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to present it to himself a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and blameless [Ephesians 5:27]

The Early Church

The Greek word translated English versions ecclesial church, which comes from the Hebrew word chalking [I call]. In secular literature ecclesial word refers to any assembly of people, but in the New Testament the word has a meaning specialized. Secular literature ecclesial used this word to denote any tumult, political rally, an orgy, or any meeting for any purpose. But the New Testament ecclesial used to refer only to the gathering of Christians gathered to worship Christ. Therefore the Bible translators use the term church instead of a more general term such as assembly.

What is the church? Who makes up this assembly? What does Paul mean when he calls the church the body of Christ?

To answer these questions we need to understand fully social and historical context of the New Testament church. The early church was born at the crossroads of the Hebrew and Hellenistic cultures.

In this article we turn our attention to the history of the early church itself. We'll see what the first Christians understood as its mission, and how the considered unbelievers.

I] - FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH

A] - The community in Jerusalem

B] - The murder of Stephen

II] - MISSIONARY EFFORTS

III] - CHURCH GOVERNMENT

IV] - MODELS OF WORSHIP

A] - Order of worship

B] - The Lord's Supper

C] - Baptism

D] - The church calendar

V] - New Testament concept of

CHURCH

A] - The body of Christ

B] - The new Israel

C] - Common features

VI] - New Testament doctrine

Living in Christ teach correct doctrine

The doctrine of God the Father God as personal

The doctrine of redemption

Creator God

Fallen man
Salvation, Redemption, Justification

The nature of sin

Hell Fire Lake

sacrificial death of Jesus' resurrection

Jesus

The Kingdom of God

I] - Foundation of the church. Forty days after his resurrection Jesus gave his final instructions to his disciples and ascended into heaven [Acts 1.1-11]. The disciples returned to Jerusalem, and retreated for several days to fast and pray, waiting for the Spirit Holy Jesus said would come. About 120 followers of Jesus expected in that group.

Fifty days after Easter, on the day of Pentecost, a noise like a mighty wind filled the house where the group was gathered. Tongues of fire resting on each person, and they began to speak in other languages \u200b\u200bas the Spirit gave them utterance. Foreign visitors were surprised to hear the disciples speak in their native language. Some mocked the group, saying they were drunk [Acts 2.13].

But Peter silenced the crowd, explaining that what they were was witnessing the outpouring of the Holy Spirit who had announced the prophets of the Old Testament [Acts 2.16-21] [Joel 2.28-32]. Some foreign visitors asked what to do to receive the Holy Spirit. Peter said: Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit [Acts 2.38]. About three thousand people received Christ as personal Savior that day.

For several years Jerusalem was the center of the church. Many Jews believed that the followers of Jesus were just another sect within Judaism. They suspected that the Christians were trying to start a new religion of mystery about Jesus of Nazareth.

is true that many early Christians continued to worship in the Temple [Acts 3.1], and some insisted that Gentile converts must be circumcised [Acts 15]. But Jewish leaders quickly realized that Christians were more than a cult.

Jesus had told the Jews that God would make a new covenant with the people that it was true [Mt 16.18] He had sealed this covenant with His own blood [Lk 22.20]. So the early Christians had boldly proclaimed that inherited privileges that once belonged to Israel. They were simply a part of Israel was the new Israel [Rev 3.12] [Rev 21.2] [Mt 26.28] [I 8.8] [I 9.15]. The Jewish leaders shuddered with fear that this strange new Jewish teaching was not close, but extending to all men the privilege of Israel in the highest revelation of a Father of all.

A] - The community in Jerusalem. The early Christians formed a close community in Jerusalem after Pentecost. Expected Christ to return very soon.

This group shared their material goods [Acts 2.44-45]. Many sold their property and gave the church the proceeds of the sale, which distributed resources [Acts 4.34-35].

Jerusalem Christians still went to the temple to pray [Acts 2.46], but began to celebrate the Lord's Supper in their own homes [Acts 2.42-4]. This symbolic meal reminded them of their covenant with God, which Jesus Christ had to sacrifice his own body and blood.

God worked miracles of healing through these early Christians. The patients are met in the temple so that the apostles could touch them to make the prayer [Acts 5.12-16]. These miracles convinced many that Christians were truly serving God. The temple officials arrested the apostles, in an effort to suppress the people's interest in this new religion. But God sent an angel to save him from jail to the apostles [Acts 5.17-20], which produced more excitement.

The church grew so rapidly that the apostles had to appoint seven men to distribute supplies to needy widows. The leader of these men was Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit [Acts 6.5]. Here we see the principle of church government. The apostles had to delegate to other leaders some tasks. Over time, church services were held in a rather complex structure.

B] - The murder of Stephen. One day a group of Jews arrested Stephen and brought him before the council of the high priest, accusing him of blasphemy. Stephen made an eloquent defense of the Christian faith, explaining how Jesus fulfilled the ancient prophecies about the Messiah who would free his people from slavery to sin. He denounced the Jews as betrayers and murderers of the Son of God [Acts 7.52]. Looking at the sky said he saw Jesus at the right hand of God [Acts 7.55]. This infuriated the Jews, who brought outside the city and stoned him [Acts 7.58-60].

This began a wave of persecution that forced many Christians to leave Jerusalem [Acts 8.1]. Some settled among the Gentiles in Samaria, where he converted many [Acts 8.5-8]. Established Gentile congregations in various cities such as Antioch in Syria. At first the Christians hesitate to welcome Gentiles into the church because they saw it as a fulfillment of Jewish prophecy. However, Jesus had instructed his followers to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit [Mt 28.19]. So the conversion of the Gentiles was nothing more than fulfilling the Lord's commission, and the natural result of all that had happened before. So the murder of Stephen began an era of rapid expansion of the church.

II] - Efforts missionaries. Christ established his church at the crossroads of the ancient world. The trade routes brought traders and ambassadors to Palestine, where he came into contact with the gospel. So in the book of Acts we see the official conversion of Rome [Acts 01/10/1948] Ethiopia [Acts 8.26-40] and other lands.

Shortly after Stephen's death began a systematic effort to bring the gospel to other nations. Peter visited the principal cities of Palestine, preaching to both Jews and Gentiles. Others went to Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch in Syria. Hearing the gospel was well received in these regions, the Jerusalem church sent Barnabas to encourage new believers at Antioch [Acts 11.22-23]. Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for a young convert named Saul. Barnabas brought Saul back to Antioch, where he taught the church for more than a year [Acts 11.26].

A prophet named Agabus predicted that the Roman empire would suffer a great famine in the time of Emperor Claudius. Herod Agrippa was persecuting the church of Jerusalem had executed James, the brother of Jesus, and had cast Peter into prison [Acts 12.1-4]. So the Christians of Antioch collected a monetary gift to send to the believers in Jerusalem, and sent through Barnabas and Saul. They returned to Jerusalem with a young man named John Mark [Acts 12.25].

then several evangelists had emerged within the church at Antioch, so the church sent Barnabas and Saul on a mission trip to Asia Minor [Acts 13-14]. This was the first three great missionary journeys Saul [later known as Paul] made to bring the gospel to the corners of the Roman Empire.

