What are some good scriptures that refer to the importance of adult discipleship? ?

Question

What are some good scriptures that refer to the importance of adult discipleship? ?

Answer 1

Proverbs 27:17

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

Answer 2

But even there, if you seek god, your God, you’ll be able to find Him if you’re serious, looking for Him with your whole heart and soul.”  - Deuteronomy 4:29

I encourage you to surrender your life, spend time with God in His word and in conversation, and let Him change you from glory to glory. -2 Corinthians 3:18

"In this way, therefore, through the reading and study of the sacred books ’the word of God may spread rapidly and be glorified’ (2 Thessolonians 3:1)  

Answer 3

Somehow the words "adult discipleship" sound dirty to me...

Answer 4

Adult discipleship is about becoming mature in Christ. As Hebrews says - "By now you should be teachers..."

Here are MANY verses on your topic.

Leviticus 11:44 I am the LORD your God, and you must keep yourselves holy, because I am holy.

Psalm 19:7-8 The law of the LORD is perfect; it gives new strength. The commands of the LORD are trustworthy, giving wisdom to those who lack it. The laws of the LORD are right, and those who obey them are happy. The commands of the LORD are just and give understanding to the mind.

Psalm 119:97-106 Oh how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, because I have kept thy precepts. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might observe thy word. I have not turned aside from thy judgments; for thou hast taught me. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and light unto my path, I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will observe thy righteous judgments.

Proverbs Chapter 8

Listen! Wisdom is calling out. Reason is making herself heard.

On the hilltops near the road and at the crossroads she stands.

At the entrance to the city, beside the gates, she calls:

"I appeal to all of you; I call to everyone on earth.

Are you immature? Learn to be mature. Are you foolish? Learn to have sense.

Listen to my excellent words; all I tell you is right.

What I say is the truth; lies are hateful to me.

Everything I say is true; nothing is false or misleading.

To those with insight, it is all clear; to the well-informed, it is all plain.

Choose my instruction instead of silver; choose knowledge rather than the finest gold.

"I am Wisdom, I am better than jewels; nothing you want can compare with me.

I am Wisdom, and I have insight; I have knowledge and sound judgment.

To honor the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and false words.

I make plans and carry them out. I have understanding, and I am strong.

I help kings to govern and rulers to make good laws.

Every ruler on earth governs with my help, officials and nobles alike.

I love those who love me; whoever looks for me can find me.

I have riches and honor to give, prosperity and success.

What you get from me is better than the finest gold, better than the purest silver.

I walk the way of righteousness; I follow the paths of justice, giving wealth to those who love me, filling their houses with treasures.

"The LORD created me first of all, the first of his works, long ago.

I was made in the very beginning, at the first, before the world began.

I was born before the oceans, when there were no springs of water.

I was born before the mountains, before the hills were set in place, before God made the earth and its fields or even the first handful of soil.

I was there when he set the sky in place, when he stretched the horizon across the ocean, when he placed the clouds in the sky, when he opened the springs of the ocean and ordered the waters of the sea to rise no further than he said. I was there when he laid the earth's foundations.

I was beside him like an architect, I was his daily source of joy, always happy in his presence---happy with the world and pleased with the human race.

"Now, young people, listen to me. Do as I say, and you will be happy.

Listen to what you are taught. Be wise; do not neglect it.

Those who listen to me will be happy--- those who stay at my door every day, waiting at the entrance to my home.

Those who find me find life, and the LORD will be pleased with them.

Those who do not find me hurt themselves; anyone who hates me loves death."

Isaiah 45:19 I have not spoken in secret or kept my purpose hidden. I did not require the people of Israel to look for me in a desolate waste. I am the LORD, and I speak the truth; I make known what is right."

Matthew 5:48 You must be perfect---just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Romans 16:25-26 Let us give glory to God! He is able to make you stand firm in your faith, according to the Good News I preach about Jesus Christ and according to the revelation of the secret truth which was hidden for long ages in the past. Now, however, that truth has been brought out into the open through the writings of the prophets; and by the command of the eternal God it is made known to all nations, so that all may believe and obey.

1st Corinthians 2:6 Yet I do proclaim a message of wisdom to those who are spiritually mature. But it is not the wisdom that belongs to this world or to the powers that rule this world---powers that are losing their power.

1st Corinthians 3:1-3 My friends, you are acting like the people of this  

Answer 5

John 15

Answer 6

STudy to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth................2 Timothy I think.

Psalms 1: 2

But they delight in doing everything God wants them to, and day and night are always meditating on his laws and thinking about ways to follow him more closely.

Psalm 119 - pretty much the whole Psalm.

I John - I pray that above all things you would prosper, even as your soul prospers.

Colossians 1: 9 - 11