Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy
Welcome to Day 1221 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.
I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom
Disciples Suffer and Make More Disciples - Worldview Wednesday


Wisdom - the final frontier to true knowledge.  Welcome to Wisdom-Trek! Where our mission is to create a legacy of wisdom, to seek out discernment and insights, to boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Hello, my friend, I am Guthrie Chamberlain, your captain on our journey to increase Wisdom and Create a Living Legacy.  Thank you for joining us today as we explore wisdom on our 2nd millennium of podcasts. This is Day 1221 of our Trek, and it is Worldview Wednesday.  Creating a Biblical Worldview is important to have a proper perspective on today’s current events.  To establish a Biblical Worldview, it is required that you also have a proper understanding of God and His Word.  On our Worldview Wednesday episodes today we complete a detailed review of a book from one of today’s most prominent Hebrew Scholars Dr. Micheal S. Heiser.  We have taken a deep dive and will share Dr. Heiser's insights into the question, which is also the title of his book: ‘What Does God Want?’
Disciples Suffer and Make More Disciples
Last week we studied how disciples confess sin and accept forgiveness and also and study the Bible. This week we will explore two more specific responsibilities for a disciple.
The first one is, Disciples, at times, Suffer
This element might surprise you, but it's clear in the New Testament. Jesus told his disciples in John 15:18-20 : “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you.

This is where believing loyalty is really tested. It's one thing to learn that we need to have a change of heart on how we live. It's quite another to be following Jesus and suffer for it. The apostles suffered for following Jesus (Acts 5:41; 9:16; 21:13; 2 Corinthians 11:22-29). Holding on to faith is a theme throughout the New Testament (Romans 8:17-18; 2 Corinthians 1:3-7; Philippians 1:27-30; 1 Peter 3:13-17). Peter, one of the original twelve disciples, had seen Jesus suffer and been imprisoned for his faith (Acts 12:1-19). He wrote to believers who had been displaced and scattered by persecution in l Peter 2:20-23:

 Of course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing good and endure it patiently, God is pleased with you.

For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.

He never sinned,
nor ever deceived anyone.
He did not retaliate when he was insulted,
nor threaten revenge when he suffered.
He left his case in the hands of God,
who always judges fairly.

Enduring suffering requires us to remember that the gospel does not promise ease in this life, but an everlasting place in God's family in the life to come. This world is not our real home.
Finally, Disciples Make More Disciples
While loving God, our neighbor, and each other is the most important aspect of being a disciple, the most important thing disciples do is make other disciples. This was the task Jesus commanded his followers just before he ascended to heaven. For that reason it's called the Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20:

 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore,