The Diligence of Discipleship

By John A. Copper (summary by Jeffrey Bush)

Three reasons why discipleship is needed today:

1. Christ commanded it – Matthew 28:18–20
2. We live in a world of Christians that are biblically illiterate — Eph 4:14
3. Worldliness in the church – 2 Timothy 3:1-5; Colossians 2:8

The life of a Christian is to glorify God – 1 Corinthians 10:31

The five steps of diligence in discipleship:

1. Renew the mind — Romans 12:1-2
2. Take captive the thoughts – 2 Corinthians 10:5
3. Not grieve the Holy Spirit of God — Ephesians 4:29-32
4. Everything we do should glorify God — 1 Cor 10:31; 1 Peter 4-10-11;
   Col 3:15-16
5. A life worthy of the Gospel. Your life should look like Jesus to a lost
   world — Philip 1:27; 1 John 2;15; Col 1:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12