Discipleship

By Oluwagbemiga Olowosoyo

Unfortunately, most believers today accept Jesus as saviour but not as Lord. They wish to use Him to achieve their own desires. But Jesus precisely instructed His disciples to make disciples and not converts.
In this first book (of a series) Dr. Olowosoyo explains what it means and what it costs to be a disciple, among several other things.
It is a good material for every believer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jan 9, 2015
• ISBN: 9781312822405

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Discipleship

Discipleship

Oluwagbemiga Olowosoyo

©2014 Oluwagbemiga Olowosoyo.

ISBN  978-1-312-82240-5

Contact Details:

Oluwagbemiga Olowosoyo

The Answer Bible Church

Ogundepo, Via Mosfala,

Off Moslem, Lagos Expressway,

P. O. Box 36706, Dugbe,

Ibadan, Nigeria

Tel. [phone]

1 Grand Street,

Bridgeport,

CT 06604

USA.

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Website:  www.olowosoyo.org, www.olowosoyo.com.

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Bible quotes are from the New King James Version unless otherwise stated.

Published in the United States of America.

Dedication

I want to dedicate this book to

Bose and Wale Animashaun

My Pastors

Chapter One - A Call to Discipleship

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.

And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

Matthew 4:18-22

Although throughout Jesus' ministry he had the crowd /multitude following him, yet his focus was upon a small group of people he hand-picked, his disciples. He spent his time with them. He taught them, train them and commissioned them to do what he did and then to replicate him by raising disciples for him all over the world.

The scripture above told us how some of them were called from their vocations and ambition. But they did not become disciples until they willingly accept to follow Him.

However, it would be necessary for us to observe that it was not any or every one that he accommodated into discipleship.

And when Jesus saw great multitudes about Him, He gave a command to depart to the other side.

Then a certain scribe came and said to Him, Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have