Disciples of the Lord

Old Testament

“[L]ove the Lord your God and…walk always in His ways…"

I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people. 

“[K]eep all these commandments which I command you to do—to love the Lord your God,
to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him…”

You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God.

O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
My soul follows close behind You;
Your right hand upholds Me.  

The New Testament

And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets and followed Him. Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

[Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother] found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus. The following day Jesus…found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” [When Philip brought Nathanael to see the Lord, Nathanael was surprised that Jesus knew him, and Jesus said] “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles: Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew; Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called the Zealot; Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot who also became a traitor. [Note: Matthias was chosen as the twelfth disciple after Judas died (see Acts 1:12-26.)]

Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: Simon, to whom He gave the name Peter; James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”; Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them… “As you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.”

Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go.”

Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”

He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” Amen.

“I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

The Heavenly Doctrines

[N]othing is of greater importance to a person than knowing what the truth is.

Worship does not consist in prayers and in external devotion, but in a life of charity. The essential of worship is the life of charity.

To be the Lord’s disciple is to be led by Him rather than ourselves.

The primary principle of the church is, to acknowledge God, to believe in God, and to love Him.

The infancy of the Christian Church was in the lifetime of the apostles, when they preached repentance and faith in the Lord God the Savior throughout the world.

The Lord’s Church is with all people in the whole world who do what is good according to their religion. All who live in good—wherever they are—and acknowledge one God, are accepted by the Lord and come into heaven.