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How can we ultimately be more like Jesus as his disciples?

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 How can we ultimately be more like Jesus as his disciples?

Jesus spent three years with his disciples, telling stories, teaching, and sharing life with them. They heard Him teach about God’s Kingdom and witnessed Him perform many miracles.While He was on the earth, Jesus taught the way to be happy, find peace, and return to live with God. His gospel still applies today. If you apply and follow the teachings of Jesus, you will eventually become like Jesus and his disciples. So what did Jesus teach in the Bible? Let’s dive into it together. 




Love God and your neighbor 


Love your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your mind. In this passage of the Bible, the Pharisees asked Jesus what the great commandment in the Law was because they were trying to stump him. Instead, Jesus said, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” (Matthew 22:37–39).


The Golden Rule


Many of us know that the golden rule is to do to others as you want them to do to you. Jesus taught the Golden Rule during His Sermon on the Mount: “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them”  (Matthew 7:12). In other words, treat others the way you want to be treated. Jesus exemplified this concept throughout his life by treating the outcasts and undesirables of his society with compassion and kindness.



Forgive As God Forgave You


Jesus spoke on forgiveness in Matthew 18:21-35. This is such an important and radical part of Jesus’s teachings. While Jesus was on the earth, Peter asked Him, “Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?” Jesus responded, “I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven” (Matthew 18:21–22). Showing others forgiveness is difficult, but it is exactly the kind of love and kindness Jesus and our heavenly Father teach us. When we freely offer forgiveness to others, we can invite more peace and forgiveness into our own lives.


Have faith in Jesus Christ


A Christian disciple is a person who follows Jesus Christ and accepts and assists in the spreading of the good news of salvation through Him. Discipleship helps believers to grow in their faith, to grow in maturity and wisdom, and build their faith on a strong foundation.  Having faith in Jesus Christ means believing in Him and His teachings. Doing so will bless you in this life and in the life to come.



Everything we know about Christ hinges on His identity. The best way to sum up Jesus’s teaching is to live your life to show God’s Love to those who are around you. If we can follow the points mentioned above, we can eventually become like disciples of Jesus.


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