Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

Discipleship (part I)

January 1st, 2011
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To call oneself a Christian can mean many different things to people today.
The name “Christian” was applied for the 1st time to disciples at Antioch, about 7 years after the beginning of the church.
How many times is the word “Christian” used in NT? (Three times.)
How many times is the word “disciple” used? (About 300 times.)
What is a disciple? A disciple is a learner who strives to conform his thoughts, words and actions to those of his master.
To understand what it means to live as a Christian today, we will start by looking at Jesus’ expectations for those who would be his disciples . . .

Call of the first disciples: “Follow me.”
A disciple asks himself, “What would Jesus do?” then strives to do it - regardless of the cost.
A disciple of Jesus has the same purpose as Jesus: to be a fisher of men. What does this mean?
What did they abandon to follow Jesus? Everything! (job, possessions, family)

Key Phrase: We need to look at Jesus’ expectations of what a Christian is