Main Themes In The Cost Of Discipleship By Bonhoeffer

Throughout The Cost of Discipleship you are able to see the main messages Bonhoeffer is trying to make with each chapter. The main themes I am going to be writing about in this paper start with the type of grace you are trying to receive from God whether it is cheap or costly. The next theme would be the type of obedience Bonhoeffer talks about it being single-minded and the obedience they give. In this book Bonhoeffer talks a lot about discipleship and how it is shown from both the individual and from the community standpoint following in the way of the disciples before them. The view that Bonhoeffer has on these themes can be seen being different from other churches and beliefs people may have when reading this book.
Grace is something we …show more content…
Bonhoeffer explains that costly grace calls us to follow Christ and his teachings because it cost Christ his life and in following that we are also giving up our life to Christ and following his ways. Once you follow the true and full grace that God has provided your sins and way of life changes because God is helping you become someone in His image. Without costly grace you can never be classified as a true follower of Christ only a copy of a follower that is missing parts of itself. Having costly grace is the “Sanctuary of God (Bonhoeffer 45)” and it must be protected from the people who won 't use it in the right way that God has designed …show more content…
Once they detach from their old life they start to become aware of the duties they are suppose to leave and become aware that they don 't want to leave the life they already know and are comfortable with it. I order for us to follow Christ we must be prepared to accept his faith and break away from his past. Because you are called to break away from your old life there is a barrier between you and the outside world. Jesus Christ stands between you and everything else making him the centre of your attention and making sure you are following in his teaching. Jesus Christ is the middleman between God and the disciple creating a relationship with him instead of leaving the disciple alone without anyone to communicate with him or her.
The community are made up of bodies that act, worked and preached in fellowship in the name of Jesus Christ. This can be visual in the church through the preaching of the word. Preaching in the church has always been the base of foundation in the church. The Word of God is spoken throughout the congregation bring the message to everyone moving them closer to Christ. The Lord 's Supper and baptism are another form of visual community, in partaking of communion we are receiving the body and blood of Christ becoming one with