Follow Me by David Platt
Week 8: Chapter 7 — A Multiplying Community
Read Chapter 7 of Follow Me by David Platt. Key passages: Matthew 28:18–20; 2 Timothy 2:2; Acts 1:8.
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The community Jesus builds is not meant to be a comfortable gathering but a multiplying movement — every disciple making disciples who make disciples.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Platt structures his vision of discipleship around 2 Timothy 2:2 — Paul's charge to Timothy to entrust what he has received to "faithful men who will be able to teach others also." This is four generations of disciples in one verse. How does this passage reshape what discipleship looks like practically?
2.He argues that the Great Commission is not primarily about large-scale programs or professional missionaries but about ordinary disciples intentionally investing in one or two people over time. How does that frame the Great Commission in a way that is both more accessible and more demanding?
3.Platt is concerned that many churches "attract crowds but don't make disciples." What is the difference between a ministry that is numerically growing and one that is genuinely multiplying disciples? Can a church be both? What would that look like?