The first Christian missionaries focused on the teachings on the person and work of Jesus Christ. Declared that it was the Servant and Son of God, without sin, he had given his life to atone for the sins of all who put their faith in Him [Ro 5.8-10]. God had raised him to defeat the powers of sin [Rom 4.24-25] [1Cor 15.17].

III] - Government of the church. At first the followers of Jesus saw no need to develop a system of church government. Expected Christ to return soon, so that solved the internal problems as they arose, usually very informal.

When Paul wrote his letters to churches and Christians realized that they needed to organize their work. The New Testament gives no detailed picture of the government of the early church. Apparently, one or more elders [priests] presided over the affairs of each congregation [Ro 12:6-8] [1Th 5.12] [I 13.7, 17, 24] and presiding elders in the Jewish synagogue. These elders were chosen by the Holy Spirit [Acts 20.20], but the apostles appointed [Acts 14.13]. Thus the Holy Spirit was working through the apostles to order ministry leaders. It seems that some ministers called evangelists traveled from one congregation to another, and the apostles. Its title means men who handle the gospel. Some have thought they were personal representatives of the apostles, as it was Timothy Paul, others assume that they earned the name to express a special gift of evangelism. Elderly normal pastoral duties assumed between the visits of these evangelists.

In some congregations the church appointed deacons to distribute supplies to the needy and to meet other material issues [1Ti 3.12]. The first deacons were men of good reputation that the elders of Jerusalem appointed to tend to the widows of the church [Acts 6.1-6].

Some letters of the New Testament refer to the bishop of the early churches. This term is misleading, since these bishops were not the senior leadership of the church as in some churches that use that title today. Paul reminded the Ephesian elders were bishops [Acts 20.28], and it seems that old man uses the terms interchangeably and Bishop [Tit 1.5-9]. Both bishops and elders were in charge of supervising the congregation. Apparently both terms refer to the same ministers of the early church, ie priests.

Paul and other apostles recognized that the Holy Spirit gave some people some special ability to lead [1Cor 12.28]. So when a believer gave to an official, were confirming what the Holy Spirit had already done.

In the early church had no earthly center of power. Christians understand that Christ was the center and source of all powers [Acts 20.28]. Ministry meant to serve in humility, rather than issuing orders from a exalted office [Mt 20.26-28]. When Paul wrote the Pastoral Epistles, Christians and recognize the importance of presenting the teachings of Christ through ministries that engaged in special study using [n] either the word of truth [2Ti 2.15].

The early church did not offer magical powers to individuals through ritual or otherwise. Christians invited unbelievers to their group, the body of Christ [Eph 1.2] which would be saved as a whole. The apostles and evangelists proclaimed that Christ would return for his people, the Bride of Christ [Rev. 21.2] [Revelation 22.17]. They denied that individuals could gain special powers of Christ for their own selfish ends [Acts 8.9-24] [Acts 13.7-12].

IV] - Models of worship. When the first Christians gathered to worship established patterns of worship that were very different from services in the synagogue. We do not have a clear picture of early Christian worship until the year 150 AD, when Justin Martyr in his writings described the typical cult worship. We know that early Christians held their meetings on Sunday, the first day of the week. They called the Lord's day, because it was the day Christ rose from the dead. The early Christians met in the temple in Jerusalem in the synagogues and in the home [Acts 2.46] [Acts 13.14-16] [Acts 20.7-8]. Some scholars think that the reference to Paul's teaching in the school of Tyrannus [Acts 19.9] indicates that the early Christians sometimes rented schools and other buildings. For more than a century after Christ we have no evidence that Christians have built special buildings for their worship services. Where they were persecuted, they had to meet in secret places, such as the catacombs [underground tombs] in Rome.

Scholars believe that early Christians worshiped on Sunday evening, and that his cult revolved around the Lord's Supper. But at some point Christians began having two services on Sundays, as described by Justin Martyr, an early morning and late afternoon. The times were chosen in secret and to encourage people who worked and could not attend services during the day.

A] - Order of worship. Usually the morning service was a time of praise, prayer and preaching. The spontaneous worship Pentecost, suggests a model that may be used in general. First, Peter read the Scriptures. Then he preached a sermon that apply Scripture to the present situation of the faithful [Acts 2.14-42]. People receiving Christ was baptized, following the example of Christ himself. The faithful participated in songs, testimonies and words of encouragement to complete the worship [1Cor 14.26].

B] - The Lord's Supper. The early Christians ate the symbolic meal called the Lord's Supper to commemorate the Last Supper, where Jesus and his disciples celebrated the traditional Jewish holiday of Passover. The themes of the two celebrations were the same. At Passover, Jews rejoiced because God had delivered them from their enemies and looked forward to her future as children of God. In the Lord's Supper, Christians celebrate how Jesus had saved from sin and expressed their hope for the day when Christ would return [1Cor 11.26].

At first the Lord's Supper was a meal that Christians ate at home. Each guest brought a dish to a common table. The meal began with a common prayer, and eating bits of a single loaf of bread representing Christ's broken body. The meal concluded with another prayer and share a glass of wine representing the blood of Christ.

Some people speculate that Christians were involved in a secret rite to observe the Lord's Supper, and invent strange stories about these cults. Around 100 AD the Roman emperor Trajan banned secret meetings. Then the Christians began to celebrate the Lord's Supper during worship services in the morning, open to the public.

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THE EARLY CHURCH [2Parte]

C] - Baptism. At the time of Paul, baptism was a common occurrence in Christian worship [Eph 4.5]. However, Christians were not the first to use the baptism. Baptized Jews to the Gentiles who were converted, some Jewish sects practiced baptism as a symbol of purification, and John the Baptist's baptism was an important part of his ministry. The New Testament does not say whether regularly baptized Jesus who converted, but at least once before the imprisonment of John is said to be baptized. [It may have been, however, the baptism of John who ran]. In any case, the early Christians were baptized in the name of Jesus, following the example of Jesus [Mark 1.10] [Gal 3.27].

seems that the early Christians interpreted in various ways the meaning of baptism as a symbol of the death of the person to sin [Rom 6.4] [Gal 2.12], cleansing of sins [Acts 22.16] [ Eph 5.26], and the new life in Christ [Acts 2.41] [Rom 6.3]. Occasionally the whole family was baptized a new convert [Acts 11] [Acts 16] [1 Cor 1.16], which could have meant the person's desire to consecrate all that Christ had.

D] - The church calendar. The New Testament gives no evidence that the early church celebrated holidays, apart from holding their worship services the first day of the week [Acts 20.7] [1 Cor 16.2] [Rev 1.10]. The Christians kept Sunday as a day of rest until the fourth century AD, when Emperor Constantine designated Sunday as a holy day for the entire Roman Empire. Mistook the early Christians on Sunday with the Jewish Sabbath, and did not try to apply the law of the Sabbath Sunday.

