Disciple Quotes - Page 12

• Disciples do owe their masters only a temporary belief, and a suspension of their own judgment till they be fully instructed.

  Francis Bacon

  Learning, Belief, Judgment

  Francis Bacon (1778). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England: In Five Volumes”, p.18

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• Compassionate Saviour! We welcome Thee to our world, We welcome Thee to our hearts. We bless Thee for the Divine goodness Thou hast brought from heaven; for the souls Thou hast warmed with love to man, and lifted up in love to God; for the efforts of divine philanthropy which Thou hast inspired; and for that hope of a pure celestial life, through which Thy disciples triumph over death.

  William Ellery Channing

  Heart, Men, Our World

  William Ellery Channing (1888). “The Works of William E. Channing”

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• You will all know that in the Middle Ages there were supposed to be various classes of angels. these hierarchized celsitudes are but the last traces in a less philosophical age of the ideas which Plato taught his disciples existed in the spiritual world.

  Charles Williams

  Spiritual, Plato, Philosophical

  Charles Williams (2016). “The Place of the Lion”, p.31, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• Humility is the mark of a genuine disciple.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Humility, Humble, Genuine

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• The cleverest amongst you is he who is the loyal apostle of life, the true disciple of existence, the devout follower of love.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Love, Life, Followers

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• A guru trains his disciples to become Krishna dasa, a menial servant of Krishna.

  Lokanatha Swami

  Spiritual, Krishna, Guru

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• The disciple of Jesus gives up all he has, all his goods, because he has found in him the greatest Good from which every other good receives its full value and meaning: family bonds, other relationships, work, cultural and economic goods and so on... The Christian detaches himself from everything and rediscovers all of it in the logic of the Gospel, the logic of love and service.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Jesus, Giving Up

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• If you look at the life of Jesus, that's an example of true worship. You know look at the stories, if you want to learn about real worship read Matthew through John. Seriously. You just read it and you will see the true level. You see when Jesus is in the boat and the storm comes when it comes and the winds are blowing and Jesus is sleeping in the boat and the disciples are freaking out. And Jesus wakes up and says "What you guys got is a problem, no?" and he commands the seas to be calm that's true worship.

  Brian Johnson

  Jesus, Real, Sleep

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• Those who doubt most, and yet strive to overcome their doubts, turn out to be some of Christ's strongest disciples.

  Selwyn Hughes

  Doubt, Overcoming, Christ

  Selwyn Hughes (1999). “Light for the Path”, B&H Publishing Group

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• Cobden was the greatest statesman and prophet of the century. His speeches are an inspiration. A man whose disciple I am willing to confess I am.

  Richard Cobden

  Inspiration, Men, Speech

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• Tell me," said the atheist , "Is there a God really?" Said the master, "If you want me to be perfectly honest with you, I will not answer." Later the disciples demanded to know why he had not answered. "Because the question is unanswerable," said the Master. "So you are an atheist?" "Certainly not. The atheist makes the mistake of denying that of which nothing may be said... and the theist makes the mistake of affirming it.

  Anthony de Mello

  Atheist, Mistake, Answers

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• The Master was exceedingly gracious to university dons who visited him, but he would never reply to their questions or be drawn into their theological speculations. To his disciples, who marveled at this, he said, "Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?

  Anthony de Mello

  Ocean, People, Frogs

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.105, Image

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• To a visitor who asked to become his disciple the Master said, "You may live with me, but don't become my follower." "Whom, then, shall I follow?" "No one. The day you follow someone you cease to follow Truth .

  Anthony de Mello

  Followers, May, Visitors

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.40, Image

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• Giving up everything must mean giving over everything to kingdom purposes, surrendering everything to further the one central cause, loosening our grip on everything. For some of us, this may mean ridding ourselves of most of our possessions. But for all of us it should mean dedicating everything we retain to further the kingdom. (For true disciples, however, it cannot mean hoarding or using kingdom assets self-indulgently.)

