What Does Discipleship Look Like?
The following video reflects my collection of thoughts from our early Tuesday morning men’s Bible study. I scribbled notes as our men exchanged ideas, Scriptures, and encouragement.
My apologies for all the scratching noise – was my paper rubbing against the mic – won’t let it happen again.
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For those of you who don’t like video, here are a few of my scribblings in random order…
- being at the feet of Jesus, listening.
- having a commitment to our beliefs, loving God first.
- a willingness to be shaped like iron on the anvil.
- paying the price / cost to be like Him.
- offering our lives as a living sacrifice.
- denying ourselves – not just our wants, but our very selves.
- growing in knowledge of Jesus.
- growing in Christlikeness.
- giving up and forsaking all else.
We also discussed the fact that discipleship doesn’t just happen as a result of doing certain duties or habits, but also as we endure adversity and suffering. Thoughts?
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Discipleship is the grooming of friends who can be trusted.
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Nice!
Discipleship is so important. I remember in the old days when I first started working. I entered an apprenticeship. A learning and discipline phase. Don’t see many of that any more.
But this is what discipleship is all about. It’s about learning and teaching others.
“And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. ” 2 Tim2:2
Pro 27:17 “Iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the face of his friend.”
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You’re absolutely right about that, Robert. And what a great verse to add to the discussion!
I find three things very core to discipleship: what we believe, what we do, and our relationship to God. As a result, I work very intentionally on study, service and prayer so that I am always moving forward in those three aspect of who I am as a disciple. There are numerous places where God makes it clear in scripture that we can’t just boil life down to one of these. For example, “Faith with out works is dead.” or Jesus talks about people who will do great works in his name, but he will look at them eventually and proclaim, “Truly, I didn’t know you.” Healthy discipleship maintains a balance between at least these three areas.
Very good points, John!!