The historian Eusebius tells us that Christians celebrated Easter from apostolic times, [1 Corinthians 5.6-8] maybe relates to such a celebration. Tradition says that the early Christians celebrated the resurrection at the time of Passover. Around 120 AD the Roman Catholic Church changed the celebration to the Sunday after Easter, while the Eastern Orthodox Church continued celebrating Passover.

V] - New Testament concept of the church. It is interesting to study the various concepts regarding the New Testament church. The Scriptures refer to the early Christians as a family and the temple of God, as sheep and bride of Christ, like salt, yeast, fishermen, bulwark of the truth of God, and in many other ways. Was thought the church as a world fellowship of believers only, which each local congregation was a result and shows. Early Christian writers spoke of the church as the body of Christ and the new Israel. These two concepts reveal much of the understanding of Christians about their mission in the world.

A] - The body of Christ. Paul describes the church as one body in Christ [Rom 12.5] and his body [Eph 1.23]. In other words, the church comprises a single community of divine life to all who are united to Christ by the Holy Spirit through faith. They are partakers of his resurrection [Rom 6.8], and are called and equipped to continue ministry of Christ to serve and to bless others suffer [1Cor 12.14-16]. Are united in a community to embody the kingdom of God in the world.

Because they were united with other Christians, these people understood that what they did with their bodies and skills was very important [Ro 12.14] [1Cor 6.13-19] [2Cor 5.10]. They understood that the various races and classes become one in Christ [1 Cor 12.3] [Eph 2.14-22], and should accept each other so this is demonstrated in reality.

In describing the church as the body of Christ, early Christians emphasized that Christ was head the church [Eph 5.25]. Christ directed his actions and deserved all praise. All its power to worship and service was divine gift.

B] - The new Israel. The early Christians were identified with Israel, God's chosen people. They believed that the coming and ministry of Jesus fulfilled God's promise to the patriarchs [Mt 2.6] [Luke 1.68] [Acts 5.31], and claimed that God had established a new covenant with the followers of Jesus [2 Cor 3.6] [I 7.22 ] [Acts 9.15].

They claimed that God had established a new Israel on the basis of personal salvation, rather than by family lineage. His church was a nation every kindred spirit that transcended cultural and national. Anyone who put their faith in the new covenant of God to give his life to Christ became a spiritual descendant of Abraham and as such, part of the new Israel [Mt 8.11] [Luke 13.28-30] [4.9-25 Ro] [Ro 11] [Gal 3-4] [I 11-12].

C] - Common Features. Some common characteristics emerge from the various images of the church who are in the New Testament. All show that the church exists because God did exist. Christ has commissioned his followers to continue their work, and that is the reason for the existence of the church.

The various images of the church who are in the New Testament stressed that the Holy Spirit empowers the church and determines its direction. It involves members of a common task and a common destiny under the guidance of the Spirit.

The church is an active entity, live, shows the way of life that God intended for all people, and proclaims the Word of God to the present era. The unity and spiritual purity of the church is in sharp contrast to the enmity and corruption of the world. It is the responsibility of the church in each of the congregations in particular where it is visible, practice, unity, love and interest in such a way that shows that Christ truly lives in which they are members of his body, so that their life is the life of Christ in them.

VI] - Doctrines of the New Testament. The Bible establishes the fundamental teachings of the Christian faith. The early church lived according to these doctrines and preserved for us. Focus our attention on how the New Testament presents to Christianity.

A] - Living in Christ. First of all, we are told that God the Father puts Christians in communion with himself, as children in his family through the death and resurrection life of Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God. As Paul wrote, God was in Christ reconciling the world [2 Cor 5.19]. Thus the eternal Son took on human flesh. Jesus of Nazareth, fully God and fully man, revealed the Father to the world. The early Christians saw themselves as people with which you believe in God [1P 1.21]. They found new life in Jesus Christ, and came to be united with the living God through Him [Rom 5.1].

Jesus promised that, being born again human beings would find its proper relationship with God and saved enter the kingdom of God [Jn 3.5-16] [Jn 14.6]. The early Christians proclaimed this simple but amazing message about Jesus.

Every religion

in the world has proclaimed that its founder had a unique knowledge about the eternal verities of life. But Christians say even more, because Jesus himself told us that he is the truth, not one that teaches the truth [Jn 14.6] The early Christians rejected the pagan religions and philosophies of his day, to accept the Word of God incarnate.

B] - To teach the correct doctrine. The pagan religion of Rome was a ritual more than a doctrine. Indeed, the emperor said: This is what you should do, but you think as you please. Romans believed that the faithful need only perform the appropriate ceremonies of religion, that is understood or not. As they were concerned, a skeptic could be so religious hypocrite and the true believer, offered as sacrifice in the temple of the gods.

On the other hand, the early Christians insisted that both belief and behavior are vital, and the two go hand in hand. They took seriously the words of Jesus that the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth [Jn 4.24]. What a Christian thought in his head and felt in his heart, would do with your hands. So the early Christians obeyed God [1 John 3.22-24], and contradicted and opposed those who called Christians trying to spread false teachings [1 Timothy 6:3-5].

This is essentially what we mean when we speak of Christianity. It's a new life in Jesus Christ, who brings genuine obedience to his teachings.

The article on Jesus describes his teaching in detail. Here we stress the differences between what Jesus and his followers taught, and what they taught their pagan neighbors.

C] - The doctrine of God. Almost every major religion teaches that a Superior Being governs the universe and nature shows that this Being powerful is at work. These religions often described as being in terms of natural forces such as wind and rain. But the early Christians did not look to nature for the truth of God, looked at Christ. They believed that Jesus fully revealed to the heavenly Father [Col 2.9]. Well understood God in terms of Jesus, and based on the life of Christ, his doctrine of God.

D] - Father God as personal. Jesus taught his disciples that God is my Father and your Father [Jn 20.17]. In other words, he showed them that God cared about them personally as well as a human father cares for his children. He dared to speak to God the Creator as a child tells his father, and told his disciples that God had given all things [Mt 11.27].

Jesus explained that God loves those who receive him [Jesus] in life [Jn 17.27]. Reminded his followers that God the Father cares for the smallest details of their daily needs [Mt 6.28-32].

Jesus taught that his Father is holy, and that he and the Holy Spirit share the same sanctity and act in accordance with it [John 15.23-26]. Unlike the gods of Greek and Roman mythology, who were angry and immoral, the true God is just and right [Luke 18.19]. Intervenes to save his people from their sins. Jesus explained that for this purpose God had sent into the world, brought God's mercy to a sinful humanity and dying, and we met him the holy purpose of God [Jn 15.9-14]. Again, we see Jesus emphasizing the personal love God has for every human being.

Jesus showed in his own ministry that love. He did everything possible to find people suffering from the effects of sin in order to deliver them. The rabbis were welcoming the sinner to repentance. But go for the sinner, was something new in the religious history of Israel.

Jesus was willing to pay any price, even the price of death, to save humanity from the clutches of sin. Moreover, when one of his disciples advised him not to, he replied: "Get behind me, Satan! [Mt 16.23]. Jesus demonstrated that God is the big bailout that the Old Testament prophets had described [Is 53].

