The Way of Jesus

I hear people constantly say – “I want to grow more in my Christian life, but don’t know how.” I hear people all the time say – “I want to be a better or stronger Christian, but don’t know how.”  

We all want that.  At a point, it’s a matter of actually doing it.  Taking a step.  Moving forward.  Actually becoming a stronger believer in Christ.  Thing is, all of us CAN!  Jesus has provided the way and it’s CRYSTAL CLEAR!

We first have the Bible.  It is God’s Word.  We need to read it.  We need to study it.  We need help learning and applying it with pastors and teachers.

But it is only the beginning.  Remember, Jesus didn’t HAVE the Bible.  He certainly knew the Scriptures and taught them in such a way that was different and more compelling.  Yet how did He “help people grow….in Him?”  It’s simple.  He took 12 men – a motley crue (we would regard them as “losers” in today’s world) and spent time with them, taught them, loved them, encouraged them, coached them, told them hard truths, and pushed them to ultimately go and die – first to their selves…..and eventually for Him.

In the end, those 12, they did it.  We stand on their foundation.

Now, we are to continue the way of Jesus:  to be discipled, and to disciple others.

What does that mean for you, the person who wants to “grow in Christ, their faith, as a Christian?”  It means you first have to be discipled.  By someone else.  You need someone.  You need someone in your church, our church to help you, to do the same thing Jesus did with his 12.  We all need…..must….be discipled if we are to truly grow as God wants us.

This is what we want to provide at Bellwether:  a culture of discipleship.  Where everyone is looking to be discipled, and we have hundreds willing to disciple others.  To be honest, we are not there yet.  But we have started in that direction, and most importantly, that is where we are headed.

Last Sunday I preached on evangelism.  This Sunday it will be on discipleship.  These are the two attributes every church must have.  These two sermons are a prologue to our church’s re-boot series:  ”What is a Bellwether” beginning on January 22nd.

So if you want to know what discipleship is, how to do it, and how to take that first step into, please be with us for worship this Sunday.  The message is:  ”Go & Die.”  Why such a title?  It is the essence of discipleship:  Christ calls us to take up our cross, those who are willing to lose their life for His sake, will find it.

We hope to see you and worship together this Sunday at Bellwether Church.  God bless.