Dawson Trotman's Simple Approach to Making Disciples

The Road to Christian Maturity

Presented at the CMTA Conference 2015

How do you grow in spiritual maturity and help others to grow? It’s like rolling a wheel. Dawson Trotman helped thousands and thousands of believers to grow by teaching them the following principles.

1.   The Hub of the Christian life is Christ.  Gal 2:20; Phil 1:21

2.   The 4 spokes of the Christian life are:

Bible Learning: Memorize Joshua 1:8

Learning the Scripture is to the Christian what eating is to a newborn babe.

1^st        Commit yourself to learning the Word, Acts 2:40-42; Heb 5:11-14

2^nd       Live a life that illustrates the Word, 1 Tim 4:12b

3^rd        Teach others what God has taught you, Deut 5:1

Prayer

1^st        Learn to rely upon God in everything by praying, Phil 4:6

2^nd       Learn to commune with God by praying always, 1 Thess 5:17

3^rd        Learn to pray with others, Acts 4:31; 12:12

Fellowship

1^st        Commit yourself to being with God’s people for corporate worship, Heb 10:24-25

2^nd       Commit to being an active part of the Lighthouse groups, Acts 2:42

3^rd        Invite people to your home. Call people. Hang out with CFBC members, Acts 2:46

Witnessing

1^st        Look at people the way God does as hell bound sinners, Romans 9:1-3

2^nd       Be confident that the Gospel saves, Rom 1:16

3^rd        Learn how to share the Gospel, Matt 4:19

4^th        Become a faithful witness of the Gospel, Acts 1:8

3.     The Tire that enables the wheel to roll is Spirit-filled obedience, Gal 5:16; 2 Cor 3:18.

The path to spiritual maturity is filled with steep hills to climb and deep valleys to pass through. However, you will continue to progress towards spiritual maturity if you keep all of these foundational elements in your life. Your life will keep rolling like a wheel toward greater and greater Christ-likeness. And if you faithfully encourage others to apply these same spiritual disciplines then their lives too will keep growing in Christ-likeness.