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Jesus Quotes by Dallas Willard

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Dallas Willard explains that Jesus asked his followers to become personal disciples, not to build churches or governments. He stresses that true discipleship means living with love and doing what Jesus taught, not just enjoying forgiveness. The core challenge is obeying his teachings daily.

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The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do…

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There is no problem in human life that apprenticeship to Jesus cannot solve.

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When Jesus directs us to pray, "Thy kingdom come," he does not mean we should pray for it to come into existence.

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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.

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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don't think him competent.

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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.

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Jesus is the human face on the kingdom of God. He makes it concretely accessible.

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Make disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.

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Jesus, Willard says, “does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then…

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“...Jesus did not send his students out to start governments or even churches as we know them today... They were, instead, to…

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The needed transformation is very largely a matter of replacing in ourselves those idea systems of evil (and their corresponding cultures) with…

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Churches are not the kingdom of God, but are primary and inevitable expressions, outposts, and instrumentalities of presence of the kingdom among…

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Paul followed Jesus by living as He lived. And how did he do that? Through activities and ways of living that would…

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Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act... What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.

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Those who have been touched by forgiveness and new life and have thus entered into God's rule become, like Jesus, bearers of…

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There is absolutely nothing in what Jesus himself or his early followers taught that suggests you can decide just to enjoy forgiveness…

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“The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life—if indeed we can conceive…

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Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens is at hand' (Matt 3:2, 4:17, 10:7). This is a call for us to reconsider…

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Dallas Willard warns us too of the "cost of non-discipleship." We may be able to live with some pain, but when our…

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Jesus offers himself as God's doorway into the life that is truly life. Confidence in him leads us today, as in other…

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So when Jesus directs us to pray, “Thy kingdom come,” he does not mean we should pray for it to come into…

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The disciple of Jesus is not the deluxe or heavy-duty model of the Christian-especially padded, textured, streamlined, and empowered for the fast…

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Does the Gospel I preach and teach have a natural tendency to cause people who hear it to become full-time students of…

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A disciple is a learner, a student, an apprentice – a practitioner… Disciples of Jesus are people who do not just profess…

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The revolution of Jesus is in the first place and continuously a revolution of the human heart or spirit...it is a revolution…

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What Paul is clearly saying is that if anyone is worthy of being saved, they will be saved. At that point many…

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Jesus came among us to show and teach the life for which we were made. He came very gently, opened access to…

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“Jesus never expected us simply to turn the other cheek, go the second mile, bless those who persecute us, give unto them…

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A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do…

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The assumption of Jesus' program for his people on earth was that they would live their lives as his students and co-laborers.

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Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.

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In thus sending out his trainees, [Jesus] set afoot a perpetual world revolution: one that is still in process and will continue…

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You can no more trust Jesus and not intend to obey him than you could trust your doctor and your auto mechanic…

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The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity…

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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we…

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The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified…

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The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of…

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My hope is to gain a fresh hearing for Jesus, especially among those who believe they already understand him. In his case,…

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“Yet today, from countless paintings, statues, and buildings, from literature and history, from personality and institution, from profanity, popular song, and entertainment…

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Individually the disciple and friend of Jesus who has learned to work shoulder to shoulder with his or her Lord stands in…

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We know we can't be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.

To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God's.

My central claim is that we become like Christ by doing one thing-by following Him in the overall style of life He chose for…

“The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons, with Himself included in that community as its…

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What we can do with these means (our own unassisted strength) is still very small compared to what we could do in acting in…