Jesus also broke down the narrow national boundaries that the Jews had built around God. Jesus spread the love of God to all people, of every race and nationality. He sent his disciples all over the world to win the men for God [Mr 16.15]. The early Christians obeyed this command, bringing the gospel to the Jew first and also to the Greek [Rom 1.16].

E] - The doctrine of redemption. Jesus taught that God redeems individuals and nations. This was a radically new thinking in the Jewish world. However, the doctrine of personal salvation was the heart of Christian teaching.

F] - God the Creator. The Christian doctrine of salvation stood on the fact that God created the human race. Even this was an unpopular idea in the days of Jesus.

Many Greek philosophers and followers of sects insisted that God could not have done this evil world, and it emanated from God through a natural process, and the waves emanate when a stone is thrown into a lake. But the Old Testament was that God created the world on their own initiative. He chose to do so. And because God created the world could deal with it as I would like [Is 40.28] [Rom 1.20]. The cult believed that evil forces had distorted the emanations of God, corrupting the world.

The Bible teaches that God created the world perfectly, and made man in His own image, but he chose to rebel against him [Gen. 3]. The Greeks believed that the forces of good and evil the world had reached an impasse, they thought that evil had corrupted the good and good evil prevented seize absolute control of the world. Christians rejected the idea, and taught that the world still belongs to its Creator, and that the forces of evil can not ultimately prevail. The evil is only the influence that God allows [2.3-10 Ro] [Ro 12.17-21].

G] - The fallen man. Jesus gave the world a new understanding of man. His followers realized that every person is a lost child of God the Father trying to restore the family, through Christ [John 1.10-13] [Eph 2.19].

Greek myths say that man is a strange mixture of spirit and flesh, carried hither and thither by the unpredictable forces of the world. Myths orfeicos [stories having to do with the Greek god Orpheus] insisted that the man had a domestic nature as the gods. Plato had taken this idea in his philosophy of the World Soul; believed that humans had a spark of divine intelligence, and a man becomes like a god as you develop your intellect and reasoning ability.

Scripture Greek contradict this idea about the man. They knew that the most important test of a man's character was his moral fiber, not his intellect, and in these terms the man certainly could not claim to be like God! As it is written, Paul told Christians in Rome, there is none righteous, no not one [Rom 3.10]. The early Christians believed that even if the man is totally unworthy of the love of God, God continues searching and trying to bring him back to the holy communion with Him [Rom 5.6-8].

Early Christian preachers spoke clearly about the man's fall from grace of God in the Garden of Eden. Reigned death from Adam, Paul wrote, even those not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression [Rom 5.14]. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive [1Cor 15.22] [1Co15.45].

Christians believe that Adam's sin in Eden was the first key event in human history. This meant that the man was a fallen creature who needed to return to God.

H] - The nature of sin. Greek and Roman writers criticized the immorality of the ancient world, but they had a definite concept of sin. They feared that uncontrolled destroy life the harmony of society, but by no means thought that immorality offended the gods. Why should I? According to their myths, the gods were more lustful and greedy than man could ever imagine.

Jesus taught that sin defined in [1 John 3.4] and lawlessness is rebellion against God is the human decision to dismiss the love of God and reject his way, and this brings trial. Because if you believe that I am [ie, the Redeemer] will die in your sins [John 8.24]. Jesus predicted that the Holy Spirit would convince the world of sin because they believe in me [Jn 16.9]. Man chooses to sin, and in the eyes of God is fully responsible for their position.

I] - The sacrificial death of Jesus. The Old Testament priests offered for the sins of the animal sacrifices and sprinkled the blood upon the altar. Jesus told his disciples that he shed his blood for the remission of sins [Mt 26.28]. God Himself in the person of Jesus Christ, was willing to surrender to die for the sins of man. Thus closed the gap that sin had opened between himself and man. The incarnation of the eternal Son of God allowed him to be the final sacrifice for sin.

Jesus gave the Jewish authorities were offended that the message he brought to the world. He was accused of perverting the nation to teach their followers that it was the long awaited promised Messiah [Luke 23.2]. Jesus had broken no Roman law, but the Roman governor Pontius Pilate allowed his soldiers executed Jesus to appease the Jewish leaders. Jesus was not guilty of breaking any laws or of God or man, even his betrayer Judas Iscariot confessed, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood [Mt 27.4]. But Roman centurions pierced Jesus on the cross like a common criminal. Moreover, Christ became the pure sacrifice of God for man's sin, and the early Christians emphasized this in his preaching and teaching [I 10].

J] - The Resurrection of Jesus. Christians declared that Jesus' ministry was not finished on the cross, because God raised Jesus from the grave. Jesus ministered among His disciples for several weeks before God took him to sit at his right hand in heaven [Acts 7.56].

early Christians told the world how they had witnessed the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus. This electrified the Roman Empire, and made many people consider Christians as a group of fans [Acts 17.6]. But Paul told his Christian friends: If Christ be not risen, your faith is vain, yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ have perished [1Cor 15.17-18].

K] - The Kingdom of God. We have already noted that Jesus focused on God's salvation of the individual, but also taught that God brings his people to a large community of redeemed, the domain of God's saving sovereignty, which he called the Kingdom of God. In this realm (currently expressed in the church), God required His people to live a life of brotherly love. Should practice the ethics of Christ and work for the redemption of all mankind. Jesus did not limit the Kingdom to the Jews, said he belonged to anyone who produces the fruit of it [Mt 21.43]. The Gospel of Matthew records many parables in particular [real life illustrations] of the kingdom, see especially [Mt 20.1-16] [Mt 22.2-14] [Mt 25.1-30].

Note that many of these parables point to the end times when God will gather all the people of his eternal kingdom to reign with him forever. The first Christian evangelists reinforce the message of Jesus about the end times, because they believed living in the past few days. This has caused Christians to take the gospel to the corners of the Roman Empire. They had a burning desire to win lost souls for Jesus Christ before the end came.

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THE DISCIPLE OF CHRIST [1 Part]

[The Price of Discipleship]

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit [Matthew 28:19]

DISCIPLE: [student or trainee]. Term used to designate the followers of John the Baptist [Matthew 22:16], and especially to those of Jesus [Matthew 10:24]. The disciple is a student who sits to hear, is an apprentice who follows his master and learns at his side. Sometimes disciples particular reference to the Apostles [Matthew 10:1] [Matthew 11:1], but sometimes the believers in general [Matthew 10:42] [Acts 6:1-7].

Large crowds were traveling with him, and turned and said, 'If anyone comes to me, and hate not his father and mother, wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even his own life can not be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross and come after me, can not be my disciple. [Luke 14:25-27].

Jesus teaches that those who want to follow him and be his disciple must first decide if you are willing to pay the price. The true cost of discipleship is the delivery of all the relatives and all possessions, that is, all you have: Tangible property, your family, your desires, plans and interests and his own life. That does not mean you have to reject everything he has, but you should put at the service of Christ and led by Him, accept Jesus Christ as Lord requires not only believe the truth of the gospel but also dedicated to follow Christ so selfless; every day we must choose to deny yourself or live for their own selfish desires, so that this option will determine the eternal destiny of each person.

