Season 1     Episode     14       In this podcast I have four men interacting with me about the dynamics of our Thursday Night Men's Discipleship Meeting over the course of ten years.   Those participating are: Jay Lufkin and his son Jason, Jack Johnston and Stephen Fessler.  The Lord Jesus Christ gave us the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19 to go into all the world (nations of the world) and make disciples. Yes believers are to preach the gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15) so that those who respond in faith are able to receive salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ. But when a person receives Jesus Christ to be saved (John 1:12) and is born again (John 3:3,7  1 Peter 1:23) there is a need for discipleship. The Great Commission is not to make converts only but to disciple believers to spiritual maturity so they too can disciple others to spiritual maturity. 2 Timothy 2:2 says (Paul speaking to Timothy about discipleship) And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. The potential impact of true discipleship as to eternal fruit is astounding to consider. If one man disciples one man for one year, and at the end of that year the two men disciple two other men now you have four men. If the four disciple four you have eight, if the eight disciple eight you have 16, if the 16 disciple 16 you have 32, if the 32 disciple 32 you have 64, if the 64 disciple 64 you have 128. After seven years of this type of discipleship you would have a good size church family not including wives and children. The Lord Jesus ministered to the multitudes but the heart of his ministry to establish the foundation of the Church was in the discipleship of the men God gave Him (He speaks in detail about it in his High Priestly Prayer in John 17).  In John 17:20 he said that he was praying for those who would believe on him through the discipleship of the men He discipled.  It is worth listening to this podcast to understand some of the real life dynamics of how this works out practically in one men's discipleship ministry that continued for ten years. Fathers need to know how to disciple their sons and daughters in the home situation. As fathers gather with other fathers in men's discipleship meetings there can be much spiritual gain in the discipleship that takes place in the home context through the multitude of counsel of the men's discipleship meetings.