Top 82 Jesus Discipleship Quotes
#1. Discipleship is the art and science of helping people find, follow and fully become like Jesus. Discipleship happens as God's people show love, share truth and live life with one another, making new disciples along the way.
Brandon Cox
#3. Faith is an action. He (one criminal on the cross) puts himself one step lower than where he was, sharing Jesus' place of poverty, insecurity, and the focus of rage. Remember me. And he will be remembered, because of his association with the Crucified One.
Megan McKenna
#4. The Jesus Movement had survived the fad phase and was settling down for the long haul.
Larry Eskridge
#5. God will not give me humility, or patience, or holiness, or love as separate investments of His grace. He has given only one gift to meet our need, His Son Christ Jesus.
Watchman Nee
#6. Take the words of Jesus and let them become the Supreme Court of the Gospel to you.
John G. Lake
#7. Jesus said his disciples would be known for their love, not for their placards of protest and angry letters to the editor.
Brian Zahnd
#8. You don't have to live in community long to realize that lives which are blessed and instructive are still flawed. The grace of the gospel isn't only that the Word was made flesh in Jesus, but also that the eternal Word is made present in weak and wonderful people.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
#9. [Jesus] plan called for action, and how He expressed it predicted its success. He didn't say "you *might* be my witnesses," or "you *could* be my witnesses," or even "you *should* be my witnesses." He said "you *will* be my witnesses.
Charles R. Swindoll
#10. Why do we judge Jesus' criterion for authentic discipleship irrelevant? Jesus said the world is going to recognize you as His by only one sign: the way you are with one another on the street every day.
Brennan Manning
#11. Your love for Jesus Christ and your discipleship in His cause must be the consuming preoccupation and passion of your mortality.
Jeffrey R. Holland
#12. We've taken the lifeblood out of Christianity and put Kool-Aid in its place so that it tastes better to the crowds, and the consequences are catastrophic. ~Follow Me, pg. 7
David Platt
#13. There is nothing quite as destructive to the gospel of Jesus Christ as the use of language that dismisses the way Jesus talks and prays and takes up instead the rhetoric of smiling salesmanship or vicious invective.
Eugene H. Peterson
#15. So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going back home with the uncomfortable feeling that we are making it too difficult for them to come to Jesus.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
#16. If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.
George Whitefield
#18. Jesus enters the garden, in preparation, intending to face his fears by facing his God, his Father, His greatest fear is to offend his Father, to disobey his own calling, its integrity, and the word of God on his life.
Megan McKenna
#19. Discipleship never consists in this or that specific action: it is always a decision, either for or against Jesus Christ.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
#20. We need relationships that are so shaped by the gospel that we will exhort and encourage one another to trust Jesus every single day. We need gospel-centered discipleship.
Jonathan K. Dodson
#21. Evangelism is more than simply encouraging decisions for Christ. It is urging people to become disciples - followers - of Jesus Christ. As such, the evangelist has a responsibility to make growth in discipleship possible for those who come to faith under his ministry.
Billy Graham
#22. The Jesus People experience proved to be a staging area for tens of thousands of young Americans who were making up their mind about marriage, schooling, and careers
Larry Eskridge
#23. The author relates by way of illustration that the human heart contains both a throne and a cross. If we occupy the one, Jesus occupies the other.
A.W. Tozer
#24. Jesus Christ spoke frankly to His disciples concerning the future ... In unmistakable language He told them that discipleship means a life of self-denial, and the bearing of a cross.
Billy Graham
#25. Not only did Jesus purposefully enter the wilderness on a regular basis but historically, God seems to prefer meeting with man in these desert regions.
Amy Layne Litzelman
#26. Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.
Dallas Willard
#27. This message God was communicating to mankind, this Gospel of Jesus, was a message to the heart as much as to the head, that the methodology was as important as the message itself, that the message could not be presented accurately outside of the emotions within which these truths were embedded.
Donald Miller
#28. Your footsteps will have more to say about your spiritual life than knowledge attained.
