Why is Discipleship and Mentorship So Important?

Matt 28:18-20Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in a the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

The greatest example Jesus left us when he was here was discipleship. Discipleship wasn’t a one hour class of info and then that’s it. He spent quality time with His disciples, taught them, ate with them, loved them and treated them as His family.

In His efforts to disciple men, Jesus was raising them up to be leaders and they eventually became leaders. It wasn’t about one man having 100,000 people coming and listening to him but teaching and equipping a group of men to go out and do the same to others.

I personally was discipled by a young woman when I was a teenage born again Christian and I can honestly say that if she had not spent that time with me I don’t know if I would be a Christian today. Her spending that time mentoring me and teaching me made all the difference in the world and now I have a heart to do the same for others. It’s a natural trickle down affect that makes lasting changes in a person’s life.

If you haven’t been discipled or mentored I encourage you to seek out someone who is mature in the Word and faithful. What it does is solidify your walk by setting it on a firm foundation built on the truth. It also eliminates opportunity to be misled or deceived by false doctrine and false teachers because you will have been well trained in the Word, rightly dividing the Word of God a worker who is not ashamed.

Here is some food for thought!

The whole pyramid money scheme wasn’t meant to be used for money, I believe it was an intelligent concept that could have been meant in multiplying the church. For example: If you were discipled and you turned around and discipled three people and those three people discipled three people and so on and so forth, by the sixth set you would have a total of 243 that were discipled.

Think about this for a moment 243 people? Large outreaches don’t get that many first time believer’s and even if they did, are they discipled once they become a Christian? The example of discipleship was laid by Jesus Himself by spending time with them, eating with them, teaching them and taking them with Him to minister and outreach.