Disciple Quotes - Page 24

• The disciples had nothing to gain by lying and starting a new religion. They faced hardship, ridicule, hostility, and martyr's deaths. In light of this, they could never have sustained such unwavering motivation if they knew what they were preaching was a lie. The disciples were not fools and Paul was a cool-headed intellectual of the first rank. There would have been several opportunities over three to four decades of ministry to reconsider and renounce a lie.

  J.P. Moreland

  Motivation, Lying, Opportunity

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• It is fruitless to search for a single musical style, or even any blend of musical styles, that can assist all Christians with true worship. The followers of Jesus are a far too diverse group of people-which is exactly as it should be. We need, rather, to welcome any worship music that helps churches produce disciples of Jesus Christ.

  Michael Adam Hamilton

  Christian, Jesus, Worship Music

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• You become a disciple in the biblical sense only when you are totally and completely committed to Jesus Christ and His Word.

  Greg Laurie

  Jesus, Biblical, Christ

  Greg Laurie (2011). “Let God Change Your Life: How to Know and Follow Jesus”, p.86, David C Cook

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• The Gospels were written in such temporal and geographical proximity to the events they record that it would have been almost impossible to fabricate events. Anyone who cared to could have checked out the accuracy of what they reported. The fact that the disciples were able to proclaim the resurrection in Jerusalem in the face of their enemies a few weeks after the crucifixion shows that what they proclaimed was true, for they could never have proclaimed the resurrection under such circumstances had it not occurred.

  William Lane Craig

  Enemy, Records, Jerusalem

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• When Jesus wanted to explain to his disciples what his death was all about, he didn't give them a theory, he gave them a meal.

  N. T. Wright

  Jesus, Giving, Meals

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• Jesus didn't live alone. He had Peter, John, and James around him. There were the Twelve and the other disciples. They formed circles of intimacy around Jesus. We too need these circles of intimacy, but it's a discipline.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jesus, Circles, Discipline

  Source: www.liguorian.org

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• The unwillingness of most leaders to set standards, to administer feedback when standards are not met, to praise clearly when standards are met, stands in the way of the development of excellence. The leader who makes no demands of his disciples cannot really lead them at all. The sense of new excitement and new challenge generated by the gospel will be blunted by leaders who shield followers from the full demands of fellowship.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Leader, Challenges, Excellence

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• There is no substitute for obedience to the commands and demands of the gospel, of doing what we are supposed to do as disciples of Jesus Christ. We can never truly be happy or have great hope unless we follow Heavenly Father's plan for our happiness.

  David S. Baxter

  Jesus, Father, Demand

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• We cannot be tepid disciples. The Church needs our courage in order to give witness to truth.

  Pope Francis

  Order, Giving, Church

  Pope Francis (2015). “The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation”, p.145, SPCK

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• More than we care about their "success," vocation, or financial status, our hearts will be encouraged when our kids are faithful followers of Christ, and our hearts will be distressed when our kids appear to reject the Christian faith. So, the most important thing is transferring our kids' allegiance from us to Christ, raising faithful disciples who seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.

  Gary L. Thomas

  Christian, Kids, Heart

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• Praised be St John, the glorified of God! Lord, grant me the prayers of St John, disciple and friend whom thou lovest, apostle of love. Thy love, forever, eternal, that my faith may become as complete, as flaming and tranquil, as his, and pierce as deep and speak as simply in the spirit.

  Eric Milner-White

  Prayer, Forever, May

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• The mind is the slayer of the real, let the disciples slay the slayer.

  H. P. Blavatsky

  Real, Mind, Slayer

  H. P. Blavatsky (2016). “The Voice of the Silence”, p.7, BookRix

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• Sri Ramakrishna is far greater than the disciples understand him to be. He is the embodiment of infinite spiritual ideas capable of development in infinite ways....One glance of his gracious eyes can create a hundred thousand Vivekanandas at this instant. If he chooses now, instead, to work through me, making me his instrument, I can only bow to his will.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Spiritual, Eye, Ideas

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• If ye love me, keep my commandments." This is the essence of what it means to be a true disciple: those who receive Christ Jesus walk with him.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Jesus, Mean, Essence

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• In my ministry, I teach my disciples, "Power first, then the Word. Go in and prophesy first, or demonstrate the power of God first in some way."

  Todd Bentley

  Ministry, Way, Firsts

  Todd Bentley (2011). “The Reality of the Supernatural World: Exploring Heavenly Realms and Prophetic Experiences”, p.46, Destiny Image Publishers

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• We have been discussing sin and the carnal nature from which disciples are getting free. However, we cannot get free by our own strength from these things. It takes our will to want to get free in order to please the Lord and be delivered from what is bringing so much death upon the world. However, we need God's grace and His power to live free of these things.

  Rick Joyner

  Order, Grace, Needs

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• The disciple must have great power of endurance. Bear all evil and misery without one thought of unhappiness, resistance, remedy, or retaliation. That is true endurance, and that you must acquire.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Evil, Endurance, Resistance

  Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

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• My name should not be made prominent. It is my ideas that I want to see realized. The disciples of all the prophets have always inextricably mixed up the ideas of the Master with person, and at last killed the ideas for the person. The disciples of Sri Ramakrishna must guard against doing the same thing. Work for the idea, not the person.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Names, Ideas, Want

  Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

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• Besides, Jesus was a rich man. He had to have been, in order to have supported his disciples and their families during his ministry.

  T. D. Jakes

  Jesus, Men, Order

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• The whole point is I'm trying to get you to see-to get you out of this malaise of thinking that Jesus and the disciples were poor and then relating that to you thinking that you, as a child of God, have to follow Jesus. The Bible says that He has left us an example that we should follow His steps. That's the reason why I drive a Rolls Royce. I'm following Jesus' steps.

  Frederick K. C. Price

  Jesus, Children, Thinking

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• We are to believe and follow Christ in all things, including his words about Scripture. And this means that Scripture is to be for us what it was to him: the unique, authoritative, and inerrant Word of God, and not merely a human testimony to Christ, however carefully guided and preserved by God. If the Bible is less than this to us, we are not fully Christ's disciples.

  James Montgomery Boice

  Believe, Mean, Unique

  James Montgomery Boice (1978). “The Foundation of Biblical authority”, Zondervan Publishing Company

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• Just as Dr. King was a disciple of Gandhi and Christ, we must now be Dr. King's disciples.
  Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.

  Cesar Chavez

  Kings, Challenges, Humanity

  Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.264, Penguin

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• All of my role models, whether it was the disciples, or John the Baptist or Arthur Rimbaud, slept under the stars.

  Patti Smith

  Stars, Role Models, Roles

  "Patti Smith Remembers Life With Mapplethorpe". Interview with Deborah Amos, www.npr.org. January 15, 2010.

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• This is what an excellent teacher does; he does not follow his disciples' fancy everywhere, but leads them to his own mind, and pulls up the thorns, and then puts the seed in, and does not answer at once in all cases to the questions put to him.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Teacher, Mind, Doe

  Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), Saint John Chrysostom, Philip Schaff (1899). “A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: St. Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the apostles and the Epistle to the Romans”

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• It is true that infidelity cannot withstand the force of reason and argument; but true godly example can come nearer the lifespot of religion. It knocks at the door of the heart. If the truths of Christianity were seconded by the devoted and pious lives of all her professed disciples, the unbelief of the world would soon cease. Private example of godliness is what the world most needs.

  Ichabod Spencer

  Heart, Godly, Doors

  Ichabod Smith Spencer (1851). “A Pastor's Sketches”, p.62

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