Recap from last week a. Mike started a new series on discipleship. b. Jesus calls us to be his disciples as: i. Followers of Jesus ii. Apprentices of Jesus iii. To become like Him Discipleship and Lordship a. What is Lordship and how does it relate to discipleship? My special interest in the topic. Share from my own story: a. Saved at 14 at a youth camp, I had an understanding and desire of Jesus now being in charge of my life. b. Faith during most of my teenage years was

John 15:5-17 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be m

To grasp what Jesus is doing in this passage we need to look back to the very first book in the Bible, to Genesis 2:7, to the moment when “ the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into His nostrils the ruach of life (the breath of life); and the man became a living being.” The moment that started it all for humankind — God breathing life into a mound of soil and the soil became flesh. It is this moment that Jesus is building upon and adding to i