Discipleship Training Course

DTC- DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING COURSE
Chapter Five
Jesus Leadership
I’m sure that you have heard this saying; “everything rises and falls
upon leadership”. Well, true it is indeed if one looks at how
countries are run, wars are fought and how families either grow or
crash. This too is true when it comes to the church. As it is a broad
body of believers that requires leadership on all different levels for
it to grow, flourish and leave a kingdom footprint. The challenging
question is: How should we lead? What does godly leadership look
like? Well in this chapter we will investigate the greatest example
of leadership ever left for us, and that is the life and leadership of
Jesus Christ Himself. So tighten your laces and let’s navigate the
terrain of Jesus’ Leadership.
Before we start, we have to recognise that God uses all kinds of
leaders with different styles and skills to get the task done. If you
had to compare Moses’ leadership with Jesus’, Moses would fall
short in many ways. However did a tremendous job in leading
Israel from Egypt. But what a wonderful reality to know that God
sent Jesus to the earth to show us the way to eternal life as well as
how to live a godly life in the form of a man. It is vital to note that
Jesus was set on the same playing field as we are, and went
through what we are facing as human beings.
Jesus, the son of God left heaven and became a man. He did not
pretend to be a man, he became a man. From the very
beginning, the Lord intended to reproduce Himself in our lives.
Hebrews 2:10-11 God, for whom and through whom everything
was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was
only right that He should make Jesus, through his suffering, a
perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation. So now Jesus
and the ones He makes holy have the same Father. That is why
Jesus is not ashamed to call them His brothers and sisters.
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