Call to Discipleship Overview by Leland Earls This may be one of the most important articles you will ever read. Most of the material is not new. Most Christians have been exposed to such teaching. However, I want to present what I believe to be a "fresh perspective," which I hope will be helpful to

The Perspective of Discipleship First, we want to view discipleship from the perspective of the importance that Jesus placed on it, in relation to other truths that He taught. Jesus began his ministry in the flesh by calling disciples (Mt. 4:17-24), and ended His ministry by commanding these disciples to "go therefore and make disciples

[ Distinguishing Discipleship from the Initial Gift of Eternal Salvation ] We do not become a disciple of Christ in order to become a Christian, or in order to "get saved." Salvation precedes Discipleship. Neither do we take Scriptures that are dealing with Discipleship and try to make them applicable to salvation as many do.

The Purposes of Discipleship - Part 1 by Leland Earls Purpose 1: To Become "Yoked Up" (1) The first purpose of Discipleship is to "get yoked up" to Jesus Christ, even as He is "yoked" to the Father. This will enable Him to work the quality of "meekness" in us, even as He is "meek."

The Purposes of Discipleship - Part 2 This is the second part in a study on "Discipleship." The term "disciple" appears in the New Testament about 250 times, the term "believer" about 12 times, and the term "Christian" only 3 times. So we can see the importance that Jesus and the early church placed on

The Purposes of Discipleship - Part 3 by Leland Earls In the last article, I was dealing with the quality of " humility" as the KEY to learning of (or from) Jesus, as His disciple. "God resists the proud, but gives grace (to open our understanding) to the humble." (James 4:6; I Pet. 5:5). [

The Purposes of Discipleship - Part 4 by Leland Earls [Purpose 6: To Develop an Unshakeable Faith] In the last article on this study in "Discipleship", I was dealing with the Purposes of Discipleship, having concluded with No. 5, which I thought was to be the last. However, the Lord has made it clear to

The Priorities of Discipleship by Leland Earls A "priority" is that which takes precedence over everything else—that which must come first. Jesus made it very clear that there are certain requirements for those who would be His disciples. In general, the substance of what Jesus declared as necessary to discipleship is stated in Mt. 16:24:

The Proofs of Discipleship by Leland Earls [ Proof 1: Continuance in His Word ] What are the "proofs" or evidence in our lives that we are truly the disciples of Jesus Christ? Turn with me first to a Scripture that I have already "focused on"— John 8:31-82: "Then said Jesus to those Jews which

The Prize of Discipleship by Leland Earls This brings us to the next point of our study: the ultimate "prize" which awaits those who have "given their all" to Jesus Christ, to be disciplined by Him as their absolute Teacher and Lord. I had previously indicated that Peter had raised the question: "Lo, we have