Ken
Why do we have to disciple anyone? Do we not trust Jesus? As soon as someone
gets born again we start laying burdens on them. Do this; don't do that. I
remember a preacher once saying that when he got saved, some christians
said, "Good, that means that you will not be going to the cinema any more".
His reaction - if that's christianity, I don't want it. Jesus said that he
did not lose any that the Father had given to him. I do not believe that he
ever will. One evangelist (Moody?) was confronted by his opponents who
brought to him a "convert". The man was hopelessly drunk. When asked if this
man was one of his converts the evangelist repled, "Yes, but unfortunately
he is not one of Jesus's".
You may be aware that my sister recently got saved. I resisted the
temptation to start to "guide" her. Because it is a genuine conversion her
hunger for God is there. She continues to attend our home fellowship group.
She prays. She reads the Bible. She receives revelation from the Holy
Spirit. She attends local services. All without any prompting from me or any
other members of the home group. We are very good at saying, "Let go; let
God". We are not very good at doing it.
BoW
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Komoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [RR] Question with Al Gore
> At 10:37 PM 12/11/00 +0000, Brian Wood wrote:
> >The message we have for the world is, "I don't care if you are gay, a
> >drunkard, an adulter, have had an abortion - Jesus loves you; Jesus paid
the
> >price - IN FULL"!!!
> >
> >BoW
>
> I agree. This is evangelism and it's what we do best.
>
> The discipleship part is the hard part. And it's where we lose a lot of
those
> we save. We lose a lot of folks because of how we act AFTER we get them
saved.
>
> I think it's a pretty narrow line to walk when you are trying to disciple
> someone.
> Where and when do you stop carrying them and make them walk on their own?
Even
> if they lean on you, it's OK, as long as they are trying to walk on their
own.
> To some of those we have evangelized, the effort we put in to get them to
walk
> on their own appears to be abandonment or worse...
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