How? Follow Jesus, become fishers of men, leave old life. True discipleship should challenge our consumerism lifestyle. A true local church is one in which you regularly meet God, and only He is glorified.Jesus does not need us, we need Him! Jesus is worthy of total abandonment and surrender. There can be no casual response. Either turn and run, or bow and worship. When people get to really know Jesus they look really different. Be totally satisfied in Jesus; Jesus is better than pleasure and comfort. Entrust my financial security to Jesus. Entrust all of myself to Jesus. How to get to this point? Continually sit at the feet of Jesus being taught by Him.
Live with radical abandonment, which is anti-social. Leave comfort and security and pleasure. You don’t know where you are going but you know who you are with. Deny yourself. Our love for Jesus should be greater than our love for anyone or anything else. Live with joyful dependence on the grace of God. Follow Jesus in relationship; he is our path, our life.
A private faith + a resurrected Christ is impossible. The cost of discipleship is great but the cost of not being a disciple is greater. The consequence of casual Christianity is Hell.
People become disciples by seeing Christ more and more. Don’t let people become overly dependent on a teacher or preacher; keep pushing them toward Jesus.
Verge Network Conference 2014
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