Discipleship Part 1
Today's Christianity has largely set aside discipleship as the extra-curricular activity for those who wants to be more holy or pious. But when Jesus began his ministry, discipleship was essential to those who believed in him and his message.
We hear the gospel of "minimal entrance requirements." It tells us we need to know the right things about Jesus and we will go to heaven when we die. The problem with this approach to Christ is that it will leave the person's life largely untouched by the kingdom of heavens that Jesus preached is available to us. As Dallas Willard points, people who believes minimal entrance requirement to getting into heaven would say to Jesus, "Thank you Jesus for getting me to heaven. Now, I must get on with my life."
When we look at the Jesus' life, we see that Jesus himself was a disciple to his Father. More accurately, He was his Father's Son and learned from him how to live his life. And that is what He calls us to do: to follow Him as He has followed his Father.
When faced with a tribulations, I often find myself in the shoes of disciples; fleeing as the disciples did when soldiers came to arrest Jesus. Only through intentional discipleship under Jesus would we begin to have Christ-like character to trust his Father unto Cross.
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