Tally Ho the Fox chapter 7 notes

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CHAPTER 7
THE GENIUS OF JESUS’ STRATEGY

PURPOSE: UNDERSTANDING WHAT
CHRIST-LIKENESS REALLY MEANS

ASK:
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TOLD, “WE NEED TO BE LIKE CHRIST?”
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT THIS?
EXACTLY WHAT IS INVOLVED IN BEING LIKE CHRIST? (ASK FOR SCRIPTURE)

1 THESS. 3:8 “NOW WE LIVE, IF YOU STAND FAST IN THE LORD.”
· GUESS MAJOR EMPHASIS ("YOU")

THE 2 POSSIBLE LIFESTYLES
· SATAN’S LIFESTYLE, THAT OF A SINNER (SELF CENTERED-EVERYTHING POINTS IN TO HIMSELF)
· SAVIOR’S LIFESTYLE, THAT OF A PRACTICING SAINT (GOD & OTHERS CENTERED-EVERYTHING POINTS OUT TO OTHERS)
· THIS IS TRUE OF BOTH CHURCHES AND INDIVIDUALS

WHAT CHRIST-LIKENESS ISN’T: “I LIVE IF I AM (COMMITTED, LOYAL, GOOD/CLEAN, MOTIVATED, EVANGELISTIC, ATTENDING, STUDYING & PRAYING, DEDICATED, EFFECTIVE, ETC.) ENOUGH”

THE CHRISTIAN IS TO LIVE IN, BY MEANS OF, FOR, AND THROUGH SOMEBODY ELSE! (WHAT JESUS IS DOING RIGHT NOW). IF THIS IS TRUE (AND IT IS), THE TYPICAL STRATEGY OF THE TYPICAL CHURCH IS WRONG.

YOU WILL NEVER DO ANYTHING MORE CHRIST-LIKE THAN THE TRAINING OF GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO LIVE IN UNION WITH JESUS CHRIST INWARDLY AND TO REPRODUCE, MULTIPLY, AND IMPACT THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD OUTWARDLY.

JESUS’ TWO FINISHED WORKS: REDEMPTION (JN. 19:30) AND REPRODUCTION (JN. 17:4). THE WORK WAS COMPLETE BECAUSE HE STARTED! HE PRODUCED A QUALITY OF CHRISTIANITY THAT GUARANTEED TOTAL IMPACT OF THE TOTAL WORLD, UNLESS THEY CHOSE TO DISOBEY. WE CANNOT REDEEM, BUT WE CAN REPRODUCE.

ASK: HOW HIGHLY WOULD TYPICAL 21ST CENTURY CHRISTIANITY REGARD A SPIRITUAL LEADER WHOSE LIFE PRODUCED 100-200 CONVERTS, 15-20 DISCIPLES, NO BOOKS, NEW SEMINARIES, MINISTRIES, OR CHURCHES, ETC.? (JESUS’ “STATS”)

HOW DID HE DO IT? HE WAS FOCUSED ON MULTIPLICATION, NOT JUST ADDITION, PEOPLE BUILDING, NOT PEOPLE COUNTING. NOT BASED ON PREACHING, INSTITUTIONS, OR GOING TO CHURCH (ALTHOUGH THESE WERE PART OF HIS MINISTRY).

APOSTLES: THOSE “SENT AWAY,” NOT CONSTANTLY COMING IN GREATER NUMBERS.

CHART-GUY DISCIPLES
1ST GROUP: LEADERS
2ND GROUP: THINKERS
3RD GROUP: REVOLUTIONARIES

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