The Need for Healthy Discipleship
The Need for Healthy Discipleship
By the end of this lesson, participants will be able to:
Explain why Jesus commands believers to become disciples rather than merely church attendees.
Describe the rationale behind the O3 Discipleship Model.
Distinguish between healthy and unhealthy spiritual formation.
Recognize the relationship between orthodoxy, orthopathy, and orthopraxy.
Understand that the Holy Ghost is essential to authentic spiritual transformation.
Discuss or journal:
Why is being a disciple more than just attending church?
What is the purpose of the O₃ Discipleship Model?
What is one difference between healthy and unhealthy discipleship?
How do right belief, right affections, and right practice work together in the life of a disciple?
Why is the Holy Ghost necessary for spiritual transformation?
"For at least several decades the churches of the Western world have not made discipleship a condition of being a Christian. One is not required to be, or to intend to be, a disciple in order to become a Christian, and one may remain a Christian without any signs of progress toward or in discipleship. Contemporary American churches in particular do not require following Christ in his example, spirit, and teachings as a condition of membership—either of entering into or continuing in fellowship of a denomination or local church." -
Dallas Willard, The Great Omission : Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship, HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.