LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
JOHN W. RAWLINGS SCHOOL OF DIVINITY
Discussion 1: Characteristics of a Follower- Reply 2
Submitted to Dr. John McGinn
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of
DSMN500 D05
Discipleship Ministries
Submitted by
Wisdom Nayak
on March 17th, 2022
Contents
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Discussion Reply 2: Characteristics of a Follower 3
Bibliography 5
Discussion Reply 2: Characteristics of a Follower
Hey Tiffany, the first line on your post drew my attention to read your post and reply. I
want to go a little deeper on what you said, “it takes time to master and is one worth having.” To
be a follower of Christ, means to follow a call that have been placed in our lives. When Jesus
commands Andrew and Peter “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men”1 in Matthew
4:19, a call was placed on Peter’s and Andrew’s lives. They had a choice to either follow or
reject Jesus. They were fishermen and they had a livelihood. Leaving everything behind and
following Jesus did not make any sense. But as you mentioned that ‘loving God is of utmost
importance and a follower of Jesus keeps this closest to the chest,’ their love for God which they
had seen manifested in Christ constrained them to leave their livelihood and follow Jesus to be
fishers of men (in other words, make disciples). Andrew and Peter never had any training to
make disciples, but their willingness and their obedience led them to be one of the most
influential leaders in the history of Christianity. It took them time to master, and it was worth it.
Jesus not only called them but also changed them to what He wanted them to be in order to bring
glory to God. As Rod Dempsey says, “You cannot be rewarded by the Master if you have not
obeyed the wishes of the Master,”2 They surely have received their rewards in heaven.
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Bibliography
Putman, Jim, Bobby Harrington, and Robert E. Coleman. DiscipleShift: Five Steps That Help
Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
2013.
Dempsey, Rod, and Dave Early. Disciple Making Is . . .: How to Live the Great Commission with
Passion and Confidence. Nashville, TN: B&H Academic. 2013.
Dempsey, Rod. “What is a Disciple?” Course Video in Module 1 of DSMN 500 at Liberty
University, Lynchburg, VA.
Chan, Francis, and David Platt. “Multiply I-1 What is a Disciple?” Course Video in Module 1 of
DSMN 500 at Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA.
Unless otherwise mentioned, all the biblical passages and references are from the Foundation
Study Bible, King James Version, Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2015
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