The Goal of Discipleship, Part 1
Tony Evans' Radio
Tony Evans
4.8 • 8.4K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
It’s an old saying but it still holds true: God accepts us the way we are, but He loves us too much to leave us that way. In this message, Dr. Tony Evans takes a look at the spiritual makeover process God uses to make us not only look different, but to be different.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Never be satisfied with a sermon. |
| 0:02.0 | Never be satisfied with just reading the Bible, |
| 0:05.0 | because that won't change you. |
| 0:06.0 | It will only inform you. |
| 0:08.0 | Dr. Tony Evans says the goal of discipleship isn't education, |
| 0:12.0 | it's transformation. |
| 0:14.0 | And even that's a job we can't do alone. |
| 0:16.0 | God will do the transforming, |
| 0:18.0 | but you have to be located in the place |
| 0:20.0 | where the transforming occurs. |
| 0:23.2 | This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of |
| 0:28.7 | Dr. Tony Evans. It's an old saying, but it still holds true. God accepts us the way we are, |
| 0:36.8 | but he loves us too much to leave us that way. |
| 0:39.5 | Today, Dr. Evans takes a look at the spiritual makeover process God uses to make us not only look |
| 0:44.9 | different, but to be different. Let's join him as he begins. |
| 0:49.2 | Discipleship is that developmental process of the local church that seeks to bring Christians |
| 0:54.0 | from spiritual |
| 0:55.2 | infancy to spiritual maturity so that they can replicate the process with someone else. |
| 1:01.3 | God's goal for creating the church was to be the location where disciples are crafted and made. |
| 1:10.1 | The goal of discipleship is spiritual transformation. Paul speaks of this |
| 1:15.9 | in 2 Corinthians chapter 3. He begins the first three verses of 2nd Corinthians chapter 3 |
| 1:22.1 | explaining that those believers were the proof of his ministry because their lives were being changed. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tony Evans, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Tony Evans and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

