Disciples vs Christians | John 15:8-17 | The Whole Disciple
Summit Life with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear Ministries
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🗓️ 3 September 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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If you consider yourself a follower of Jesus, you probably refer to yourself as a “Christian.” But how often do you call yourself a “disciple”? In this week’s message from John 15, Pastor J.D. shows us that the difference between these two words might just be more significant than we think. What’s more, we may be surrounded by people who claim to be Christians but are far from being true disciples of Jesus. The good news? For those willing to fully submit to and follow Jesus, there is immense joy to be found in joining him in his mission—one that really does change the world.
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| 0:00.0 | His love made us lovely. |
| 0:02.1 | He came not to find and reward the worthy. |
| 0:04.4 | He came for the unlikely and the disqualified and the unworthy |
| 0:07.2 | to make them trophies of redemption and grace, |
| 0:10.4 | a disciple of Jesus. |
| 0:12.7 | There's somebody who receives that love and abides in it. If you consider yourself a follower of Jesus, you probably refer to yourself as a Christian. |
| 0:30.2 | But how often do you call yourself a disciple? |
| 0:33.0 | Today we're going to look at the difference between these two words, and it might be more |
| 0:37.3 | significant than you think. A quick reminder, up until now, this podcast has been... we're going to look at the difference between these two words, and it might be more significant |
| 0:37.8 | than you think. A quick reminder. Up until now, this podcast has been a rebroadcast of our daily |
| 0:43.2 | radio program five days a week. But starting this week, things are changing. Just for you, |
| 0:48.4 | our podcast listeners, from now on, you'll hear full sermons uninterrupted with no commercial breaks in the middle. |
| 0:55.3 | And instead of new episodes every weekday, you can look forward to two brand new episodes each week, |
| 1:00.8 | releasing every Monday and Wednesday. |
| 1:03.2 | Keep in mind, if you'd like the full transcript of today's message or related resources, |
| 1:08.5 | visit jadiegrier.com. |
| 1:09.9 | Our website is full of free resources. So if you have questions about Jesus or Sim resources, visit jadigre.com. Our website is full of free resources. |
| 1:12.8 | So if you have questions about Jesus |
| 1:14.2 | or simply want to grow in your faith, |
| 1:16.8 | spend some time looking around and share it with a friend. |
| 1:19.6 | But right now, we're going to turn to John Chapter 15 |
| 1:22.6 | and lean in for this important teaching titled Disciples versus Christians. |
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