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Let me know if you remember this....Imagine for a moment that you live in another country...
One completely foreign to this one.
You have an opportunity one fall to spend a week in Columbia Station...
So you come on a Sunday morning..
And you observe, many people, maybe even most...slowly rising to make their way to a building they call - church
They grogely approach that building for some sort of ceremony.
And so you watch them file in... and begin to mouth the words to some songs... many of them almost expressionless...virtually emotionless
After which they sit down and passively listen to someone talk to them for a period of time...
You notice people starting to get a bit fidgety...uneasy as the time for the ceremony to end...approaches
When it's finally over, they quickly walk out.. But as you walk with them...you listen to them
And you hear many of them talking about something that had happened the previous day...
They smile, and then laugh...as they recount another ceremony they've been to...
Apparently a bit more interesting than this one.
A ceremony that apparently happens on Saturdays...
In fact, the rest of the week, that's all you hear people talking about...
The coming ceremony on Saturday...
Even the people at the Sunday ceremony are strangely silent about what they heard and sang about there... at the Sunday ceremony
But are VERY enthusiastic about the Saturday ceremony that can't seem to get here soon enough!
That Saturday comes...you see people wake up...and leave their houses dressed in some sort of outfit they love to wear for these types of days...
many of them drive out of the city....some an hour away... Others a couple of hours away...
...where they gather together on what they call - hallowed grounds for the Saturday ceremony - they get there EARLY for this ceremony....WAY early
Where they eat, and drink, and laugh, and play...Not just with their family and friends but with complete strangers....
You've never SEEN community like this!
When the time comes...10's of thousands come together and enter a shrine together...
And during this Saturday ceremony, people raise their voices...with a passion... To watch a game of young people on a field...
During this Saturday ceremony, the people sing, and shout, and chant until they virtually lose their voices...
People don't look at their watches at this ceremony...
They relish the thought of this saturday ceremony going into OVERTIME...
OK, so if you're the one who is visiting from another country, and you just experienced this....
...Which would you identify as the religion that is most important to these people?
...Are these people being discipled by Jesus, or the world?
If you recall, two weeks ago we looked at this thing called Discipleship, and we saw that Discipleship is really another word for Christianity.
Disciple, another word for - Christian
And it was then that we saw "what a disciple is"
A disciple is: a worshiper / a servant / a witness
but that was more of a high-level view...Let's get more detailed now...
All of these characteristics came from the mouth of Christ...
A DISCIPLE is someone who:
1.
Is willing to give up all earthly possessions
I'm gonna keep saying this - WE START WITH SCRIPTURE... Scripture dictates reality...
This is saying - Any one who does not SAY GOODBYE to all that he has cannot be My disciple... Does this mean I have to sell all my possessions (car, house, computer, bike?)?
No - Now, before you say - WELL WHEEEHHHW!
It says - Unless you SAY GOODBYE to all that you have... Meaning - What you do have...They're NOT YOURS...anymore
Someone comes to your door...
You hear of a need... MEET that NEED - OTHERWISE you are now holding onto your possessions... Someone who has NOT renounced all that he has...
But why?
Why do we have to have SAID goodbye to all that we have??
A DISCIPLE is someone who:
2. Abides in God's Word, and experiences freedom in Christ
Did you hear that?
IF YOU CONTINUE in my Word, then you TRULY ARE My disciples...
The word of God is POWER...
It transforms our minds...IF we read it, study it, memorize it, meditate on it... IF we ABIDE in it...
We cannot be a disciple if we don't consume the Scriptures...
Disciples abide in God's Word...and are set free
A DISCIPLE is someone who:
3. Genuinely loves others believers
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