J.R. Briggs

the process of discipleship

November 18, 2011

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I’ve been thinking a great deal about discipleship. We often think about discipleship as an event and yet we see in the Gospels Jesus having a purposeful process of discipleship. I found an old journal that outlined this process (I can’t remember where I got these notes from).

Look at this progression of discipleship.

1. People were willing to hang out with Jesus (social) 

• Jn 1:35-42: the first calling of the disciples
• Jn 2: hanging out with Jesus at the wedding at Cana
• Jn 3:24: John is in prison “before”

2. People were willing to give up something for Jesus (regional) 

• Mk 1:14: after John was put in prison
• Mk 1:15-20: second calling
• Mk 1:29-39

3. People were willing to give up everything because of Jesus (comprehensive) 

• Lk 4:42-44:
• Lk 5:1-11: third calling – repentance, fulfilling the calling from Mark.

A willingness to hang out. 

A willingness to give up something. 

A willingness to give up everything. 

It’s worth asking:

-Where are you at? 

-Where are the people you are discipling? 

-What do you think about this process of discipleship? Is it too simple?

-Why do you think we gravitate to an understanding of discipleship being event-based? 

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