Seven Qualities of a Biblical Disciple

In the Great Commission, Jesus told us to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations. But what does it mean to make disciples? And more to the point, what exactly is a disciple?
A disciple is a learner, a pupil; one who adheres to instruction, making what is taught the rule of conduct through life application.

Listed here are seven “biblical” qualities of a disciple:
1) The disciple comes to Jesus without reservation {Luke 14:26-27}. Jesus calls us all to a “costly” commitment.

2) A disciple submits to Jesus’ teaching John 8:31-32}. Those of us that are truly Jesus’ disciples know the true.

3) A disciple displays love to those in Jesus’ Church {John 13:34-35}.

4) A disciple is committed to imitating Jesus {Matthew 10:24-25}. Jesus must be “formed” in us. It has been said: “Imitation is the highest form of admiration.”

5) A disciple is committed to bearing fruit. The disciple of Jesus thinks about fruit {John 15:8}.

6) The disciple let’s Jesus provide for them, and they provide for others {John 13:5-17}.

7) A disciple knows who Jesus is, and knows Jesus’ plan for making additional disciples {Matthew 28:19-20}.

The following is a statement of truth: every disciple is a Christian, but not every Christian is necessarily a disciple. So, before we can make disciples, we have to be sure that we ourselves are one, because it takes one to make one.

What Will You Add To Your Faith This Year?

When one becomes a child of God, he (gender neutral) is born again spiritually {John 3:1-5}; becoming a spiritual babe that desires to grow {1 Peter 2:1-2; 2 Peter 3:18}. We grow spiritually by feeding upon the Word of God {Acts 20:32}, desiring to grow in grace and in the knowledge of Our Lord and Our Savior, Jesus Christ {2 Peter 3:18}.

{2 Peter 1:5-11}: tells of the necessity and nature of such growth. "But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

1) Virtue: the determination to do right.

2) Knowledge: knowledge of God's word because it is the only source which tells us what is right.

3) Self-control: the application of that knowledge in our lives using it to govern our thoughts and actions.

4) Perseverance: remaining steadfast to the Lord and His cause.

5) Godliness: being like God, as He would have us to be.

6) Brotherly kindness: tender affection toward brethren in Christ.

7) Love: devotion to God, Christ, and our fellowman which is expressed in obedience to God and service to man.

If we are to be fruitful in our service to Christ, these things must abound in our lives. If we lack them, we are blind as to what our life in Christ should be.