The Law of Reproduction: Jesus Turns His Work Over to His Trainees (Luke 24:46-49)

Extracted from The Maxwell Leadership Bible

Last words should always get our attention. Luke 24 records some of Jesus' last words to His disciples. He had trained them for more than three years. Now they were ready to go out as leaders and trainers themselves.

Jesus' work would have failed unless His followers had taken what He gave them and reproduced it in others. After His earthly ministry, Jesus trusted the future of His organization, the church, to former fishermen and tax collectors. Jesus employed at least 12 factors in reproducing His leadership:

1. Vision (Matt. 4:19, John 4:35)
2. Trust (Matt. 10:8)
3. Commitment (Matt. 16:24; John 13:1)
4. Launch (Matt 28:18-20)
5. Proximity (Mark 3:14; Luke 8:1)
6. Responsibility (Mark 6:7)
7. Initiative (Luke 6:12,13)
8. Knowledge (Luke 8:9,10)
9. Evaluation (Luke 10:17-24)
10. Example (John 13:15)
11. Friendship (John 15:15)
12. Power (John 20:22; Acts 1:8)