series: deeper with jesus

What has your pursuit of Jesus been like? Would you say that while you're pursuing Jesus, you'd love to go deeper with Jesus? Many want to go deeper with Jesus but many just don't seem to be able to accomplish this. The deeper life seems almost mythical. Yet in Scripture the deeper life is a reality. Not only is it a reality, it is God's will. What does deeper look like? How do we get there? That's what this sermon is about.

The truths of Discipleship 101 are the very basics about being a disciple of Jesus Christ. These are truths we will use every day of our lives as disciples of Jesus. It is doing these basic truths over and over again that enable us to go deeper with Jesus.

By and large we don't expect Christians who have been Christians a while to be able to take a newer Christian and give tips and pointers on how to be a successful Christian. The reason for this lack of expectation is that we have settled for shallow, low expectation Christianity. To go deeper with Jesus we need to move beyond shallow Christianity to deep discipleship. That's what this message is about.

There are certain basics in Christianity that we need to get right from the very beginning of our journey with Jesus. Despite the fact that these are basic things, we never outgrow them. If we want to go deeper with Jesus, we must get these basic things right.