Jose Morelos

I heard something from my friend David that made me think. He received a letter from a friend asking for help so that he can "share the Gospel with believers." Sharing the Gospel with believers, what a radical notion!

Through the years I have heard experts talk about differences between discipleship and outreach. But it may be that, in reality, there is none. One is sharing the Gospel with non-believers; the other is sharing it with believers. It is the same Gospel, but with different emphasis. For example: a non believer must hear the section of the Gospel that speaks about a God who:

"…so loved the world, that He gave His only Son so that they may have everlasting life"
 or
 "…everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst…the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
or
"…Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God…"

The believers must get familiar with the part of the Gospel that says:

"…I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing…"
or
"…therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Same Gospel but different emphasis for different spiritual status.

One is outreach, the other is discipleship.