Ricky Maye
#29. He (Peter) doesn't know if he's looking into the eyes of a madman, or the eyes of a King.
Roma Downey
#30. Another component to living in the weeds and trees is earthly success, which will quickly place a crown on our heads without discipleship. The answer is Jesus Christ and it will always be him.
W. R. Martin
#31. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate. Costly
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
#32. Jesus had no regard for the lifeboat politics you and I live within every day.
Donald Miller
#33. We need to shed our unearthly and nonsocial and idealistic and romantic and uber-spiritual visions of kingdom and get back to what Jesus meant. By kingdom, Jesus means: God's Dream Society on earth, spreading out from the land of Israel to encompass the whole world.
Scot McKnight
#34. I do not politicize Christianity nor my discipleship as Jesus did not politicize either His divinity nor his humanity.
R. Alan Woods
#35. Do I have a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one true sign of discipleship is intimate oneness with Him - a
Oswald Chambers
#36. Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort.
A.W. Tozer
#37. Discipleship is not an option. Jesus says that if anyone would come after me, he must follow me.
Timothy Keller
#38. Jesus has to become real to us. We need to court him and get to know him better. Go on some dates with the Lord.
Sandra M. Michelle
#39. To a great extent in spiritual things we get what we expect of the Lord. Faith alone can bring us to see Jesus.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
#40. Nothing is more important for mature Christian discipleship than a fresh, clear, true vision of the authentic Jesus.
John R.W. Stott
#41. If we are serious about our discipleship, Jesus will eventually request each of us to do those very things which are most difficult for us to do.
Neal A. Maxwell
#42. Is it a reproach on the form of our discipleship that the exhibition of actual suffering for Jesus on the part of those who walk in His steps always provokes astonishment as at the sight of something very unusual?
Charles M. Sheldon
#43. If the Gospel of Jesus is relational, that is, if our brokenness will be fixed not by our understanding of theology but by God telling us who we are, then this would require a kind of intimacy of which only Heaven knows.
Donald Miller
#44. The road that leads to heaven is risky, lonely, and costly in this world, and few are willing to pay the price. Following Jesus involves losing your life-and finding new life in him. Follow Me, pg. 11
David Platt
#45. Jesus, Willard says, does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then the doing of what he did and said becomes the natural expression of who we are in him.
Dallas Willard
#47. Every moment thou waitest does but increase thy misery; thine attempts to plume thyself and make thyself fit for Jesus are all vanity.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
#48. The Bible Belt is collapsing. The world of nominal, cultural Christianity that took the American dream and added Jesus to it in order to say, 'you can have everything you ever wanted and Heaven too,' is soon to be gone. Good riddance.
Russell D. Moore
#49. In the gospel of Jesus, sincere and costly discipleship always accompanies genuine conversion. The gospel of Jesus teaches men that a mere profession of faith alone is no sound evidence of salvation.
Paul Washer
#50. We meet God through entering into a relationship both of dependance on Jesus as our Saviour and Friend and of discipleship to Him as our Lord and Master.
J.I. Packer
#51. It never cost a disciple anything to follow Jesus; to talk about cost when you are in love with anyone is an insult.
Oswald Chambers
#52. Discipleship is a daily discipline; we follow Jesus a step at a time, a day at a time
Warren W. Wiersbe
#53. It's much easier to talk about following Jesus when you are making general statements rather than specific commitments.
Kyle Idleman
#54. Discipleship does not come from positions of prominence, wealth, or advanced learning. The disciples of Jesus came from all walks of life.
James E. Faust
#55. I want to become more and more like Jesus my Lord, my Saviour. And the way we do that is through discipleship. So I get myself discipled by great men like Doctor Phil Pringle, constantly speaking into my life.
Kong Hee
#56. Jesus loved manhood so much, that He delighted to honour it; and since it is a high honour, and indeed, the greatest dignity of manhood, that Jesus is the Son of man,
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
#57. Discipleship is a commitment to the memory and presence of Jesus Christ that makes a difference in how a life is lived, driving thought and behavior week in and week out.
