We were never meant to be ourselves but what Christ meant us to bePhilippians 2:4 says, “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.” Disciple is used 269 times and the word Christian is used 3 times.1Samuel 16:7 says, “Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Our desire is to ‘look’ like Jesus Being a disciple is largely a ‘heart’ issueWe can only look like Jesus when we’ve been transformed by Jesus

Acts 15:9 says, “He purified their hearts by faith.”

The point of readiness for Jesus to work is our point of obedience

We are to obey Christ’s commands – vs. 10We come by disobedience naturally

Romans 7:4 says that “Christ died so that we could belong to another, to him.”

We are to obey everything he commands us:

John 15:12 he says, “My command is this: Love one another.”

Mark 8:34, “Take up your cross and follow me.” There are many ‘kinds’ of obedience:

ForcedLegalisticEvidence of Love – This is the one we are growing towards

Obedience is the way of the disciple