the issue of
'discipleship' is at the core and crossroads of numerous issues on the TT table;
e.g.,
the
observation, below, is accurate in its NT context but 'following' JC today
requires redefining discipleship per se...it's not that the NT fails to
make this point; Jesus himself realizes that people (will) trust him implicitly
whom have never 'met' him..it follows that among modern practioners of
religion are those who abuse his term 'disciple', partic through
literalizing it; the/ir abuse turns in part on incorporating JC directly into
their preexisting value system never having literally 'followed' him
anywhere--nor, if confronted with the reality would they prefer
to anyway..where the normative preexisting value system is religious
legalism, JC, acc to the NT obliterates it, the abuse/s of the Law, but not
the Law as God's word--in JCs view, God designed the Law of Moses for the
cultural well being of its historic adherents; however, its role changes as
history changes--the point is that history changed through the Incarnation (like
'I and the Father are one') which legalist religionists despise;
from Incarnation(al theology) on, legalism's exposed, its inherent
weaknesses delineated, its abuses obliterated; basically, JC did this 'work' (of
grace) partic for his closest associates--e.g., i know what he has done for me
in part because of what he did for (e.g.) the Ap John and the Ap
Paul--the three of us are JCs associates, but only one of us was his
'disciple' per se, the Ap John...
On Tue, 31 May 2005 08:47:48 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The return to law is a favorite pastime of so many well meaning disciples..