James Carroll
#58. Discipleship is based not on devotion to abstract ideals, but on devotion to a person, the Lord Jesus Christ;
Oswald Chambers
#59. Any counseling that does not pursue spiritual formation through an intimate relationship with Jesus by faith as one of its chief goals is not worthy to be called BIBLICAL counseling.
James MacDonald
#60. To be a disciple is to be committed to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and committed to following Him every day. To be a disciple is also to be disciplined in our bodies, minds, and souls.
Billy Graham
#61. To be a disciple of Jesus means to learn from Him, to follow Him. The cost may be high.
Billy Graham
#62. We see baptism as the starting point in our journey of discipleship. Our daily walk with Jesus Christ leads to peace and purpose in this life and profound joy and eternal salvation in the world to come.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
#63. Making disciples of Jesus is the overflow of the delight in being disciples of Jesus.
David Platt
#64. Discipleship is developing a personal, lifelong, obedient relationship with Jesus Christ in which He transforms your character into Christlikeness; changes your values to Kingdom values; and involves you in His mission in the home, in the church, and in the world.
Avery T. Willis Jr.
#65. Spend some personal time with Jesus and he will reveal himself to you on a deeper level.
Sandra M. Michelle
#66. To be in Jesus' easy yoke is an easy way of doing hard things." (p. 202)
Bill Gaultiere
#67. Your commitment to Jesus is a beautiful thing, but it will eventually dwindle down, unless you fully understand His commitment to you.
Carlos A. Rodriguez
#68. I had escaped the snare of certitude that I welcomed so avidly at first and entered, via the name of Jesus, the wide and comprehensive company of Jesus.
Eugene H. Peterson
#69. The power of the bleeding love of God is stronger than the power of Caesar, of the law, of Mars, Mammon, Aphrodite and the rest. This is the point that Paul grasped. And that is the reason for the Colossians' gratitude. The battle has been won.
N. T. Wright
#70. Those who aren't following Jesus aren't his followers. It's that simple. Followers follow, and those who don't follow aren't followers. To follow Jesus means to follow Jesus into a society where justice rules, where love shapes everything. To follow Jesus means to take up his dream and work for it.
Scot McKnight
#71. I have come to realize my need to take the New Testament witness seriously that groaning and grief and feeling broken are legitimate ways for me to express my cross-bearing discipleship to Jesus. It's not as if groaning means I am somehow doing something wrong. Groaning is a sign of my fidelity.
Wesley Hill
#72. Have I a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one sign of discipleship is intimate connection with Him, a knowledge of Jesus Christ which nothing can shake.
Oswald Chambers
#73. What God did for Jesus in standing up for Him, standing behind Him in life and in death, and in standing in communion and solidarity with Him, the Father also does for us, here and now, in our lives.
Megan McKenna
#74. Jesus does not suffer so as to exclude your suffering. He bears a cross, not that you may escape it, but that you may endure it.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
#75. Followers of Jesus do well to spend more time engaging him than explaining him.
Ron Brackin
#76. The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.
Dallas Willard
#77. Discipleship can tolerate no conditions which might come between Jesus and our obedience to him.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
#78. Discipleship is based solely on devotion to Jesus Christ, not on following after a particular belief or doctrine.
Oswald Chambers
#79. At Gethsemane: Jesus is subordinating His loudest desires to His deepest desires.
Timothy Keller
#80. Jesus did not command us to "develop" leaders. He commanded us to make "disciples". The world "develops" leaders, the Church "disciples" them. The two are not the same.
John Paul Warren
#81. The cross where Jesus died became also the cross where His apostle died. The loss, the rejection, the shame, belong both to Christ and to all who in very truth are His. the cross that saves them also slays them, and anything short of this is a pseudo-faith and not true faith at all.
A.W. Tozer
#82. What is a good definition of a disciple of Jesus? Do you agree with the statement, "All disciples are believers, but not all believers are disciples"? Why or why not? Are you a disciple of Jesus? Who is a disciple of Jesus today? Is discipleship optional?
Michael J. Wilkins
