- This is what Jesus does for those who trust in Him.
In a sense, it is the hardest thing in the world to follow Jesus… but in another sense it is the easiest thing in the world… because in following Jesus, you can never lose!
To follow Jesus is to let go of the thing that is more precious to you… your life.
o Once you have surrendered your life… there is nothing left to lose.
o Once you die to yourself… you never have to die again.
Following Christ is the only activity you will ever do in your life where dying means winning.
Be a disciple and follow Jesus
Be a disciple and trust in Jesus
Make disciples who follow Jesus
Make disciples who trust in Jesus
o Once you have surrendered your life… there is nothing left to lose.
o Once you die to yourself… you never have to die again.
Following Christ is the only activity you will ever do in your life where dying means winning.
Be a disciple and follow Jesus
Be a disciple and trust in Jesus
Make disciples who follow Jesus
Make disciples who trust in Jesus