Characteristics of disciples
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· 445 viewsThe content of discipleship is most clearly seen in the Christian’s relationship to Jesus Christ. But this also affects a person’s relationship to God the Father, the cross, the church and the world.
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Disciples and their relationship to Jesus Christ
Disciples and their relationship to Jesus Christ
Coming to Christ and following him
Coming to Christ and following him
Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
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Receiving him
Receiving him
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
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Learning from him
Learning from him
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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Lovingly obeying him
Lovingly obeying him
“If you love Me, keep My commandments.
Trusting him
Trusting him
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
Confessing him
Confessing him
And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
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Imitating him
Imitating him
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Reflecting him
Reflecting him
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Abiding in him
Abiding in him
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
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Disciples and their relationship to God the Father
Disciples and their relationship to God the Father
True sons and daughters of God
True sons and daughters of God
But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Discipleship and glorifying God
Discipleship and glorifying God
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Disciples and their relationship to the cross
Disciples and their relationship to the cross
Self-denial
Self-denial
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Disciples and their relationship to the church
Disciples and their relationship to the church
Treating other Christians as family
Treating other Christians as family
And He looked around in a circle at those who sat about Him, and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.”
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Disciples and their relationship to the world
Disciples and their relationship to the world
They are to be active in the world but are to be distinct from it
They are to be active in the world but are to be distinct from it
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.
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They are to make other disciples
They are to make other disciples
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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