Growing as Disciples of Jesus
A disciple is a follower of Jesus. When we say that we are following Jesus, we mean that we are trying to learn as much from Him as possible, and we are modeling our life after His life. We are literally walking through life as close to what He would do as possible. It does take the Lord's power, but we have to decide to believe in Him and to follow Him every day. When a group of Jews decided to believe in Jesus, He gave them some basic instructions on how to be growing disciples. (John 8:31-32) Jesus was saying to the Jews who had believed in Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples, and you shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free." This is a great action plan for us, as disciples of Jesus. We get to know Jesus through the Word of God. The more we read the Bible and understand it, the more we know what Jesus would say and how Jesus would act in certain situations. Then, we can say and do those things by the power of the Spirit. Wh