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Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession.... Cheap grace is grace without

Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession.... Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus, Discipline, Grace
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2001). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.4, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

In me there is darkness, But with You there is light; I am lonely, but You do not leave me; I am feeble in heart, but with You there is help; I am restless, but with You there is peace. In me there is bitterness, but with You there is patience; I do not understand Your ways, But You know the way for me.” “Lord Jesus Christ, You were poor And in distress, a captive and forsaken as I am. You know all man’s troubles; You abide with me When all men fail me; You remember and seek me; It is Your will that I should know You And turn to You. Lord, I hear Your call and follow; Help me.

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Lonely, Jesus, Heart

The messengers of Jesus will be hated to the end of time. They will be blamed for all the division which rend cities and homes. Jesus and his disciples will be condemned on all sides for undermining family life, and for leading the nation astray; they will be called crazy fanatics and disturbers of the peace. The disciples will be sorely tempted to desert their Lord. But the end is also near, and they must hold on and persevere until it comes. Only he will be blessed who remains loyal to Jesus and his word until the end.

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Jesus, Crazy, Blessed

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

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Jesus, Two, Trying

But they all stood beneath the cross, enemies and believers, doubters and cowards, revilers and devoted followers. His prayer, in that hour, and his forgiveness, was meant for them all, and for all their sins. The mercy and love of God are at work even in the midst of his enemies. It is the same Jesus Christ, who of his grace calls us to follow him, and whose grace saves the murderer who mocks him on the cross in his last hour.

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Jesus, Prayer, Grace
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.34, SCM Press

Jesus calls men, not to a new religion, but to life.

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Jesus, Men, Call Me
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.154, Simon and Schuster

Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly, and unresistingly lets his yoke rest upon him, finds his burden easy, and under its gentle pressure receives the power to persevere in the right way. The command of Jesus is hard, unutterably hard, for those who try to resist it. But for those who willingly submit, the yoke is easy, and the burden is light.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus, Men, Light
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.33, SCM Press

And if we ask how are we to know where our hearts are, the answer is just as simple - everything which hinders us from loving God above all things and acts as a barrier between ourselves and our obedience to Jesus is our treasure, and the place where our heart is.

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Jesus, Heart, Simple
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.120, SCM Press

Judgement is the forbidden objectivization of the other person which destroys single-minded love. I am not forbidden to have my own thoughts about the other person, to realize his shortcomings, but only to the extent that it offers to me an occasion for forgiveness and unconditional love, as Jesus proves to me.

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Jesus, Unconditional Love, Judgement
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.185, Simon and Schuster

Before Jesus leads His disciples into suffering, humiliation, disgrace, and disdain, He summons them and shows Himself to them as the Lord in God's glory.

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Jesus, Suffering, Glory
"Meditations on the Cross". Book by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, p. 3, 1996.

It is not simply to be taken for granted that the Christian has the privilege of living among other Christians. Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. … So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. There is his commission, his work.

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Christian, Jesus, Taken
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.7, SCM Press

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.

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Jesus, Suffering, Tragedy
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1998). “Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Writings”

The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior must be determined not by the way others treat him, but by the treatment he himself receives from Jesus; it has only one source, and that is the will of Jesus.

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Christian, Jesus, Brother
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

There are only two places where the powerful and great in this world lose their courage, tremble in the depths of their souls, and become truly afraid. These are the manger and the cross of Jesus Christ....No priest, no theologian stood at the cradle of Bethlehem. And yet, all Christian theology finds its beginnings in the miracle of miracles, that God became human.

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Christian, Jesus, Powerful
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jana Riess, O. C. Dean, Jr. (2010). “God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas”

Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.

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Jesus, Matter, Significance
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.16, SCM Press

Who is pure in heart? Only those who have surrendered their hearts completely to Jesus that he may reign in them alone. Only those whose hearts are undefiled by their own evil--and by their own virtues too. The pure in heart have a child-like simplicity like Adam before the fall, innocent alike of good and evil: their hearts are not ruled by their conscience, but by the will of Jesus.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus, Children, Fall

If any want to become my followers," Jesus says. Following him is not something that is self-evident, even among the disciples. No one can be forced, no one can be expected to follow him. ... "If any want to follow me, they must deny themselves ... and take up their cross.

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Jesus, Self, Followers
"Discipleship". Book by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, p. 85, 1937.

If Jesus Christ is not true God, how could he help us? If he is not true man, how could he help us?

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus, Men, Helping
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Edwin Hanton Robertson (1973). “True patriotism; 1939-45: from the collected works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer”

Once again, Jesus calls those who follow him to share his passion.

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Jesus, Passion, Share
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.94, SCM Press

So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going back home with the uncomfortable feeling that we are making it too difficult for them to come to Jesus.

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Jesus, Home, Uncomfortable Feeling
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

Only in Jesus are we able to pray, and with Him we also know that we shall be heard.

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Jesus, Able, Praying
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eberhard Bethge (1974). “Psalms: The Prayer Book of the Bible”, p.11, Augsburg Books

If Christ has been given us, if we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally _all_ things. He will see to it that they are added unto us. If we follow Jesus and look only to His righteousness, we are in his hands and under the protection of Him and His Father. And if we are in communion with the Father, nought can harm us. God will help us in the hour of need, and He knows our needs.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus, Father, Hands

It is not in our life that God's help and presence must still be proved, but rather God's presence and help have been demonstrated for us in the life of Jesus Christ. It is in fact more important for us to know what God did to Israel, to his Son Jesus Christ, than to seek what God intends for us today.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus, Son, Israel
"Life Together".

Discipleship never consists in this or that specific action: it is always a decision, either for or against Jesus Christ.

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Jesus, Decision, Action
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.166, SCM Press

Every word of Holy Scripture was a love letter from God directed very personally to us and he asked us whether we loved Jesus.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus, Letters, Scripture

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