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The Disciple - Jesus Christ

Sunday, October 17, 2004 • Earl and Wanda Boone • General
Who is a disciple?
 
WE AS CHRISTIANS ARE ADMONISHED TO BE DISCIPLES. PASTORS ARE CHARGED TO MAKE DISCIPLES. WERE THERE ONLY 12 DISCIPLES? WHAT IS A DISCIPLE? IS A DISCIPLE MALE, FEMALE, A MEMBER OF A CERTAIN DENOMINATION? WAS JESUS A DISCIPLE?

 

JESUS OUR EXAMPLE, OUR ELDER BROTHER, GOD HIMSELF - THE DISCIPLE:

 

Isaiah 50
4 [The Servant of God says] The Lord God has given Me the tongue of a disciple and of one who is taught, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a disciple [as one who is taught].
5 The Lord God has opened My ear, and I have not been rebellious or turned backward.
6 I gave My back to the smiters and My cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I hid not My face from shame and spitting.
7 For the Lord God helps Me; therefore have I not been ashamed or confounded. Therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

 

THERE ARE SO MANY POINTS IN THE SCRIPTURE ABOVE. ISAIAH PENNED THIS SCRIPTURE 1000 YEARS BEFORE JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN. NOTICE THE CAPITALIZED WORDS (S-SERVANT, M-ME, M-MY), THIS IS NONE OTHER THAN JESUS SPEAKING. JESUS, WALKED THE EARTH AS A MAN...FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE WORKS THAT HE DID WE ARE TO DO ALSO. AS HE IS SO ARE WE IN THE WORLD. JESUS SAYS IN VERSE 4, HE WAKETH MY EAR TO HEAR AS A DISCIPLE. A DISCIPLE IS ONE AVAILABLE FOR GOD TO OPEN HIS/HER EAR TO HEAR, TO DO, AND TO NOT TURN BACK FROM.

 

THE DISCIPLE OF CHRIST; YOU AND ME

 

Disciple: a scholar, sometimes applied to the followers of John the Baptist (Matt. 9:14), and of the Pharisees (22:16), but principally to the followers of Christ. A disciple of Christ is one who (1) believes his doctrine, (2) rests on his sacrifice, (3) imbibes his spirit, and (4) imitates his example (Matt. 10:24; Luke 14:26, 27, 33; John 6:69).

 

Luke 14
25 Now huge crowds were going along with [Jesus], and He turned and said to them,
26 If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his [own] father and mother [in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God] and [likewise] his wife and children and brothers and sisters--[yes] and even his own life also--he cannot be My disciple.
27 Whoever does not persevere and carry his own cross and come after (follow) Me cannot be My disciple.

 

WHO CANNOT BE A DISCIPLE? ANYONE WHO THINKS MORE OF EARTHLY RELATIONSHIPS AND/OR LIFE CANNOT BE HIS DISCIPLE. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU DO NOT LOVE OR WITNESS TO YOUR LOVED ONES, BUT IF FACED WITH A CHOICE TO ACKNOWLEDGE GOD AND SERVE HIM OR TO ATTEND TO "THE FAMILIAR", THE DISCIPLE SERVES GOD. ADDITIONALLY, IF ONE BAILS OUT OR COMPROMISES THE WORD, MAKING EXCUSES FOR....INSTEAD OF CARRYING HIS OWN CROSS (INSERT PERSONAL SITUATION), HE OR SHE CANNOT BE A DISCIPLE.

 

John 8
28 So Jesus added, When you have lifted up the Son of Man [on the cross], you will realize (know, understand) that I am He [for Whom you look] and that I do nothing of Myself (of My own accord or on My own authority), but I say [exactly] what My Father has taught Me.
29 And He Who sent Me is ever with Me; My Father has not left Me alone, for I always do what pleases Him.
30 As He said these things, many believed in Him [trusted, relied on, and adhered to Him].
31 So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples.
32 And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.

 

DISCIPLES HOLD FAST TO THE WORD OF GOD AND MAKES DECISIONS, JUDGMENTS AND LIFE CHOICES BY THE WORD.

 

MAY YOU BE A DISCIPLE AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL MEN. MAY YOU KNOW THE TRUTH BECAUSE THE TRUTH (JESUS) WILL MAKE YOU FREE.

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