Verses to memorize: [Mark 8:34] [Luke 13:24] [Matthew 7:14] [2 Timothy 3:12]

In the New Testament are different names for the believer of Jesus Christ as well as various kinds of believers.

Christians: for the first time in Antioquia. [Acts 11: 26].

Witnesses: Used at the beginning of the Christian church [Acts 1: 8], [Acts 1:22] [Acts 2:32] [Acts 3:15] [Acts 5:32] .

Santos: this term is also used in [Acts 9:32 - 41]. Paul mentioned much at the beginning of his letters. [2 Corinthians 1:1] [Ephesians 1:1] [Philippians 1:1] [Colossians 1:1].

Disciples:

From these names the most commonly used in the Gospels and the Acts is "disciples." This term is most to be adjusted to what was Jesus, Teacher of Galilee because He holds all the teaching of the Doctrine of how it should be the way of man. [Luke 6: 40]. The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his teacher. And it is the role model is Jesus, and from there is a constant perfection until the day of the redemption of our bodies.

On the other hand, the Great Commission of Jesus was: [Matthew 28: 19 - 20] Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son, and Spirit Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. The goal of the Great Commission is to make disciples of God, [Romans 8: 29] For whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed the image of his Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

The Lord took the opportunity of the crowds gathered to teach about the kingdom of God. Those who hear, receive, create and put into practice the word, which will follow the path of discipleship, while those not receiving, nor will digest the word prostrate on the road. [Matthew 7:24-29] [Juan 6:60-69].

God accomplishes his work in this world through this small group of hardcore followers, who face the way of cross and self-denial. [Mark 8: 34].

Some examples:

Gideon and 300 men. [Judges 7:1-7].

were discarded the fearful and those who failed the test.

Elijah, Elisha and the prophets. [2 Kings 2:1-15].

The Lord does the selection of these men and women by the demands of discipleship. These claims are summarized in the [Luke 14:25-33].

More important than the feelings and family ties. [Luke 14:26].

More important than my own life. [Luke 14:26] [Galatians 2:20].

The path of the cross and monitoring. [Matthew 7:13].

More important than the possessions of this world. [Philippians 3:7-10].

Material possessions, my own arguments and philosophies, my old life, my human, my human talents and all that should and must be under the lordship of Christ in my life. The life of the disciple is identified to be walking under the Lordship of Christ and his will.

"I am crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me, and I live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. "[Galatians 2:20].

look very hard demands of discipleship, but Jesus is our example in everything and in this regard.

He gave all, it was stripped [Philippians 2] and asks the same of his followers. Nothing more, nothing less. He was exalted to the utmost. The disciple will exalt you time. [1 Peter 5:6].

Consider what happened to the disciples of the Lord:

were determined men, although they had human frailties and wrong many times, Peter [Matthew 16: 21-23], John and James [Matthew 20: 20-28], all the other disciples [Matthew 16: 5-12] [Matthew 19: 13-15]. Were rebuked by the Lord.

Both emus [Luke 24:25-27]. They were reprimanded by the Lord.

They felt the fear of their own decisions to follow after the Master. When Jesus was arrested [Matthew 26: 56].

In Samaria [John 4: 3-4-8-31-34]. Walking along the dusty roads from the top down.

No rest [Mark 6:30-35].

They dared to test his faith in God and His promises. [Matthew 14: 27-33].

The disciples [Acts 4:29-31] [Mark 16:15-20].

The development of the fruit after having lived it all:

saw the glory of God. [Luke 9:28-36].

were defended by the Lord. [Matthew 12:1-8] [Mt.15 :1-20]

They were given authority to heal. [Matthew 10:1].

They were given power over demons. [Luke 9:1]

Their names were written in the Book of Life. [Luke 10:17-20]

were filled with the Holy Spirit. [Acts 2:4].

influences the entire known world. [Acts 17: 6-7] [Acts 16: 19-20].

They had the revelation of God. [Mark 4:33-34] [John 15:15] [Mark 4:10-11].

Everything went as disciples of Jesus is a living example and what it costs to follow the Master, they also took the cross, the absolute negation of their own lives, and later as a final reward of eternal life .

Those

men of the vulgar, common, with a humdrum life [fishermen, tax collectors, etc.] became part of a glorious plan for all ages. Have been an example to the world, a blessing, and are now in the joy of his Lord. All this because one day responded positively and fully to God's call.

God looks, today, that kind of men [Matthew 9:35-38], to carry out his plan today. What response do we give?

The Lord looks at his troops for battle. Will you be ready? [Isaiah 13:3-4).

[Isaiah 6:8] Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I. Send me.

Here are a few areas in the life of the disciple.

1] - THE DISCIPLE AND THE CALL.

The start in life is the call of discipleship. This call is from God, never of men, or committees, or organizations, or councils, or pastors, etc.

-God takes the initiative. [John 15:16].

We choose before the foundation of the world. [Ephesians 1:4] [Romans 8:29-30] [Jeremiah 1:5].

us away from the womb.

Some examples:

-Israel [Isaiah 49:1-3].

-Moses [Exodus 2:1-10].

-Samson [Judges 13:2-5-24-25].

-Samuel [1 Sam 1:10-11-20-28].

-Isaiah [Isaiah 49:5].

-John the Baptist [Luke 1:13-15].

Then

responsibility each of us answer that call. [Matthew 4:18-22] [Matthew 9:9] [Acts 9:1-615-16] [Acts 22:6-16].

That appeal begins to run, working and serving. [Acts 9: 20].

The church confirms the call by the Holy Spirit's direction. [Acts 13:1-4].

Throughout this process, our own will is a vital part for the successful development of God's call.

Many balked and "buts" to be called.

Some examples:

- [Moses], "Lord, I stuttered" [Exodus 4:10-12].

- [Jeremiah] "Lord, do not speak, I am a child" [Jeremiah 1:6].

- [Jonas] "He got up to flee from the presence of God" [Jonah 1:3].

Others rejected the call for various reasons.

Examples:

- [The young man] "It was sad because he had great possessions" [Matthew 19:22].

- [A type] "Lord, I will follow wherever you go. Jesus said: The Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. "[Matthew 8: 19-20] [Luke 9:57-58].

- [Mr. Late]" Lord, let me first bury my father. Jesus said, Let the dead bury the dead, and you go and proclaim the kingdom of God. "[Luke 9:59-60].

- [Sentimental]" I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say goodbye to my family. Jesus said: No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God. "[Luke 9:61-62].

and others responded immediately the Lord.

Examples:

- [Elisha] "Leaving the oxen and ran after Elijah ...

Then he rose and went after Elijah, and ministered to him." [1 Kings 19:19-21].

- [Isaiah] "Here am I. Send me" [Isaiah 6:8].

- [Peter and Andrew] "... Leaving the boat and their father and followed him" [Matthew 4:22] [Luke 5:11].

- [Matthew] "And they forsook all, got up and followed him" [Luke 5:28].

