Quotes on Discipleship

With an abstract idea it is possible to enter into a relation of formal knowledge, to become enthusiastic about it, and perhaps even to put it into practice; but it can never be followed in personal obedience. Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.

We meet God through entering into a relationship both of dependance on Jesus as our Saviour and Friend and of discipleship to Him as our Lord and Master.

Cheap grace is grace without discipleship.

Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life

Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.

The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything can be had for nothing.

The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old but a life of uncompromising discipleship, following Christ according to the sermon on the mount. I believe the time has come to gather people together to do this.

Discipleship is based solely on devotion to Jesus Christ, not on following after a particular belief or doctrine.

In our faith we follow in someone's steps. In our faith we leave footprints to guide others. It's the principle of discipleship

Our journey of discipleship is not a dash around the track, nor is it fully comparable to a lengthy marathon. In truth, it is a lifelong migration toward a more celestial world.

If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God first, it will in the end make no difference what you have chosen instead.

You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.

Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend – it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own comprehension, and I will help you to comprehend even as I do. Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge. My comprehension transcends yours.

The best measure of a spiritual life is not its ecstasies but its obedience.

The soul is "torn apart in a painful condition as long as it prefers the eternal because of its Truth but does not discard the temporal because of familiarity.

Judgement is the forbidden objectivization of the other person which destroys single-minded love. I am not forbidden to have my own thoughts about the other person, to realize his shortcomings, but only to the extent that it offers to me an occasion for forgiveness and unconditional love, as Jesus proves to me.

It is possible to know all about doctrine and yet not know Jesus. The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus. ....Have I a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one sign of discipleship is intimate connection with Him, a knowledge of Jesus Christ nothing can shake.