The Evidence of Discipleship

There’s an old saying that my father reminded me of often, “The proof of the
pudding is in the eating!” What that means is something may look very good by
observing it, but you really know it is good when you eat it. The Apostle John
uses the same reasoning in the opening chapter of 1 John where he made it
clear that simply saying something proved nothing, it was the doing or the
practice of it that gave proof. (see especially verses 5-10). So it is with
discipleship. How can we show others that we are a disciple of Christ? What
is the “evidence” of discipleship? Jesus gave three things which clearly mark us
out to be His disciples.