This means that these responsibilities derive their direction from the leading verb, “make disciples,” or as it might be translated, “make learners” of Christ.2 It shouldn’t seem strange that Jesus Christ should place such a high priority on discipling. After all, Jesus was simply asking His followers to do what He had done with them. That is why they could understand it. As they had freely received, now they were to transmit what they had learned to other seekers of truth. His mandate was the articulation