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Date Posted: 07:25:47 07/03/00 Mon
Author: MICKI
Subject: The Conditions of Discipleship


The Conditions of Discipleship

"If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and
children, brothers and sisters,
yes, and his own life also . . . .
And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me . . So likewise,
whoever of you does not forsake all
that he has cannot be My disciple"
(Luke 14:26-27, 33).

If the closest relationships of a disciple's life conflict with the claims of
Jesus Christ,
then our Lord requires instant
obedience to Himself.

Discipleship means personal, passionate devotion to a Person -- our Lord
Jesus Christ.

There is a vast difference between devotion to a person and devotion to
principles or to a cause. Our Lord never proclaimed a cause --
He proclaimed personal devotion to Himself.

To be a disciple is to be a devoted bondservant motivated by love for the
Lord Jesus.
Many of us who call ourselves Christians are not truly devoted to Jesus
Christ.
No one on earth has this passionate love for the Lord Jesus unless the Holy
Spirit
has given it to him.
We may admire, respect, and revere Him,
but we cannot love Him on our own.
The only One who truly loves the Lord Jesus
is the Holy Spirit, and it is He who has
"poured out in our hearts"
the very "love of God" (Romans 5:5).

Whenever the Holy Spirit sees an opportunity to glorify Jesus through you,
He will take your entire being and set you ablaze with glowing devotion to
Jesus Christ.

The Christian life is a life characterized by
true and spontaneous creativity.
Consequently, a disciple is subject to the same charge that was leveled
against Jesus Christ, namely, the charge of inconsistency.
But Jesus Christ was always consistent
in His relationship to God,
and a Christian must be consistent in his relationship to the life of the Son
of God in him, not consistent to strict, unyielding doctrines. People pour
themselves into their own doctrines, and God has to blast them out of their
preconceived ideas before they can become devoted to Jesus Christ.
IN HIS SERVICE,
MICKI
ONLY WHAT'S DONE FOR
< WILL LAST !
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