SPRING
TRAINING
Clarifying
the Win: Matthew
28:16-20
Your goal is to become a mature disciple
1. Introduction
2. Your
goal is to know Christ
--Be
introduced to Christ (Phil.
3:10)
--To
study everything about Christ
--To
develop a personal relationship with Christ
--Sunday
Service
3. Your goal is to know
Christ’s people
--To
know the invisible church (Hebrews
10:25)
--To
develop close relationships
--Small
Groups
4. Your
goal is to make Christ known
--Let
your light shine (Matthew 5:16)
--Let
your words be seasoned with salt (Colossians 4:6)
--Live
the life of an ambassador (2
Corinthians
5:20)
--Ministry
5. Your
purpose is to know Christ, to know His people, and to make Him known
This
week’s training:
--Write down one new thing you have
learned about Christ or your relationship with Him
before next Sunday:
--Take a step in getting know another
Christian better this week, write down what you
did:
--Share one thing about Christ with
someone who doesn’t know Him.
Write down
what
you said:
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SPRING
TRAINING
Clarifying
the Win: Matthew
28:16-20
Your goal is
to become a mature disciple
1. Introduction
2. Your
goal is to ____________ Christ
--Be
____________________ to Christ (Phil.
3:10)
--To
___________________ everything about Christ
--To
develop a _________________________ with Christ
--___________________________________
3. Your goal is to know
Christ’s
_________________________________
--To
know the ________________________ church
(Hebrews 10:25)
--To
develop _________________________________________
--______________________________________
4. Your
goal is to make Christ __________________
--Let
your _______________________ (Matthew 5:16)
--Let
___________________________ be seasoned with salt (Colossians 4:6)
--Live
the life of an _____________________________
(2 Corinthians 5:20)
--___________________________________
5. Your
purpose is to know Christ, to know His people, and to make Him known
This
week’s training:
--Write down one new thing you have
learned about Christ or your relationship with Him
before next Sunday:
--Take a step in getting know another
Christian better this week, write down what you
did:
--Share one thing about Christ with
someone who doesn’t know Him.
Write down
what
you said:
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Deeper Training: Bible Study 
Hook:
1. What is the purpose of a
baseball game?
2. What, if anything, does that
have to do with being a Christian?
Book/Look:
3. Read Philippians 3:7-11
4. In verse 7, what does Paul
say he will do?
5. What
is the profit Paul is talking about?
What does it look like to lose those things
for the sake of Christ in an American Christian’s life? (I worded this that way
because it’s too easy
for us to apply this Scripture to another culture and not our own)
(Matthew
16:26)
6. In verse 8, what is the goal
of Paul’s life?
7. Where does he place all
other things?
8. Think of one example of this
in modern life.
9. In verse 9, where does Paul
want to be found?
10. What does it mean to be
“found in Christ”?
Give 3 examples of what that looks like.
(John 15:1-8)
11. Look at verse 10-11, what five
things does Paul hope to gain from
knowing Christ?
12. What does it mean to
“know Christ”?
13. How can you daily know the
“power of the resurrection”?
14. How can someone in America share in
Christ’s sufferings?
15. What does Paul mean that you need
to become like Him in His death?
Took:
16. Looking at the verses above, what
do you need to work on the most?
17. What is one practical step you can take to make progress?