Jesus eliminated three of the greatest enemies the Christian faces. First, he maintains our discipleship as a personal relationship with him, not as a formalized document of beliefs and behaviors. Second, he establishes self-denial as the first requirement of discipleship. For consistent success in that discipline stimulates spiritual growth. Third, he stresses that it’s ALL ABOUT GOD, not about us. About God’s Holiness and Sovereignty and Ownership. GOD alone over history:
God sent Jesus when he wanted a SINGLE personality to be his model strong man, his model spiritually forceful man, his model spiritually VIOLENT man warring against all the ways Satan had occupied human lives. To this day Jesus continues his crusade against wickedness. Which is why Satan uses his stooges in culture to attack Jesus and his church. The opposition Christians confront in culture reflects Christ’s Indomitable Presence, not his decreasing strength. His people must lift their heads, pull back their shoulders and forcefully present Christ’s demands to an increasingly corrupt nation. This blog, in its parts, identifies the forceful people Jesus accepts as heirs of his spiritual treasure. Surprisingly...the very ones he described in Matthew 5:1-5.
Surprisingly those...and more surprisingly...those in XIII B. End Part XIII A
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