Disciples and Believers...Are they the same thing???

DISCIPLES AND BELIEVERS, ARE THEY THE SAME THING? Okay I'm going to tackle this without opening my Bible.... I have memorized a lot of key verses in the Bible together with their references. So for starters I'm just going to go on what I can remember... I've been a Christian for nearly 50 years and a pretty active one at that... It is always a good thing to start with prayer... Not just any old prayer..... But the Lord's prayer.... The one HE taught us to pray...SO Ohere goes!! OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN. HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME. THY WILL BE DONE. ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE, WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. AMEN!, Some people are of the opinion that all Christians are disciples... I THINK THEY CAN BE BUT LET US TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT JESUS SAYS IS THE COST... LET'S START WITH A FEW QUOTES THAT ARE WELL-KNOWN. BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THOU SHALL BE SAVED. NOTHING ABOUT BEING A DISCIPLE IN THAT VERSE... EMPHASIS ON BELIEF... SO LIKEWISE WHOSOEVER HE BE OF YOU THAT FORSAKES NOT ALL THAT HE HAS HE CANNOT BE A DISCIPLE... EMPHASIS HERE ON FORSAKING EVERYTHING ......IT DOES NOT SAY HE CANNOT BE A BELIEVER.... THERE WERE THREE GUYS WHO SAID THEY WANTED TO FOLLOW JESUS.... ONE SAID I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW YOU.... AND JESUS WHO KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON IS MIND.... SAID.... FOXES HAVE HOLES BIRDS OF THE AIR HAVE NESTS BUT THE SON OF MAN HAS NO PLACE TO LAY HIS HEAD.... THIS MAN IS NEVER HEARD OFF AGAIN .....ANOTHER SAID I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW YOU BUT PLEASE LET ME BURY MY DAD FIRST..... THAT WAS A PRETTY REASONABLE REQUEST.. I CAN CATCH YOU UP LATER GIVE ME A COUPLE OF DAYS TO DO THAT.... JESUS REPLIED A VERY TOUGH REPLY..... LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD YOU GO AND PREACH THE GOSPEL..... THEN ANOTHER GUY SAID.... I'M YOUR MAN I WANT TO FOLLOW YOU..... BUT MY PARENTS COULD BE A LITTLE WORRIED SO I NEED TO SAY GOODBYE TO THEM.... AGAIN A REASONABLE REQUEST.... JESUS MADE ANOTHER VERY TOUGH REPLY... NO MAN WHO PUTS HIS HAND TO THE PLOW AND LOOKS BACK IS FIT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD.... OW,!!!! THAT HURTS!!!! Nearly all the people that Jesus healed did not follow him as disciples... I AM SURE THEY WERE BELIEVERS TO ONE EXTENT OR ANOTHER.... I really think it is time to rest my case.... THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST BEING A WEEKLY CHURCH FELLOWSHIP BELIEVER AND A FULL-TIME WILD STARRY EYED FANATICAL LOVER OF JESUS WHO IS PREPARED TO GO ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME.... AM I A DISCIPLE OR AM I A BELIEVER.??. A VERY GOOD QUESTION..... I AM A BELIEVER.... TRYING TO BE AS MUCH OF A DISCIPLE AS I CAN... AS I HAVE THE FAITH FOR... THERE IS TONS MORE TO STUDY BUT I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR COMMENTS.. TO ME IT IS JUST COMMON SENSE.....