- [Paul] "Lord, what wilt thou have me do?" [Acts 9:6].

is important the beginning of conversion. A clear and radical break with the old life and habits. Although we should be called "fanatics", will be a firm foundation for the future. Then comes the balance, as we get strengthened in faith.

2] - THE DISCIPLE AND THE CROSS.

all know that this term has been greatly misunderstood. For many people carry the cross has to do with an illness, a family problem, etc.. But none of that has to do with the meaning Bible in the life of the disciple. Jesus said repeatedly that is a prerequisite for starting in discipleship. "Whoever does not bear his cross and come after me, can not be my disciple." [Luke 14: 27].

That means carrying the cross.

Someone has defined as follows: "The cross is the symbol of persecution, shame and abuse that the world laid upon the Son of God, and the world to bear on all those who choose to go against the tide. "

- The cross means telling the truth at all times, walk in the light and rebuke the works of darkness. [Ephesians 5:7-12].

- The cross means not ashamed of the Lord before men. [Luke 12:8-9].

- The cross is foolishness to many [including certain types of believers], but for us the power of God. [1 Corinthians 1:18].

- The empty cross speaks of the Lord's victory over sin and Satan. [1 John 3:5-8].

- The cross tells us that we have been redeemed from the curse of the law, that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham. [Galatians 3:13-14].

What it means to Paul.

- Persecution. [Galatians 6:12] [Galatians 5:11].

- Death to the world. [Galatians 6:14].

- A long list of sufferings. [2 Corinthians 6:3-10] [2 Corinthians 11:23-28].

How many are willing to walk this path, the cross? "Whoever does not bear his cross and come after me, can not be my disciple." [Luke 14:27]. There are those who want to be disciples not walk in the way of the cross. Seek, rather, the world's glory and man the glory of God. [John 12:42-43] [Galatians 1:10].

Razones para llevar la cruz.

- "¿A quién iremos? Tú tienes palabras de vida eterna. Y nosotros hemos creído y conocido que tu eres el Cristo, el Hijo del Dios viviente". [Juan 6:68-69].

Saber quién es Jesús.

Muchos no le conocieron y volvieron atrás.

- "Si somos muertos con Él, también viviremos con El. [2Timoteo 2: 11] [Juan 12:24-26] [Mateo 10:39] [Mateo 16:25] [Marcos 8:35].

- "Si sufrimos, también reinaremos con Él". [1Timoteo 2:12] [Luke 22:29-30] [Matthew 19:28] [Matthew 25:34] [Revelation 20:4].

- I had an eye on the prize. "[Acts 11:24-26] [Matthew 5:11-12] [Revelation 11:12] [2 Corinthians 5:10] [1 Corinthians 3:8 - 14].

- For love. [Luke 7:36-50].

There is a reason to make things in the Kingdom of God. There are results and consequences in our lives that have a range eternal. We are weaving the garment of fine linen, which are the righteousness of saints. [Revelation 19:8] [Ephesians 2:10].

3] - THE DISCIPLE AND RENEWAL OF THE MIND.

To understand the renewal of mind and how they performed, consider some other property of the human spirit awareness.

Note: The dictionary of the English language makes a distinction between mind and consciousness, although in our study we will see that go great together and it is sometimes difficult to separate. The mind is located in the soul, "intellectual power of the soul, and consciousness in the spirit," Property of the human spirit. "

The Bible in [Titus 1:15] between them. "Until his mind and conscience is defiled."

Awareness: Knowledge interior the good we do and the evil to avoid.

However, awareness needs to have a fixed rule which follow and carry out their function as accurately as possible.

Men choose their own rules of conscience according to their political ideas, philosophies, cultural, social, etc. However, God offers us an alternative and a solution for this conflict: His written Word.

"Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, rebuking [convert the argument against it does], correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the man of God thoroughly equipped for every good work. "[2 Timothy 3:16-17].

Those who take this rule as a guide for our conscience, we will have a good close to the truth as it is based on the thought of God, thrice holy, who knows perfectly what is good and what is bad. God, the Creator, knows for sure what benefits and harms to men. As the designer of a watch, you know what is good or bad because he knows the material used.

who has a rule of conscience the Word of God, reach the wisdom and understanding. [Psalms 111:10] [Psalms 119:97-104].

Hence the importance for Christians to be nourished by the Scriptures of God. For them discern good from evil, and know God's will. [Hebrews 5:13-14] [Romans 12:2] [Colossians 3:16].

Each person who comes to the feet of Christ for salvation, brings a wealth of experiences, thoughts, and bad conscience that need to be restored, renewed and cleansed.

How to be clean conscience? [Hebrews 10:22].

- By the blood of Jesus. [Hebrews 9:13-14] [1 John 1:7].

- Day after day for word. [John 15:3] [John 13:10] [John 17:15-19] [Ephesians 5:26].

- In communion with the Lord. [2 Corinthians 3:18) [1 John 1:7].

- In the fellowship and renewal of the Holy Spirit. [2 Corinthians 13:14] [Titus 3:5].

- In the hope of the coming of the Lord. [1 John 3:1-3].

So we went into the importance of living in the renewal of the mind.

The renewed mind

is the mind of the believer [1 Corinthians 2:16], and is also a process of continuous renewal. It is mandated by God. [Romans 12:2] [Ephesians 4:23] [Philippians 4:8].

Our goal is to reach the thoughts of God. [Isaiah 55:8-9].

We have our will.

- "Be renewed" ... [Ephesians 4:23].

- "Be transformed" ... [Romans 12:2].

Goldwyn godly mind, a new creation in Christ Jesus and as a result a right confession of faith.

A constant renovation de nuestro corazón, cambiara nuestra forma de expresarnos. [Lucas 6:45] El hombre bueno, del buen tesoro de su corazón saca lo bueno; y el hombre malo, del mal tesoro de su corazón saca lo malo; porque de la abundancia del corazón habla la boca.

[Mateo 15: 18-19] Pero lo que sale de la boca, del corazón sale; y esto contamina al hombre. Porque del corazón salen los malos pensamientos, los homicidios, los adulterios, las fornicaciones, los hurtos, los falsos testimonios, las blasfemias.

Teniendo esta base, veremos la importancia de la confesión.

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THE DISCIPLE Of Christ [Part 2]

4] - THE DISCIPLE AND THE CONFESSION [The language].

The disciple of Jesus Christ has a great responsibility for what he speaks, preaches and teaches. The Lord said to [Matthew 12:36-37] we will give account for every careless word [empty, useless] we said. And Peter tells us that if any man speak, speak as the oracles of God. [1 Peter 4:11].

Language: A small member.

We must pay close attention. [Ephesians 4:25-29]. We put it under the control of the Holy Spirit to serve God [Romans 6:15-23]. It is a little member, capable of great things, both good and bad. [James 3:1-12]. The wise Solomon attaches great importance to the language of Proverbs. [Proverbs 18:21].

A new way of speaking.

We have made new creatures [2 Corinthians 5:17] So if anyone is in Christ a new creature: old things are passed away, behold all things are become new. There is a new way of talking to the man renewed and reborn, the disciple of Jesus.

Note these passages: [Ephesians 4:17-20] and some other passages.

