QUESTIONS FOR CONVERSATION:

Remember, discipleship is a series of conversations. Take time to discuss the questions below with a friend or in a group. The goal isn’t to answer all the questions, just to talk through the topic and process your thoughts and reactions. First, a review of some of the Bible verses that we talked about:

Matthew 28:19-20
Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

Ephesians 4:11-12
Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.

Matthew 9:36-37
When Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.”

1. Initial reactions to this topic? What jumped out at you?

2. Jesus told his followers to make disciples. In what ways were they prepared? In what ways were they unprepared?

3. What does the Bible say is the job that pastors have? Whose job is it to make disciples?

4. What is the most intimidating part of Jesus’s call to make disciples? What part is the most exciting?

5. How does teaching and investing in someone else’s growth help us to mature?

6. If God does the work in us to give us new life and to teach us a new way, in what ways will he help us live out a new purpose of making disciples?

7. Why did Jesus say that the fields are ripe for harvest? What do you think would happen if they were more workers?