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Chuck claims there are “two challenges” in the Great Commission: the 32% who believe need to be taught obedience, and the 68% who don’t believe need to be convinced—where do you feel the stronger pull in your own Christianity (assurance/belonging vs. obedience/submission vs. persuasion/mission), and what does that expose about what you think Jesus meant by “make disciples”?
Another way to ask: Chuck says believers need to learn obedience and unbelievers need to be persuaded. Which pulls you more—feeling sure you belong, obeying Jesus, or helping others believe—and what does that show about what you think “make disciples” means?

Direct Answer The transcript pushes us to see “make disciples” as more than helping people feel assured or included; it means obeying Jesus as King and also persuading unbelievers, so our “pull” reveals whether we define discipleship as comfort or submission and mission.

Support from Transcript:

  • Chuck frames the world as “less than one-third…believe…a little more than two-thirds do not,” creating two different Great Commission needs.
  • First challenge: even the 32% who believe may not obey—he quotes Luke 6: “Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not do the things which I say?”
  • He quotes John 8:31–32: “If you abide in My Word…then you’re really my disciples,” defining discipleship by continuing obedience.
  • He says we must “follow, to obey and submit to the king over his kingdom,” not just identify as believers.
  • Second challenge: reaching the 68% who don’t believe—Chuck asks, “How in the world do you do that?” and turns to persuasion from Scripture.
Discussion Follow-ups If you lean toward “assurance/belonging,” what practices would shift you toward obedience and witness without becoming performative?

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