[4:17] "... I no longer live as the other, living in the vanity of their mind.

[4:22]" put off the old man with his deeds. "

[4:23] "Be renewed in your mind"

[4:24] "Put on the new man" and his way of living, his way of speaking.

From here we will see what that has to do with talking.

[4:25] "putting away falsehood, speak the truth." It is the first step, the first lesson to learn.

[4:29] " no corrupt out of your mouth ... "

not speak anything. Let us also who is listening.

" ... But what is good for necessary edification and blessing of the listeners. "

[4:30]" Do not grieve the Holy Spirit. "How can we do? With a bad way to speak.

[4:31] Here we see a bottom up process that begins and ends with little screams.

Bitterness =

anger Anger = anger

Ira = shouting [Speak loudly without control]

[5:4] "Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting."

jesting = Action

a scoundrel scoundrel

= The person without shame, who lives in deception and fraud. Person with antics, gestures, or stories, try to make people laugh ... and always at the expense of another. "Rather: Thanksgiving." Praise God therefore that we should thank.

[5:15] "See then that you walk circumspectly [or speak], not as fools but as wise."

[5:18-20] "be filled with the Holy Spirit" How? Speaking with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing and praising the Lord, always giving thanks.

[Colossians 4:6] [Colossians 3:8] "Your word is gracefully" Seasoned with salt. " It should taste good.

[1 Thessalonians 4:13-18] "comfort one another with these words. What words? Speak of the Word of God, of projects for the Lord, the coming of the Lord and our meeting with him on that day of glory. There are so many interesting topics that can be played without falling into the lightness and the things that people talk about the world. We must exercise and strive in our new way of talking to what comes out of our mouth is a blessing.

5] - THE DISCIPLE AND EVANGELISM.

One of the main parties in the disciple's life is to share God's message. When Jesus chose the twelve, one of the purposes that he had was "to send them to preach." [Mark 3:13-15].

The disciples became witnesses of what they had seen and heard after Pentecost. [Acts 1:8] [Acts 2:32] [Acts 5:32] [1 John 1:1-3] [Mark 5:18-20].

When Paul was converted, "then preached Christ." [Acts 9:20].

This is a principle for all new convert. Doing so will soon bury the old man, the old life, and spiritual development will come faster.

We open letters. [2 Corinthians 3:2-3] Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men, being clear that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Our way of life is a way of witnessing to others. The life of holiness, apart from the ways of the world for God. We are the light of the world and salt of the earth. [Ephesians 5:8-13] [Romans 13:11-14] [Matthew 5:13].

Testifying have to share the word of God, not our words. [Acts 4:29-31] [Acts 8:4-5] [Acts 8:25] [Acts 13:5-7].

that the evidence is always centered in Christ. Take the example of Paul:

A] - The old life, how it was before. [Acts 26:4-8] [Acts 26:9-11].

B] - Conversion. [Acts 26:12-18].

C] - The new life and how we live now. [Acts 26:19-23].

The most important is how I live now, do I have never had before. Christ should be the focus of testimony and the Lord of my life and receive all the glory.

Evangelism is part of the armor of God that He has given us to defeat the enemy. [Ephesians 6:15] And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.

capacity for evangelization is the Holy Spirit is the power of God to make us living witnesses, courageous and effective.

6] - THE DISCIPLE AND THE DISCIPLINE [Personal preparation].

personal discipline in the disciple's life is vital to achieve their goals. We need to apply self-discipline in different areas of our lives. Some examples:

We take care of ourselves. [Luke 17:3] [Luke 21:34] [1 Timothy 4:16] [2 John 8].

Paul speaks of discipline, compared with that of an athlete. [1 Corinthians 9:24-27] Do you not know that they which run in a race all the runners compete, but only one receives the prize? So run that ye may obtain. Anyone who struggle, will not last: they, indeed, to receive a perishable wreath, but we an incorruptible. Therefore I run thus: not as uncertainly, so fight I, not as one beating the air, I beat my body and bring it into subjection, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

The body serves the spirit and not vice versa. [Galatians 5:17] For the desires of the flesh against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary to each other, so they do not do what you want.

Self-discipline. Check the vagaries of body. [1 Peter 2:11] Beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul.

athlete's life teaches us discipline, dedication, effort, perseverance, self control [consistent with the rules set out not to be disqualified].

Paul also takes the figure of the soldier to teach about discipleship. [2 Timothy 2:3-4].

The soldier is the example to understand the spiritual warfare. A soldier is prepared, is trained, have weapons that should know and use. [Ephesians 6:10-20]. Takes courage [Josue1 :6-7-9-18]; a soldier living under authority, submits to the will and direction of the higher to achieve a common goal. [Matthew 8:9] [Luke 7:8].

The other figure that Paul is making the farmer. [2 Timothy 2:6]. The farmer works hard [Ecclesiastes 11:1-6]. The farmer has the patience to wait for the fruit [James 5:7] [Galatians 6:9]. Full confidence in the performance of your hard work [Isaiah 55:10-12].

Lets look at some elements for consideration in our preparation and discipline:

Reading and study of Scripture.

Is paramount and it continued throughout our lives as Christians. There are many places in Scripture that lead us to this great truth.

Examples:

- David [Psalms 1:1-3].

- For the kings [Deuteronomy 17:18-20].

- Joshua [Joshua 1:8].

- A work of Jesus [John 5:39].

- A request from Paul [Colossians 3:16].

prayer and fasting.

United

practically reading and study of the Word.

Some examples:

- Jesus [Mark 1:35] [Luke 4:42] [Matthew 4:2] [John 4: 31-34].

- Daniel [Daniel 6:10] [Daniel 9:3] [Daniel 10:2-3].

- Nehemiah [Nehemiah 1:4].

- Anne, daughter of Fanuel [Luke 2:36-38].

- Paul and other [Acts 13:1-3].

- In the Christian life [Matthew 6:5-16].

Make good use of time.

The Bible tells us to use time well. [Ephesians 5:16] [Colossians 4:5]. Our time belongs to the Lord. We live for Him [Romans 14:7-9] [2 Corinthians 5:14-15]. Everything we do is for the Lord, [Colossians 3:17] [Colossians 3:23-24], they also offer an offering of what was received, specific times for God.

We have an enemy that we fight to steal time to God: The Sloth. "It fell a sleep" [Proverbs 19:15] "It leads to a life of need and poverty" [Proverbs 6:6-11] [Proverbs 24:30-34] [Proverbs 26:13-16].

7] - THE DISCIPLE AND MARRIAGE [2 \u200b\u200bCorinthians 6:14-16].

will see some important aspects briefly.

Marriage is a very important influence in the life of the disciple. The success of the pupil depends on the success of marriage.

Many disciples called by the Lord have failed because their partner had a different feel and purpose in life.

purposes is very important to unite in marriage. A marriage will be running a firm foundation for the development of effective ministry. Be an open cell to teach, pray and save others. Many will find shelter and comfort.

must fight and care for marriage. The enemy has a strong war today against what God has instituted. Multiply the divorce, abuse, adultery, etc.

