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The Disciple of My Soul
(Mt28:18-20)

God is the Leader, the Master.
For He is the God above all gods, there is no one who can instruct Him (Is40:12-14).
For the sake of His name, He summons the earth (Ps50:1) and leads and guides (Ps31:3).
 
Faith is welcoming Yeshua Christ as my Leader, my Teacher and
Faith life is living according to the teaching of Christ the Teacher of my soul, as
A seed = same substance
A follower = same actions.
 
While humans are taught since birth and their characters are formed as a result,
The Bible says that they are taught either by God or by the prince of this world for
Adam was deceived by the devil and ate the forbidden fruit (Ge3:4-6) and
All men since follow the father of lies, the false teacher (Jn8:44).
 
God called Adam who was hiding in the bushes and at the end of His questioning,
God forewarned of the appearance of the offspring of the woman and
The destruction of the devil (Ge3:8-15).
 
Abraham was called by God when he was childless and received the blessing of prosperity (Is51:2).
So he was able to give his only son as a burnt offering for he believed that
God calls into beings things that were not (Rm4:17).
 
Moses was called by God in the wildness (Ex3:4-10) and
The Israelites followed him and were delivered from their slavery in Egypt for 430 years.
They followed the pillars of fire and clouds,
Walked through the Red Sea like dry ground and arrived in the wilderness.
But eventually most of them died there because they did not have faith (1Co10:5).
 
Samuel heard the voice of God calling him in the sanctuary and
Became the first prophet of Israel (1Sa3:10-11), and
Elisha was called by the prophet Elijah and became his follower (1Ki19:19-21).
 
Despite the fact that God called Israel to reveal the glory of Jehovah (Is49:3) and
Directed them the way they should go by giving them the statutes and ordinances (Is48:17),
They did not pay attention to His commands and thus they were destroyed (Is48:18).
 
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21):
End the calling in the name of Jehovah — a specific lineage — as servants of Jehovah;
Begin the calling in the name of Yeshua — souls of all nations — as disciples of Christ (Mt28:19).
 
He called His disciples to be with Him, to send them out to preach, and give authority  (Mk3:13-15).
He warned them to not be like the Scribes, the Pharisees who liked to be called, “Rabbi,” because
There is only one Teacher, one Instructor, Christ (Mt23:8-10).
He promised those who follow Him to be seated on the thrones in the world to come (Mt19:28).
 
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)    Obeyed to death the Father’s command (Jn10:8; Php2:6-11) and testified that the Father is His Instructor;
2)    Judged the father of lies, the prince of the world, the devil (Ge3:4-6; Jn16:11); and
3)    His death — redeemed all men — delivered them from the price of sin
       His blood — for the souls of believers — to become His disciples (Jn14:12).
 
He resurrected and ascended to heaven, and He is the Lamb seated on the throne (Rev5:9) for
His body has the eternal scars of being subjected to the Father (1Co15:28) and
Now from the throne He commands all things as their Master.
 
The Holy Spirit teaches the Church and the believers that
The only One who guides in the truth and teaches is Yeshua Christ (Ps25:5).
He warns of the teachings of false teachers (2Pe2:1, 15; 2Co11:4; Col2:8; Rev2:14) — different salvation, different Jesus, different gospel — "the teaching of Balaam” etc.
 
The Christian is a disciple of Yeshua Christ:
1)    The goal of his life is set — to receive the reward of being called up to the air, the rapture when the Lord comes (Php3:14, 21);
2)    Self-determination — eliminating the possibility of returning to the world — laying down his possessions, passions etc;
3)    Self-submission — acknowledging that he is a disciple of Christ by his action (1Co9:27; Php2:12; Tit1:16; He13:7, 17); and
4)    Making disciples — by clearly expressing his sense of belonging (Jn15:1-18) — holding on to the weak souls, with the member-consciousness (Eph1:22-23; Rm12:4-5).
 
O Lord,
The branches that bear no fruit will be burned up!
Those who bear much fruit will become disciples of Christ!
Before this sobering fact, let us wake up.
Lord, I want to bear fruit this year, so help me! Amen.