Grace Bible Church
Glorifying God
by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
A reminder - Please:
Turn off your cell phone or set to
vibrate only
Turn off sound to all electronic
devices
Use the nursery or cry room if your
child is fussy
Get up during the preaching only if
absolutely necessary (please sit in
back if you must leave early)
Marks of a True Disciple
Matthew 10:34-11:1; Mark 6:12-13; Luke 9:6
•We praise the Lord whenever we hear
someone has made a profession of faith -
and pray for their growth
•Not every profession of faith is true for
there are three types of soil that yield no
fruit - Matthew 13
Marks of a True Disciple
Matthew 10:34-11:1; Mark 6:12-13; Luke 9:6
•We live in a time when the gospel is often
perverted with salvation from sin left out
•There is a problem when a Christian does
not walk in the good works God has
prepared (Eph. 2:8-10) (ignorance,
immaturity, discouragement or false)
Marks of a True Disciple
Matthew 10:34-11:1; Mark 6:12-13; Luke 9:6
•Jesus calls people to choose between the
only two possible paths of life - Matthew 7
•We can apply the principles of Jesus’
instructions to the Apostles in Matthew 10
to our own lives
Marks of a True Disciple
Matthew 10:34-11:1; Mark 6:12-13; Luke 9:6
•We will face dangers in following Christ,
but we can be confident of the future
because of His promises
•Matthew 10:34-42 helps correct the error
of the idea that a person is saved first, then
becomes a disciple
Marks of a True Disciple
Matthew 10:34-11:1; Mark 6:12-13; Luke 9:6
•A disciple is simply a learner, a student
who follows a teacher to learn and become
like them
•People must learn something of the
identity and work of Jesus - be a disciple -
before they are saved
•Not all disciples are saved, but all true
Christians are disciples
True Disciples Are Humble
Matthew 10:24-25
•A disciple strives to be like Jesus and
submits to His will
True Disciples Confess Christ
Matthew 10:33-34
•To confess (to agree with) is to declare
your belief along with a dedication to live
according to that belief
•Confession of Jesus is to be public (before
men) and an ongoing affirmation, not a one
time event
•False disciples will deny Jesus when faced
with persecution
True Disciples Will Be Opposed
Matthew 10: 34-39
•Jesus came peacefully at His first coming,
but belief in Him causes division among
people
•Christians have suffered persecution and
martyrdom from the first century to the
present time
True Disciples Will Be Opposed
Matthew 10: 34-39
•Since it is a spiritual division, it will even
set members of a family against each other
True Disciples Love Jesus
More than Family
Matthew 10:37
•The relationship between parents and their
children are close, but love of Jesus must
be greater
•Refusing Jesus out of fear it will interfere
with your marriage reveals ignorance of
Jesus and marriage
True Disciples Love Jesus
More than Family
Matthew 10:37
•Becoming a Christian does at times
fracture families - and can even lead to
martyrdom in some societies
•To love family more than Jesus proves you
are not deserving to belong to Him
True Disciples Love Jesus
More than Family
Matthew 10:37
•To belong to Christ is a privilege so
precious that no other relationship can
compare
True Disciples Love Jesus More than Life
Matthew 10:38-39
•The Jews of that time would have easily
understood the cross to be a reference to
death
•Spending your life in self-centered pursuits
will end in vanity - a futile life from the
eternal perspective
True Disciples Love Jesus More than Life
Matthew 10:38-39
•Submitting your life to Christ to be used
however He sees fit results in purpose in
the present and eternal life
•“He is no fool who gives up what he cannot
keep to gain what he cannot lose” - Jim
Elliot
True Disciples Will Receive a Reward
Matthew 10:40-42
•Jesus rewards the service that is done on
His behalf
•In God’s work, the lowliest believer can
share in the blessings of the greatest
True Disciples Will Serve
Matthew 11:1; Mark 6:12-13; Luke 9:6
•Jesus left to minister in other cities and the
disciples obeyed His instructions to go out
and do the same
Conclusions
•A true Christian will demonstrate these
characteristics of being a disciple - though
they will fail at times
•If you are defensive or angry, go back to
the starting point of humility for only there
will you find grace
•If you are sorrowful but unwilling to
change, you are on the dangerous ground
of complacency - repent
Conclusions
•If you are burdened to get right with God,
then rejoice, the Holy Spirit is working -
follow His lead
•If these characteristics already mark your
life, then rejoice and go out and help
others be true disciples
Grace Bible Church
Glorifying God
by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
