The key issue of discipleship is obedience, for without it no fundamental and lasting change takes place. This is the reason such “obedience-oriented” discipleship is required of all who would follow Christ. Otherwise, it is possible for a person to call Christ “Lord, Lord” and even do mighty works in His name and yet be an evildoer who will be denied entrance into the eternal kingdom (Matt. 7:21–23). Initial entrance into the kingdom of God must result in true discipleship in order to assure ultimate