What is biblical discipleship and to whom was the Great Commission given?

[NConly]

3 hours ago, RdJ said:

We have in Holland a YES NO, NO NO or YES YES sticker on mail boxes. You can only throw em in those with no sticker or YES YES. Nobody with a NO NO sticker can complain when you give them a Christmas card with a free gift from God text on how to get saved though. There are other christians living in this flat now. They left a flyer in the elevator.

Wait what? Postage? You throw them in their mailboxes yourself. You don't let the postman do it. That's gonna cost you. And people in big houses too bad. This is only for people who live in flats. Not gonna walk kilometers.

Everywhere In America it is against the law to put anything in someones mailbox the Government looks at as if you were avoiding paying for a stamp. I live in the U.S. and if I followed your advice and went out and put something in 2o mailboxes and got caught doing it . The government would not care that I learned it from some one in a different country on a forum. If the fine is 10 bucks for each  mailbox I would have to pay 200 bucks does not matter ignorance of the law is not an excuse in the U.S.

[Neighbor]

23 hours ago, FreeGrace said:

to tell every believer that they are responsible for fulfilling the GC is wrong

What is the command to every disciple?

..."make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you."...

[FreeGrace]

13 hours ago, RdJ said:

Then you are doing the great commission if you ask me.

No, I'm doing what the NT says to do; exercise your spiritual gift.  The GC was given face to face to 12 men, including Paul.  

[FreeGrace]

44 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

What is the command to every disciple?

..."make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you."...

According to Matt 28:16-20, Mark 16:14 and Acts 1:1-8, Jesus gave the GC to "the eleven".  Later, on the road to Damascus, He gave Paul the GC.

What IS commanded of every believer is to be prepared to answer questions of those who see your different lifestyle and want to know why.

Col 4:6 and 1 Peter 3:15

That is how we start spiritual conversations; by our lifestyle.

The question for every believer:  is your lifestyle such that unbelievers ask you about it?  Then, are you PREPARED to answer biblically and clearly?

Every believer.

Edited June 10, 2024 by FreeGrace

[Neighbor]

12 minutes ago, FreeGrace said:

What IS commanded of every believer is to be prepared to answer questions of those who see your different lifestyle and want to know why.

We simply disagree on that one. Some  45 years of practical experiences being led to go in the name of my Lord by the Holy Spirit's specific call to do so, in addition to the word itself tells me that particular theme is fallacy.

 

[FreeGrace]

4 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

FreeGrace said:

What IS commanded of every believer is to be prepared to answer questions of those who see your different lifestyle and want to know why.

We simply disagree on that one.

Anyone can disagree, but Col 4:6 and 1 Peter 3:15 are what is commanded of every believer, not the GC.

4 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Some  45 years of practical experiences being led to go in the name of my Lord by the Holy Spirit's specific call to do so, in addition to the word itself tells me that particular theme is fallacy.

OK, you have the spiritual gift of evangelism and you have met the call.  And you SHOULD!  But to assume every believer has been called to the same work as you is fallacy.

Consider 1 Cor 12:4-5

4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.

5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.

That nails it for me.  You can make up your own mind.

I have never felt led to go to other countries to preach, or even to preach on street corners.  But I absolutely love teaching the Word in Sunday School to adults.

I am fulfilling my calling, which is obviously different than yours.

As the Bible says, there are "different kinds of service".  Each believer has his/her own.