What Jesus Wants for His Disciples

"I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. 12While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. 13"I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

This is a lot to chew on. If I am going to be a disciple of Jesus Christ then I need to know what Jesus wanted me to do and what he wanted for me.

What is expected of a disciple?
A disciple obeys God’s word. That means a disciple knows God’s word. That means a disciple is a student of God’s word.
A disciple knows that everything God has given Christ comes from God the Father.
A disciple has accepted Christ’s words
A disciple knows with certainty that Christ came from God the Father
A disciple believes that God sent his son Jesus Christ.
A disciple is “in” the world but not “of” the world.

What does Jesus want for his disciples?
Christ wants for us to have the full measure of his joy within us.
He has asked for us to be one as he and God the Father are one
He has asked God the father to protect us from the evil one.
He has asked for us to be sanctified by the truth that is in your word.

This is a pretty clear direction from Jesus about discipleship.