Salvation concerns the sinner’s acceptance of the free gift of eternal life and the forgiveness of sins through faith alone. Discipleship concerns the believer’s response to the grace received by offering himself to God in submission, obedience, and sacrifice. In salvation, Christ paid the price; in discipleship, the believer pays the price. Therefore, salvation is free, but discipleship is costly. Because they are separate issues, there is no contradiction.
-- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Live in Discipleship
Being a believer means that
One lives a certain way –
Walking with the Lord, doing justice,
Loving kindness, and living peaceably among all people.
Christian discipleship means
Practicing what Jesus preached.
—Excerpt from Everyday Christianity
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