WARNING
PREACHY… (preaching to the choir)
In his excellent book Six Word Lessons to Discover Missional Living[1], Dr.
DeVries wrote in the very first chapter “Follow Jesus. Help Others Follow
Jesus.” He asks a question that might be offensive to
some but I believe it had to be asked; “If
you aren’t helping anyone to follow Jesus – are you really following Jesus?”
Um, wow, did he just ask that?
The question ignores the fact that I go church every week, that I give a
10th of all my spices (Luke 11:42), and that I have said the Sinner’s
Prayer, been baptized, and cast out demons and prophesied in his name (Matthew 7:21-23); but yeah, he just asked that. And if you are
like me it stings a little to hear.
DeVries' book wants all of us Christians to be intentional about the Great
Commission and of making disciples for Christ. (Matthew 28:16-20) His mindset steps-up the causality of most
American Christians and challenges us into action. It forces us to become active players in life
as Christians instead of just servants in the service church organization. He’s not at all opposed to the church; his attitude
is just that the church exists because disciples are being made rather than the
“build it and they will come” attitude that is popular among many church planters.
I suggest that if you are interested in getting off the bench and
participating in the Christian life as a disciple of Jesus, you should get
DeVries’ book and join the game. It’s quite
the adventure that our Lord calls in to.
[1] Six-Word
Lessons to Discover Missional Living: 100 Six-Word Lessons to Align Every
Believer with the Mission of Jesus by David DeVries; http://a.co/d/1CropEG
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