We as Christians want to share the good news and make disciples.

What are qualities of discipleship?

Qualities of discipleship include: going to share the Good News to

non-believers, teaching, loving God, loving others, standing out,
denying ourselves, being firm in God’s word, fellowship with
other believers, imitators of Christ, dedicated, steadfast, and 11.
investing in missions.

1. Go – Someone Who is willing an Ready to Go

To make disciples we need to go, we can not stay in our comfort

zones and hope to exemplify to others what it means to be a follower
of Christ.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the

name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching
them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am
with you always, to the end of the age.

Matthew 28:19,20

We read in Matthew that Jesus commands us to go, as Christians, we

don’t have the choice to stay still and watch from the sidelines, we are
called to be active.

2. Teach

Reading the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19,20 we also hear the

command, “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded
you.” We should be educating others on what we know about God
and his word.

Looking in the Bible, Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus are for them
to instruct those who do not know or do not understand the gospel. As
we disciple others, we should take this command seriously and
teach others to help them grow in their walks with Christ.

3. Love God
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all
your soul and with all your might.

Deuteronomy 6:5

This is a very important verse we should love God completely. We

even see in the New Testament that Jesus reiterates this verse in
Matthew when he is asked what the greatest commandment is. If we
cannot love God completely then we cannot lead others to love God.

Disciples of the Lord must love Him with their whole heart. They
must set aside idols and obsessions and give their whole heart to the
Lord.

4. Love Others

We get to love others because Christ loved us, and with this love we
want them to know about God’s plan for salvation. Jesus even tells us
that the second greatest commandment is to “love your neighbor as
yourself” (Matthew 22:39).

Throughout the Old and New Testament, we see the need to care and
love for others.

5. Stand Out

As much as we sometimes want to fit in with the world around us, we

as Christians should desire to stand out and truly look different so
others know that we are followers of Christ.

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may
see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

Jesus calls us a light we want to shine because of our actions and how
we love one another.
Our actions and how we set ourselves apart from the world will be a
testimony to our faith sometimes more than the words we tell those
we are discipling.

6. Denying Ourselves

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny
himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Luke 9:23

We as Christians, especially when we are discipling others, no longer

live in a world that has a “me” mentality. Instead, we live for a bigger
purpose as Christians to help share the gospel by making disciples.

Jesus encourages us in the New testament to “take up his cross,” we

are not signing up for an easy life as Christians but get to live as a part
of God’s Kingdom and share the good news with others.

7. Firm in the Word of God

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in
my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and
the truth will set you free.”

John 8:31-32

God’s word is a guide for us as Christians and when we are rooted in

the scripture then you can more effectively share the gospel and
disciple others. When we abide in God’s word we can know God.

The Bible is God’s word to us, any Church or Christian mentor will
encourage you to dig into God’s word.

God communicates to us through His Word. Without knowing God

through His Word, we cannot effectively teach others about the truth
of the scripture and the benefit in our lives.

8. Fellowship with Other Believers

God created us with a need for relationships. Fellowship with other
believers can help us in our Christian walk and can help those we
disciple grow in their faith.

And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and

the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Acts 2:42

In the early church, we see an emphasis on fellowship. We see those

in Acts regularly meet together break bread preach and fellowship, we
do the same thing today in Church and are often involved in small
groups.

The relationship we make in small groups helps us grow in our faith

and we can gain much wisdom from those around us.

9. Imitators of Christ

Our goal as Christians is to be more Christ-like, in all that we do we

want to look and act as Jesus did. When we look like Jesus we can
help others to imitate Jesus as well.

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Paul encourages us to look at those of faith who imitate Christ and

learn from them. We want to love the way Jesus loved, and to teach
the way Jesus taught. It is amazing what we can learn from simply
living as Jesus did, for others and not ourselves.

10. Dedicated

When following Jesus and discipling others we need to be dedicated

to what we are doing, we cannot give half-hearted work when
teaching others.
Jesus warned us what it would cost to follow him, and we need to
keep this in mind when teaching others the importance of what it
means to follow Christ.

11. Steadfast

Our walk with God will be met with many challenges but how we
deal with these challenges will be an example of our faith.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always

abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your
labor is not in vain.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Paul writes to the Church of Corinth and to Titus to be steadfast, he

tells that our work for the Lord is not in vain. God will work through
us even though we might not see it, this encourages us to be steadfast
no matter what the circumstance.

12. Missions

Living on missions means looking for opportunities for the gospel all
the time and exemplifying the life of Christ in all situations.

Being a Christian is more than just exemplifying our faith on Sunday

or Wednesday. We should always be on mission in our day to day
life. If we do not live our life as Christ would every day we cannot be
an example to those who are being discipled.

Looking at Jesus’ life and those whom he discipled gives us a good

view of how the discipleship process should work today.

We get to play a part in furthering the kingdom of God while living in

a way and exemplifying the qualities of discipleship.