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Characteristics of disciples   –  An outline with typed scriptures on topic:

Synopsis

The content of discipleship is most clearly seen in the Christian’s relationship to Jesus Christ. But this also affects a person’s relationship to God the Father, the cross, the church and the world.

Disciples and their relationship to Jesus Christ

Coming to Christ and following him

Mt 4:19

Matthew 4:19 (ESV) — 19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

See also Mt 11:28 ; Mk 10:21 ; Lk 18:16

Matthew 11:28 (ESV) — 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Mark 10:21 (ESV) — 21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Luke 18:16 (ESV) — 16 But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

Receiving him

Re 3:20

Revelation 3:20 (ESV) — 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

See also Jn 1:12

John 1:12 (ESV) — 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Learning from him

Mt 11:29

Matthew 11:29 (ESV) — 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.

See also Mt 24:32

Matthew 24:32 (ESV) — 32 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

Lovingly obeying him

Jn 14:15

John 14:15 (ESV) — 15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Trusting him

Jn 14:1

John 14:1 (ESV) — 1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

Confessing him

Mt 10:38

Matthew 10:38 (ESV) — 38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

See also Mk 8:38

Mark 8:38 (ESV) — 38 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

Imitating him

1 Co 11:1; 1 Pe 2:21

1 Corinthians 11:1 (ESV) — 1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

1 Peter 2:21 (ESV) — 21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

Reflecting him

Mt 5:16

Matthew 5:16 (ESV) — 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Abiding in him

Jn 15:4

John 15:4 (ESV) — 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

See also Jn 6:66–68

John 6:66–68 (ESV) — 66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67 So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,

Disciples and their relationship to God the Father

True sons and daughters of God

Mt 5:44–45

Matthew 5:44–45 (ESV) — 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Discipleship and glorifying God

Disciples and their relationship to the cross

Self-denial

Mt 16:24

Matthew 16:24 (ESV) — 24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Disciples and their relationship to the church

Treating other Christians as family

Mk 3:34–35

Mark 3:34–35 (ESV) — 34 And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”

See also Mt 18:15–17 ; Jn 15:12 ; Jn 15:17

Matthew 18:15–17 (ESV) — 15 “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

John 15:12 (ESV) — 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

John 15:17 (ESV) — 17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

Disciples and their relationship to the world

They are to be active in the world but are to be distinct from it

Mt 5:13

Matthew 5:13 (ESV) — 13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.

See also Mt 5:14–16 ; Jn 17:11–23

Matthew 5:14–16 (ESV) — 14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

John 17:11–23 (ESV) — 11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. 20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.

They are to make other disciples

Mt 28:19

Matthew 28:19 (ESV) — 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

See also Ac 1:8

Acts 1:8 (ESV) — 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

(The above from Logos Bible Software Topic Generator.)