Discipleship is the key to leadership development . . .
When you think of Jesus’ ministry, do you picture him speaking to the crowds—Sermon on the Mount, feeding of the five thousand—or spending time to train the Twelve? One researcher says the Gospels put 3/4’s of their emphasis on the training of the Twelve. He calculates that from the time Jesus told the Twelve that he’d teach them to multiply (“I will send you out to fish for people” [Matt. 4:19]) until his death, Jesus spent 73% of his time with the Twelve. That’s forty-six events with the few, compared with seventeen events with the masses. The ratio of time Jesus spent with the few versus time he spent with the many was almost three to one.
“The ratio of time Jesus spent with the few versus time he spent with the many was almost three to…
The point: Jesus’ ministry emphasis, in terms of where he put the biggest amount of time, was with his twelve apprentices! He was mentoring them so they would do “greater things” (John 14:12). This included multiplying themselves through others.
In the years that followed, not only do we see the amazing works of the Holy Spirit through these twelve in and after the book of Acts, but according to history Jesus’ earliest followers fulfilled his prophecy that they would do greater things by making other disciple makers around the world. ~Dave Ferguson
When you think of Jesus’ ministry, do you picture him speaking to the crowds—Sermon on the Mount, feeding of the five thousand—or spending time to train the Twelve? One researcher says the Gospels put 3/4’s of their emphasis on the training of the Twelve. He calculates that from the time Jesus told the Twelve that he’d teach them to multiply (“I will send you out to fish for people” [Matt. 4:19]) until his death, Jesus spent 73% of his time with the Twelve. That’s forty-six events with the few, compared with seventeen events with the masses. The ratio of time Jesus spent with the few versus time he spent with the many was almost three to one.
“The ratio of time Jesus spent with the few versus time he spent with the many was almost three to…
The point: Jesus’ ministry emphasis, in terms of where he put the biggest amount of time, was with his twelve apprentices! He was mentoring them so they would do “greater things” (John 14:12). This included multiplying themselves through others.
In the years that followed, not only do we see the amazing works of the Holy Spirit through these twelve in and after the book of Acts, but according to history Jesus’ earliest followers fulfilled his prophecy that they would do greater things by making other disciple makers around the world. ~Dave Ferguson
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