We must understand that marriage is to take care care for life discipleship, to do the will of God.

find some marriages in the Bible, interesting

Examples: Aquila and Priscilla.

Paul stayed at home [Acts 18:2-3].

accompanied Paul to Ephesus [Acts 18:18-19] [Acts 18:24-28].

- There they met Apollos.

- were still when Paul wrote the Corinthians [1 Corinthians 16:19].

then returned to Rome [Romans 16:3-4]. Later

are again in Ephesus [2 Timothy 4:19].

Served in several cities to the early church.

8] - THE DISCIPLE AND THE ECONOMY.

Life of faith and trust.

The disciple needs to learn to live a life of faith and trust in terms of material needs. [Matthew 6:25-34] [Philippians 4:6-7]. Paul learned to live in abundance and in scarcity. [Philippians 4:10-12]. The true disciple of Christ looks to God and not men for their needs of all types, not the Gospel becomes a business. Ask and depends on God and not ask and depend on men.

Learning to give.

A good way to learn to receive, is to learn to give. It is a spiritual law. [Luke 6:38] [Philippians 4:14-19].

Let Paul's teaching on this in [2 Corinthians 9:5-15].

- Generosity, no requirement [2 Corinthians 9:5].

- Sow thinly = Reap sparingly [2 Corinthians 9:6]

- sow generously will reap generously = [2 Corinthians 9:6].

- Give with a glad heart [2 Corinthians 9:7].

- Almighty God to abound around enough [2 Corinthians 9:8].

- God will provide, multiply, increase the fruits [2 Corinthians 9:10].

- Enriqueciéndoos at all [2 Corinthians 9:11].

- abound in thanksgiving [2 Corinthians 9:12].

- Obedience to the gospel. It is part of the gospel [2 Corinthians 9:13].

The disciple of the Lord need to understand and live in this ministry [Romans 12:8]. We need to depend on ourselves in the economic and work.

For a church to grow and multiply needs to live in two fundamental truths. One is to learn to give God and the second is to learn to send missionaries to other places. In both the spiritual principle is the same plant, giving, generosity ...

Take the example of the churches in Macedonia [2 Corinthians 8:1-7]. In that region there were cities like Philippi. Naples, Thessalonica and Berea, where the gospel penetrated the hand of the Apostle Paul [Acts 16:11-12] [Acts 17:1-10]. These cities, the Apostle gives an example of other churches. Stood out for its service offerings to the saints in Jerusalem [2 Corinthians 8:1-7] [Romans 15:26] and missionaries and workers sent to collaborating with Paul in the great work being carried out. Some of these collaborators were Gayo [Acts 19:29] Aristarchus, Sopater [Acts 20:4] or second, all Macedonians. No doubt, this installment of the brothers of Macedonia to the Lord's work was one of the secrets of growth and a model for elsewhere.

9] - THE DISCIPLE AND SERVICE

could say that there are two rules that measure the temperature of a disciple, one of which is service to others the other is love. These two rules are joined in one the Apostle Paul when he says: [Galatians 5:13-14] You, my brothers, were called to freedom, only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but through love serve one other. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.

The example of Jesus.

[Mark 10:45] "The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

[Juan.13 :2-17] They washed the feet of his disciples, a job reserved for slaves house when they received visits. "An example I have given, that as I have done, you also should do."

[Luke 22:24-30] "What is the largest, which sits at the table, or one who serves? Is not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as one who serves. " Again work for the slaves.

[Matthew 10:24,25] "The disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. Is enough for the disciple to be like his master and the servant as his Lord."

The call to discipleship is to serve others, following the example Teacher. If you do not understand this, we have not understood anything of what it means to be disciples of Jesus Christ. The disciple who does not live to serve, not serve to live, and this is a rule in the Kingdom of God, "living to serve."

10] - THE DISCIPLE AND LOVE.

The other rule we mentioned above to measure discipleship is love. "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if you love one another." [John 13:35]. If we are disciples to give our lives in sacrifice, but we love, we are nothing. [1 Corinthians 13:1-3]. The pupil is given to the service of his Lord amor a Él. Habiendo sido amado primero, ahora toda su vida es un servicio en amor. [Gálatas 5:13].

Veamos este pasaje: [1Juan 4:7-21].

El amor en nosotros es un resultado del nuevo nacimiento. [1 Juan 4:7].

El que vive en amor, conoce a Dios. [1Juan 4:7-8].

Dios nos amó y entregó a su Hijo. [1Juan 4:9-11] [Juan 3:16].

Jesús nos amó y se entregó por nosotros. [Efesios 5:2] [Gálatas 2:20].

Vivir en amor es permanecer en Dios. [1Juan 4:12-13] [Juan 15:4-7].

Necesitamos conocer y creer el amor que Dios tiene con nosotros. [1 Juan 4:16].

Living in love is to live without fear. [1 John 4:18].

Love for God has one outcome: The love of neighbor. [1 John 4:20-21].

In [1 John 3:23] are two commandments of God for us today:

A] - Believe in the name of your Son Jesus Christ.

B] - that we should love one another.

The order here is important, because of our faith and communion with the Lord, love is born, the ability to love and serve the ability to love others. [Romans 5:5]. By believing in Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit comes to us and with him the love of God. [Ephesians 1:13-14]. The disciple the Lord moves, acts and lives for the love of God and neighbor.

APPENDIX - CONCLUSION

After all this, we might conclude that this is impossible, it is a goal too high for the smallness and helplessness of human beings. This is true, however, it is impossible for man is possible with God. [Mark 10:27].

Many great servants and servants of God came upon this "impossible", apparently. But they put their faith in God and the miracle happened: The Holy Spirit. God's ability to carry out its purposes is in Comforter that Jesus said would come to us. The Spirit of God made the impossible possible in the faith heroes of old, and make it possible for us in these last days, and without him we are nothing and can do nothing.

Examples:

A] - Mary, the mother of Jesus. [Luke 1:34-38].

"How can this be? ... The Holy Spirit will come upon you."

B] - Nicodemus, birth again. [John 3:3-9].

"How can a man be born when he is old?

...".

"How can this be?

...".

"born of the Spirit ..." [John 3:5-8].

C] - Fulfilling the call of God.

"I will not leave orphans come to you "[John 14:18].

[Acts 1:8] will receive power when the Holy Spirit upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. [Acts 4:31] When they had prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken and they were all filled with the Spirit Ghost, and spoke the word of God boldly. "Be filled with the Holy Spirit." [Ephesians 5:18]. "Walk in the Spirit ... live by the Spirit." [Galatians 5:16-25].

The Lord himself and his strength enable us to practice discipleship.

[Colossians 1:29] to this end I labor, striving according to him, which so powerfully works in me. [Matthew 28:20] teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. [Ephesians 3:20] And to Him who is able to do everything much more thoroughly that we ask or imagine, according to the power that worketh in us.

God gives the ability to live in the disciple who really want it. He offers to each of us.

The world needs pupils able to change the model and drawings of the societies of all nations.

God will do His work in the world through men and women who come into the demands of discipleship, giving their lives for the sake of the gospel of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ!