Quotes about Discipleship

To be a disciple is to be committed to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and committed to following Him every day. To be a disciple is also to be disciplined in our bodies, minds, and souls.

Let us always remember that Christ calls men and women not only to trust Him as Savior, but also to follow Him as Lord. That call to discipleship must be part of our message if we are to be faithful to Him.

Jesus asked His followers to count the cost carefully, lest they should turn back when they met with suffering and privation. He told His followers that the world would hate them.

Christ's church is a place to grow people up in the Lord, not to enhance our leisure time.

Many people are willing to have Jesus as part of their lives—as long as it doesn't cost them anything. They may even profess faith in Jesus and join a church. But Jesus to them is almost like an insurance policy—something they obtain and then forget about until they die. What keeps you from being His disciple?

Christ never told his disciples that they would get an Academy Award for their performances, but He did tell them to expect to have troubles.

Many Christians want the benefits of their belief, but they hesitate at the cost of discipleship.

To be a disciple of Jesus means to learn from Him, to follow Him. The cost may be high.

Jesus Himself was the first missionary . . .He pledged His followers to be missionaries too!

Jesus Christ spoke frankly to His disciples concerning the future. He hid nothing from them. No one could ever accuse Him of deception. No one could ever accuse Him of securing allegiances by making false promises. In unmistakable language He told them that discipleship meant a life of self-denial, and the bearing of a cross. He asked them to count the cost carefully, lest they should turn back when they met with suffering and privation.

We are commissioned to make disciples, to bring them into the same direct relationship with Christ as those who left their nets and their fishing boats to become "fishers of men".

In John 6 we read that when great multitudes went after Him, He told them three times that unless they were willing to pay the price, they could not be His followers.