  Randy Alcorn

  Giving Up, Mean, Self

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• As disciples of Christ, we need to feel genuine charity for one another. As we do, new light will come into our own lives. This charity is essential in missionary work, but we must never allow ourselves to treat our neighbors only as potential converts. We have had the sad experience of seeing members of the Church who attempted to convert their neighbors and friends and, when they did not respond, withdrew their friendship and neighborliness. We must not be so anxious to share the gospel that we become insensitive to the feelings of others.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Light, Feelings, Church

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• The key to the missionary's work is the authority of Jesus Christ, not the needs of the lost. We are inclined to look on our Lord as one who assists us in our endeavors for God. Yet our Lord places Himself as the absolute sovereign and supreme Lord over His disciples. He does not say that the lost will never be saved if we don't go- He simply says, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations...."

  Oswald Chambers

  Jesus, Keys, Missionary

  Oswald Chambers (2010). “My Utmost for His Highest”, p.594, Discovery House

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• I taught what was clear in Acts 11:26: SAVED = CHRISTIAN = DISCIPLE, simply meaning that you cannot be saved and you cannot be a true Christian without being a disciple also. I taught that, to be baptized, you must first make the decision to be a disciple, and then be baptized. I taught that their baptism was invalid because a retroactive understanding of repentance and baptism was not consistent with Scripture.

  Kip McKean

  Christian, Decision, Understanding

  Revolution Through Restoration, 1992.

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• This is one of their [the Christians'] rules. Let no man that is learned, wise, or prudent come among us: but if they be unlearned, or a child, or an idiot, let him freely come. So they openly declare that none but the ignorant, and those devoid of understanding, slaves, women, and children, are fit disciples for the God they worship.

  Aulus Cornelius Celsus

  Wise, Christian, Children

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• Saint Paul asks his disciple Timothy to "aim at faith" (2 Tim 2:22) with the same constancy as when he was a boy (cf. 2 Tim 3:15). This invitation is directed to each of us, that none of us grow lazy in the faith. It is the lifelong companion that makes it possible to perceive, ever anew, the marvels that God works for us.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Boys, Cfs, Catholic

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• If you have this extraordinary thing going in your life, then it is everything; then you become the teacher, the disciple, the neighbour, the beauty of the cloud - you are all that, and that is love.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Love, Teacher, Book

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1973). “Beyond violence”, Harpercollins College Div

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• A disciple said to him, "I am ready, in the quest for God , to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up?" The Master calmly replied, "One's beliefs about God.

  Anthony de Mello

  Country, Giving Up, Quests

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.119, Image

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• The word soul has lost its meaning and even its plausibility.... Faith, hope and love can no longer be seen simply as virtues or graces; they are processes in flesh and blood... (the clergyman) will find that whether he wants it or not, he is also a front-line mental health worker or he will be so regarded by the specialists in mental health. It is on the pastoral role and the tasks of shepherding that the psychological disciples have the greatest impact in theological work.

  Paul Pruyser

  Past, Impact, Blood

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• So you have to be your own teacher and your own disciple, and there is no teacher outside, no saviour, no master; you yourself have to change, and therefore you have to learn to observe, to know yourself. This learning about yourself is a fascinating and joyous business.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Teacher, Know Yourself, Masters

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (2001). “Talks with American Students”, p.69, Shambhala Publications

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• My fear is that of all the choices people face today, the one they rarely consider is, "How can I serve most effectively and fruitfully in the local church?" I wonder if the abundance of opportunities to explore today is doing less to help make well-rounded disciples of Christ and more to help Christians avoid long term responsibility and have less long-term impact.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Christian, Responsibility, Opportunity

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• The only option to avoid war is the departure of the number one warmonger in the world US President George W Bush. His policy has brought disaster to the United States. This crazy man should go and also his subject, disciple and follower UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.

  Naji Sabri

  Crazy, War, Men

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