The Bible Teaches Doctrine (part 10):

Man Pursues Through Discipleship

 

“True discipleship is both costly and full of grace. It is costly

because it calls us to follow. It is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus. It is costly because it costs

us our whole life, it is grace because it gives us the only true

life. It is costly because it condemns sin, and it is grace

because it justifies the sinner. Above all it is costly because it

cost God the life of His son. What costs God much, we must never

make cheap! Above all it is grace because God was willing to give up

his Son for us.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Matthew 4:18 While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and

Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were

fishermen. 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” 20 Immediately

they left their nets and followed him. 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the

son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets,

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and he called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father

and followed him.

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“They did not consider his claims, make up their minds, and then decide whether to follow—they simply heard and obeyed. Their response is a testimony to the

absolute direct, and unaccountable authority of Jesus. Disciples are not so much those who follow as those who must

follow.”Os Guinness

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Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who

are called according to his purpose.

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Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 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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2 Peter 1:3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness,

through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and

excellence,

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John 2:11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and

manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

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John 10:10b  I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

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Matthew 8:19 And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 And Jesus

said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests,

but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

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Matthew 10:37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not

worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is

not worthy of me.

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2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that

though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.

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Matthew 8:21 Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22 And Jesus

said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

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Romans 8:17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God

and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order

that we may also share in his glory.

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Matthew 10:21 Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the

father his child, and children will rise against parents and have

them put to death, 22 and you will be hated by all for my name’s

sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

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Matthew 10:24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for the

disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master.

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Matthew 10:17 Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, 18 and

you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. 19 When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are

to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. 20 For

it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking

through you.

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2 Corinthians 12:9b Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my

weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content

with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and

calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

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“[Discipleship] is costly because it condemns sin, and it is grace

because it justifies the sinner. Above all it is costly because it

cost God the life of His son. What costs God much, we must never

make cheap!” Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is

eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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1 John 3:6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who

keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

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Ephesians 2:3 we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out

the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with

which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— …

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good

works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk

in them.

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“The man who has struggled to purify himself and has had nothing

but repeated failures will experience real relief when he

stops tinkering with his soul and looks away to the perfect One.

While he looks at Christ, the very things he has so long been trying to do will be getting done within

him.” A.W. Tozer

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Hebrews 12:1b let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

2a looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith,

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