Tactics and Techniques Far from The Christ
“All too often our familiarity with the Gospels breeds inattention. As Dietrich Bonhoeffer insisted, “The response of the disciples is an act of obedience, not a confession of faith in Jesus.” They did not consider his claims, make up their minds, and then decide whether to follow- they simply heard and obeyed. Their response is a “testimony to the absolute, direct, and unaccountable authority of Jesus.” The Call is all. Jesus is the reason. The only way to follow is to leave everything and follow him. Here is a call that makes short work of all our questions, objections, and evasions. Disciples are not so much those who follow as those who must follow.”
Have we gotten everything incredibly backwards, if so how? We provide altar-calls and reflective, pensive music all the while possibly doing the greatest disservice to the true nature of obedience first. What does it look like to have people obeing, following, learning from Jesus before professing His Christlikeness? What changes in light of this? How do we share the gospel to make obeying, loving, followers of Christ? Are we ever there?
It does seem like we are always asking people to “make a commitment” but then even we who are asking struggle with the real time living…
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