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Christian Disciple Relationship

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Introduction
According to The Lexham Bible Dictionary “a person became a disciple as he sought out a teacher and followed him and his principles. Similarly, in the rabbinical tradition, a ‘learner’ or ‘student’ (תלמיד, tlmyd) attached himself to a rabbi (literally ‘my great one,’ with the additional meaning of ‘teacher’ or ‘master’) . . .” By definition, a Christian disciple is to focus on the life, teachings, and commands of Christ. Christ is to be at the center of all the disciple does. This paper will examine the Christian disciple’s relationship with Christ by discussing the importance of the centrality of Christ to the relationship, the importance of obedience to Christ in the relationship, and the stages of the disciple’s relationship …show more content…

A sampling of New Testament passages highlights the centrality of Christ in the Christian disciple’s life. The disciple is to believe in Christ as his messiah and savior (John 1:35-51); follow Christ (Matthew 4:19); obey Christ’s commands (John 14:21); love Christ more than anything in the world (Matthew 10:37); abide in Christ (John 15:5-6); grow in Christ (Ephesians 4:13-16); have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16); have the attitude of Christ (Philippians 2:1-8); take every thought captive to Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5), and let the peace of Christ rule their heart (Colossians 3:15). The apostle Paul explained in Colossians 1:28 that the goal of the discipleship process is to “present every man complete in Christ.” Christ is the standard by which the Christian disciple is measured and is the end goal of the Christian life. Paul summed up the centrality of Christ in the life of a Christian disciple with the statement “to live is Christ” (Philippians …show more content…

The disciple moves along this continuum from the birth of curiosity about Christ toward being a mature and complete follower of Christ. The apostle Paul describes the end goal of this growth process as “the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13). Francis Foulkes in his book Ephesians: An Introduction and Commentary provides further explanation of this goal: “Whether the goal can be realized in this life or not is irrelevant. The point is that the Christian is to press forward with no lesser ambition than this. This is human life as it is intended to be, measured only by all that we can understand of the human life of Christ

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