HE Metropolitan Youssef: Discipleship Requirements
Heard this live in St Mina Nashville and didn't take full notes, but wrote down these points
Discipleship
- Pupil (by feeding)
- Student (by studying)
- Disciple (by discipline)
Five ways Christ taught them:
- Teaching (both private and public)
- They lived with Him and watched Him (when He forgave, when He prayed, from His faith, from His care)
- He let them participate in the service (like shadowing Him and participating with Him). E.g. in feeding multitude He took their opinion, then had them split the people, then had them distribute, etc.
- He sent them to serve by themselves (under His indirect supervision - they told Him all that they had done and He corrected the part they missed)
- Retreat (He took them to be away from the crowd, in reflection, meditation, etc)