Discipleship

One example of religious jargon that does not typically appear in everyday conversation is the word “discipleship.” This is not a term that appears in the New Testament, but it is a concept that is present throughout it. Discipleship refers to the process of not only becoming a disciple but growing as a disciple. In this lesson, we examine what a disciple is and is not so that we understand what is expected of us when we embrace the identity of a disciple.


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Lesson Resources:

https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g190/esv/mgnt/0-1/

Walter Bauer, William F. Arndt, F. Wilbur Gingrich, and Frederick W. Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 2nd ed. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1979).

John MacArthur, Jr., The MacArthur New Testament Commentary: Matthew 8-15 (Chicago: Moody Press, 1987): 24-25 as quoted in Sellers S. Crain, Jr., Matthew 1-13, Truth for Today Commentary (Searcy, AR: Resource Publications, 2010).

Leon Morris, Luke, The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 1988).

W.E. Vine, Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1996).